We recently had the chance to connect with Boonie Mayfield and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Boonie, thank you so much for joining us today. We’re thrilled to learn more about your journey, values and what you are currently working on. Let’s start with an ice breaker: Have any recent moments made you laugh or feel proud?
Yeah, definitely. I was recently working on the first docuseries episode featuring the making of me and my wife’s musical sketch comedy show, Boon TV. Watching a bunch of outtakes and extra footage from our shoots had me laughing out loud plenty of times. I also felt proud looking back at what we accomplished back then during the pandemic. We’ve been planning to do this series of episodes for years now, so I’m glad the first one is finally finished and released.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Solomon Vaughn, also known by my stage name Boonie Mayfield. I’m a songwriter, music producer, storyteller, and world-builder creating this ever-evolving multi-media universe I call “The Booniverse”. Over the years, I’ve worn a lot of creative hats — from producing soulful beats that built my early following, to creating my own genre called Boon Pop, to developing projects that blend music, film, comedy, animation, and storytelling into one connected world.
What makes my work unique is that everything I create is rooted in personal experience and authenticity. I’ve spent years journaling, experimenting, and finding my voice — and all of that feeds into the stories I’m telling now. My upcoming projects weave together my music, dance, visual art, and even comic-style storytelling into something bigger than just typical albums or videos.
Right now, I’m working on expanding The Booniverse in ways that let people experience it across multiple formats — from new Boon Pop records and dance-driven projects to the development of my animated/live-action hybrid storyline based on my ‘Black Floyd: Dark Side of the Boon’ project. At the heart of everything, I want to inspire creativity, perseverance, and individuality. My work is for the people who’ve ever felt caught between who they were and who they’re becoming — because that’s been my journey, too.
Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. What relationship most shaped how you see yourself?
My relationship with God has shaped how I see myself more than anything else. For a long time, I carried this weight of feeling like I had to fit into other people’s expectations — especially around faith, identity, and creativity. I thought I had to play a role to be accepted, to be ‘enough.’ And because of that, I spent years wrestling with who I really was versus who I thought I had to be.
But over time, through a lot of prayer, journaling, mysterious experiences, and creative breakthroughs, I’ve come to understand God in a deeper, more personal way. I stopped chasing approval and started listening — not to the noise around me, but to that quiet voice within me. That’s where I found my inner child again — the part of me that dreamed without limits, created without overthinking, and believed without needing anyone’s validation.
That connection changed everything. It reminded me that my creativity isn’t separate from my faith — it comes from it. The music, the stories, the world I’m building with The Booniverse — it all flows from that relationship. And it’s what keeps me grounded when doubt creeps in, when numbers feel discouraging, or when nostalgia-driven fans want me to stay frozen in who I used to be.
I’ve realized my worth doesn’t come from streams, likes, or fitting into anyone’s box. It comes from being aligned with who God created me to be. Once I understood that, I stopped trying to perform for other people’s expectations and started creating from a place of truth. That’s been the most freeing shift of my life.
What did suffering teach you that success never could?
Suffering definitely taught me patience in a way that success never could. You’re forced to face yourself when nothing’s moving, when doors keep closing, and when you pour everything into something and the world just shrugs. Success can make you believe you’ve got it all figured out, but suffering strips away the illusions and leaves you with the real questions like: “Why am I doing this?” and “Who am I without the validation?”
It taught me resilience — how to keep showing up even when it feels like nobody’s watching. It pushed me to adapt, to dig deeper creatively, and to stop tying my worth to numbers or applause. Success felt good, but suffering reshaped me. It gave me clarity, discipline, and a strength I didn’t know I had. I wouldn’t be who I am today without it.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What important truth do very few people agree with you on?
One truth I stand on — even when most people don’t agree — is that evolution matters more than nostalgia. A lot of people want artists to stay frozen in the version of themselves they first fell in love with. I’ve lived that firsthand. There are fans who want me to remain stuck between years 2007-2011 — and when I grew beyond that, many people resisted and refused to move forward with me.
But here’s the thing: if you don’t evolve, you suffocate. I believe creativity is supposed to stretch, to take risks, to make people uncomfortable sometimes — even if it means losing part of your audience along the way. Success to me isn’t recreating the same formula forever just to keep people happy. It’s building something honest and alive, even when it doesn’t fit the mold.
Most people want safety. I want truth. And the truth is — you can’t find yourself by staying where everyone else wants you to be.
Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. Could you give everything your best, even if no one ever praised you for it?
Yeah. And honestly, I’ve had to live that reality more times than I can count. There has been projects I poured everything into — late nights, endless revisions, every ounce of myself — and when they came out, the response was quiet. No applause. No viral moment. Little to no validation. That used to hurt, because you want people to feel what you felt creating it.
But over time, I learned the work has to matter BEFORE the praise comes — otherwise, the praise becomes the only reason you’re doing it. I create because it’s who I am, not because of who’s watching. Of course I want people to connect with it, but even when they don’t, the process still shapes me, teaches me, and reminds me why I started.
I’ve made peace with that now. The silence doesn’t scare me so much anymore. Because the truth is, the reward isn’t in the results — it’s in the creation itself.
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