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
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.
pop
Pop songs are like a D.J. set crammed into three minutes.
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.
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.
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.
anyone sounds tells
Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use the same sounds as people; don't use the same drums as people.
call house literally matter morning music phone pick single sitting time
I can be at my house sitting there making music alone, and every single time I've ever done that the first thing I do when I'm done, no matter if it's 4 in the morning... I literally just pick up my phone and I call someone.
catchy either five interest listener needs people relate songs
Everything needs to be catchy because a listener is either going to stay with the song or lose interest in the first five seconds. But people also like those songs they can relate to and say, 'Yeah, I went through that.'
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.'
time
I am still waiting for the day that they say, 'Time's up, Blanco. Back to your shift at Walmart.'