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
along dude gonna jewish realized somewhere
I think somewhere along the way I realized, 'O.K., no one's gonna care about a chubby Jewish dude rapping.' I realized I'd be better behind the scenes.
art curtain peel
Ke$ha is her art; there is no curtain you peel back to find the real person. And with Ke$ha, you never know what to expect when you're in the studio.
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.'
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.'
cried definitely female gonna point sensitive type watching
Is it easy for me to write from a female point of view? Yeah, I am a female. I'm a very sensitive type of guy. I try to put my female hat on and think how a female would think. If I'm watching 'The Notebook,' I'm definitely gonna cry. I cried during 'E.T.' too.
good guitarist incredible player
I'm not particularly good at anything. I'm not an incredible guitarist or piano player or songwriter. I think what I do is, when I notice someone is really good at something, I try to get that out of them.
car cause god hear kid listen rent somewhere
I don't listen to the radio, cause I don't have a driver's license. But if I'm in L.A. or somewhere where we have to rent a car, I'll hear my songs. Sometimes I hear them when I'm in stores, and I'm still like a little kid in a candy shop: 'Oh my God, that's my song!' I don't know how that could ever get old.
beats borrowing heard mimicking music people styles
Here's the thing... when people start making music, they start borrowing styles from other people, because that's what you do. You start by recreating hip-hop beats you've heard from other people, or you start mimicking other people, or you're just listening to stuff.