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Mason Rupper, who records under the name MASN, a 19-year-old indie-pop singer-songwriter from Eagle Mountain, Utah. (Photo by Allison Hunter, courtesy of RCA Records.)

Mason Rupper, who records under the name MASN, a 19-year-old indie-pop singer-songwriter from Eagle Mountain, Utah. (Photo by Allison Hunter, courtesy of RCA Records.)

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

August 21, 2020 by Sean P. Means

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.

August 21, 2020 /Sean P. Means
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