BENNE - Supalonely ft. Gus Dapperton | Behind The Lyrics
BENNE - Supalonely ft. Gus Dapperton | Behind The Lyrics
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| BENNE - Supalonely ft. Gus Dapperton | Behind The Lyrics |
⦁ BENEE pokes fun at herself on "Supalonely"
⦁ Feature New York-based singer-songwriter Gus Dapperton, the track comes off 'STELLA & STEVE,' the second of two 2019 EPs from BENNE.
⦁ The first was 'FIRE ON MARZZ.' which featured songs like "Glitter" and BENNE's breakout "soaked."
⦁ BENNE says 'STELLA & STEVE' debuts a new updated sound.
⦁ BENNE told i-D: "With 'FIRE ON MARZZ,' it was older music and I'd been sitting on those song for awhile."
⦁ "'STELLA & STEVE' was a lot more fresh. Like, I pulled out an old song called 'Find an Island' and rewrote a verse and zhuzhed it up."
⦁ BENNE continued to Complex: "With the EPs, they've all been a mess of very old songs and new songs. It's not really planned before I make the song."
⦁ BENNE who originally hails from New Zealand, wrote "Supalonely" while spending time in L.A. recently.
⦁ Dapperton, songwriters Brendan Patrick Rice and Jenna Andrews, and Producer Josh Fountain also share writing credit.
⦁ BENNE: "I had just had a breakup that sparked all of this inspiration."
"I wanted to play around with the theme of being sad about a guy because that how I was feeling."
"My first session was for 'Supaloney' and I just wanted to be super self-deprecating and be real shit to myself."
"I decided to make a real happy-sounding, upbeat song."
⦁ BENNE's been working with producer Josh Fountain since she started recording music in 2017.
⦁ As a result, she says their writing process together has become pretty fluid.
⦁ BENNE: "I always take notes on my phone of lyric ideas."
"Like with a dream--I'll wake up and remember everything about the dream and I write it down or record it on my phone."
"I do it on the Voice Memos app with melody ideas."
"And I'll bring those ideas into the studio, have a conversation with Josh and play him a bunch of music I've been listening to."
"He'll whizz away on the production side, and we'll bounce ideas off each other while I'll be writing lyrics."
"I've also been doing this freestyling thing where I'll have a bunch of lyrics down and then we'll have this beat."
"I'll just go on and record a bunch of random freestyle stuff."
"It's been a fun way I've been working on some of newer songs."
"I don't like the idea of having to go like, 'We need to do this. Then we need to figure out a chorus."
"I feel like my ideas flow better when it's like, 'Oh, this is freestyling.' It's a lot easier for me."
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| BENNE - Supalonely ft. Gus Dapperton | Behind The Lyrics |
BEHIND THE LYRICS BLINDING LIGHTS BY WEEKND
⦁ BENNE wanted Dapperton--who handles this upcoming bridge--to add second perspective to the track.
⦁ BENNE: "This one is super self-deprecating song where I just take the piss out of myself being sad haaaa!"
⦁ "Then BOOM, Gus Dapperton drops a twist at the end with his funcky lil' verse."
⦁ When Dapperton was approached with the idea for "Supaloney", it was a no-brainer for him
⦁ Depperton: "I loved the beat and BENNE's vocals!"
"The concept was highly relatable to me on the other side of the spectrum, as being someone who likes to go out more often than not."
"It was natural and awfully fun to write to."
⦁ With a boost from TikTok, 'Supalonely" racked up over 20 million stream within six months of its release.
⦁ Although she's not on the social media platform yet, BENNE loves seeing her fans enjoy the song as much as she does.
⦁ BENNE: "It's crazy! And I've only found out about TikTok in just the last week because people are forwarding me videos."
"I don't really know that much about that, but it's pretty insane."
⦁ "I think when I listen to music like 'Supalonely,'where it's making fun of the feeling of being sad, in a way it kind of makes me feel good in a very weird way."
"So when I hear 'Supalonely' now and when I perform it I feel happy."
BEHIND THE LYRICS BLINDING LIGHTS BY WEEKND
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