You see, backflipping has become Boone’s schtick, a staple for quite possibly every performance he’s ever done since his days on American Idol. Why and how did he learn? It turns out the talent runs in his family.

Benson Boone cruised into New York City Friday in a vintage convertible. Fans gathered outside the JBL store in SoHo to see Boone, a global ambassador for the audio company.

Boone said no. “If you knew me growing up and you saw a video of me now and you hadn’t seen anything else, like if you went to preschool with me and then you just had not heard the name Benson Boone since then and then you see a video of me doing a backflip,