Austin Mahone Just Reopened One Very 2013 Dance Memory
Back to the future, Mahomies. Austin Mahone has hit play on one of his biggest early-pop memories, revisiting the choreography from “What About Love” a full 13 years after the single first arrived in June 2013. Mahone, who turned 30 years old in April 2026, was just 17 when the song was released.
And yes, the moves are still there.
“What About Love” was the song that pushed Mahone into his first real Billboard Hot 100 moment, peaking at No. 66 and later earning RIAA Gold certification. It was released in 2013 and later appeared as the lead single on his 2014 EP The Secret.
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Run Back Austin’s Early Pop Era
Before TikTok nostalgia made everything old new again, Austin Mahone was serving choreography-heavy pop singles built for repeat viewing.
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“What About Love” Was Built For A Big Teen-Pop Moment
The RedOne-produced single arrived with the kind of polished, maximalist pop production that instantly dates it to the best possible corner of 2013. The track was written by Mahone alongside RedOne, Jimmy Joker, Mohombi, AJ Junior, Bilal Hajji and Rivington Starchild, with production from RedOne and Jimmy Joker.
The accompanying music video, directed by Colin Tilley, leaned hard into Mahone’s dancer side and helped turn the choreography into part of the song’s identity. The video later won Artist to Watch at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.
Thirteen Years Later, The Muscle Memory Clearly Did Not Leave
Mahone’s new revisit is exactly the kind of pop-culture time warp we love around here: no elaborate reunion rollout, no fake “where are they now?” drama — just an artist pressing rewind on choreography tied to one of the songs that helped define his breakout era.
There is also something satisfying about seeing a once-teen-pop routine performed by the same artist more than a decade later. The styling changes, the context changes, the internet changes — but once that count starts, the body apparently remembers.
The Secret Came Later — But “What About Love” Started The Run
One timeline detail worth getting right: The Secret itself was released in 2014, not 2013. “What About Love” arrived the year before and was later included on the EP as its lead single. The project would go on to debut at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, while follow-up single “Mmm Yeah” featuring Pitbull became Mahone’s highest-charting Hot 100 hit.
But “What About Love” remains one of the clearest snapshots of the original Mahone pop machine: RedOne production, sharp choreography, MTV-era teen-pop energy and enough hand choreography to make 2013 immediately recognizable from across the room.
Austin Mahone Revisits The “What About Love” Choreography
The supplied Instagram post from @2000spophits captures Mahone revisiting the choreography more than a decade after the song’s original 2013 release.
Watch Austin Mahone’s “What About Love” Era Again
The supplied YouTube uploads revisit Mahone’s “What About Love” era and its choreography.
Sources: Austin Mahone discography; Apple Music; RIAA; MTV archive references.
