Ella Mai remembers the surprise performance that convinced her “Boo’d Up” was a hit

Jonathan MannionElla Mai’s breakout hit “Boo’d Up” is now certified four times platinum, and the singer from London recalls that it was during a surprise performance in New York City this past summer that she first realized the song was a massive hit. 

That performance came in July, when Mai performed “Boo’d Up” as a special surprise guest during H.E.R.’s set on Chris Brown’s tour at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. 

”To be in New York in front of like 15,000 people, and have people just go absolutely crazy, just when she said my name, and then the song comes on, and then everyone was