Duke University mixtape-artist-turned-Top-10-pop-star Mike Posner belted out his sassy hit “Cooler Than Me” on last night’s episode of America’s Got Talent. Nearly two months ago we featured the 22-year-old singer/songwriter/producer as one of our Popping Up artists, and now his single is lodged at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. See that—American really does have talent. Watch Mike rock the reality competition’s stage below.

Posner’s little “Hi, mom!” wave at the end is cute and all, but let’s face it—this performance could easily have been kicked up a notch if he had done it dressed (or, rather, undressed) like this:

Mike’s debut album 31 Minutes To Takeoff is due out August 10.