Benny Blanco
Benny Blanco
Benjamin Levin, professionally known as Benny Blanco, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter and record producer. He has written/cowritten and produced songs for artists such as Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Maroon 5, Britney Spears, Taio Cruz, Kesha, Gym Class Heroes, Wiz Khalifa, Gwen Stefaniand Trey Songz...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth8 March 1988
CountryUnited States of America
pop
Pop songs are like a D.J. set crammed into three minutes.
cut hip hot involved mix produce start
In hip hop, it's a lot more about lacing a hot track. I start it, I help mix it, I help write it, I help produce it, I cut the person's vocals. I'm involved from the beginning to the end of a song. I'm not just giving someone a beat, you know?
deciding gonna life rest sing song
I'm not deciding what the artist is going to write about because it's the artist. They're gonna have to sing that song for the rest of their life. When they're old and they're 80 and they have their show in Vegas, they're gonna have to sing that song for the rest of their life.
boom link record until
I used to link up boom boxes, record one take, play it into another boom box then play all that back into the other one until I had six tracks. It was unlistenable!
music
I let the song come to me. Then that thing comes to you, and you just know what that thing is. Music isn't like a 9-to-5 job. You never know. It's just the most unpredictable thing.
benny dude people sounds
I just want to sound different than everyone else. I don't care if it sounds bad. I just want people to be like, 'Yo, that dude Benny was different.' Even if it sounds awful, at least they can't say, 'Oh well, I've heard that before.'
alone awful dark music share studio
I don't want to make music alone in a dark studio and make me feel awful and depressed. I want to make music and feel happy and get to share it with people.
grab notice south table talk wanna
I always have a ping-pong table in the studio. If you're with an artist and you notice the situation is going south a little bit, it's like, 'You wanna play ping-pong or foosball?' Or, 'You wanna go grab somethin' to eat?' And then you just like talk to them and relax them and get them comfortable and get yourself comfortable.
fit meant music shared
When you're making music, it's meant to be shared with people. Sometimes, even if I'm writing a song, someone else brings a vibe. There's something different about it. If someone can play a better bassline than me, I'll let them do it. I'm just here to fit in and see where it goes.
call cold craig demo labels owner pretend
I used to cold call labels and pretend I was one of their artist's attorneys. I'd say, 'This is Jay-Z's attorney, we need to speak with Craig Kallman,' you know, owner of Atlantic, and they'd say, 'Right away,' and then I'd be like, 'Please just listen to my demo tape!'
time
I am still waiting for the day that they say, 'Time's up, Blanco. Back to your shift at Walmart.'
gotta hit time
When you're like, 'Yo, we gotta write a hit song, we need a hit song right now,' that never works. Every time that happens, I never write a hit song.
bag cool eating might opens wanna
I might be eating something, and the bag opens in a cool way, and I'm like, 'I wanna put that in the song.'
days gonna inside music next stay wake
My studio's always in my house. I want to wake up and be like, 'You know I'm gonna make music today in my underwear. You know what, I'm gonna be in my pajamas. You know what, I'm actually just gonna stay inside for the next three days so I can make music.'