Austin Mahone Talks Jamiroquai, Working with Pitbull & His Upcoming Debut Album

Austin Mahone might be young, but his words prove he's wise beyond his years. "It’s just a marathon," the teen philosophized in this Fuse exclusive. "I feel like all my life has been that way. It’s a lot of hard work and everything’s slow but eventually you’ll get there. Right now I’m just putting out songs and I’m touring and I just think the more years to come the bigger [my music] is going to be."

Not one to get ahead of himself, Mahone knows he's still at the beginning on career—but it's a promising one. His biggest hit, "MMM Yeah," features Pitbull. "My managers know him very well and we all live in Miami so they kind of had that easy hookup! He kind of just took me under his wing," Mahone explained. "He’s really, really smart, very talented."