hello everyone

over the past few months i have been able to check off a few things on my bucket list... working on ye, kids see ghosts, and nas' album.. im just sitting here waiting for my mom to wake me up and say im late for school... but it hasn't happened yet... ha! when i was a kid i used to think about music from the moment my eyes opened until they closed... i used to run home from school to look up liner notes online and print em out and try to guess who made the beats then uncover the produced by section and see if i was right... i used find all the samples of my favorite songs and try to remake the beats the same exact way... i used to watch every video on mtv and bet glued to the fucking screen... i used to listen to music in the car and sing along to every word while emotionally looking out the window and pretending i was in the video... i used to look at my parents and say "there is no plan b" and "im gonna make it"... i was scared as hell but fearless all at the same time... music is magic... we have to treat it that way... i have been thinking about my future and how i want the rest of my career to unfold... i have decided to release some songs as benny blanco... don't worry i wont be singing on them with my shitty nasally jewish voice... i got all my friends to sing em... hope u like them... and if u dont i dont care cuz i do... love, benny

Benjamin Joseph Levin, known professionally as Benny Blanco, is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also a five-time BMI Songwriter of the Year award winner and 2017 iHeartRadio Producer of the Year award winner. As a producer and songwriter, Blanco is responsible for more than 100 million album sales worldwide due to his work with artists including Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Kesha, Sia, The Weeknd, Selena Gomez, Wiz Khalifa, and Kanye West. He is also the founder of two labels in collaboration with Interscope Records, Mad Love Records and Friends Keep Secrets. In July 2018, Blanco released the song "Eastside" under his own name, a collaboration with Halsey and Khalid, followed by "I Found You" with Calvin Harris later in the same year.