“Luckily,” she told Beats 1, “everything's gone to plan so far. on “Gut Feeling” and R&B royalty John Legend on “Everything.” And she makes stepping into pop stardom look effortless. “I didn’t feel like I had to just put something together or be like, ‘Aw, this might not be good, but we need to put it out.’ And I never wanna feel like that.” Indeed, Mai arrives fully formed, as at ease with the upbeat (“Dangerous”) as she is with slow and sultry (“Run My Mouth”), and holding her own with both fellow up-and-comer H.E.R. Ella Mai Trip lyrics & video : Oooh, yeah, yeah I put my feelings on safety So I don't go shootin' where your heart be 'Cause you take the bullet tryna save me Then I'm left to. “When ‘Boo’d Up’ really did start to take off, we already were prepared, because I already had stuff in the vault ready to go,” she told Beats 1 host Julie Adenuga. But Ella Mai didnt rush into a studio to capitalize on the success by immediately coughing up an albumthe British singer and DJ Mustard. Serving as the lead single for the EP, the song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. But Ella Mai didn't rush into a studio to capitalize on the success by immediately coughing up an album-the British singer and DJ Mustard protégé had already been at work on her full-length debut for a year. Boo’d Up had been in the world for more than a year before it became an out-of-the-blue smash, and no one was more taken aback than the person who made it. 'Boo'd Up' is the debut commercial single by English singer Ella Mai from her third extended play, Ready. “Boo’d Up” had been in the world for more than a year before it became an out-of-the-blue smash, and no one was more taken aback than the person who made it.