A Utah high-school quarterback reinvents himself as MASN, an indie-pop singer-songwriter whose first song was a TikTok smash

As a sophomore quarterback at Westlake High School in Utah County, Mason Rupper broke his collarbone. It messed up his throwing arm, and within a year he quit football.

Rupper says he “just randomly decided that I wanted to do music.” So he did, and one of his first tracks, “Psycho,” became a viral hit on TikTok.

Now, Rupper — under a stage name, MASN — has released his first EP, “How to Kill a Rockstar,” which includes the original of “Psycho,” a remix featuring rapper Trippie Redd, and five more songs, including the single “Hate Me.”

I interviewed Rupper about his music. Here’s the story, at sltrib.com.