Benét opens up about his impassioned and empowering debut album ‘Can I’m going once more?,’ a labor of affection, private progress, vulnerability, and perseverance that aches in all the suitable methods.

Stream: “Overpowering” – Benét

“My will to win is overpowering,” a peaceful and cool-headed Benét sings in his newest single – and it’s simple to consider these phrases: The Richmond, Virginia-based singer/songwriter has by no means sounded higher than he does lately, within the lead-up to his debut album. Lengthy within the making, Can I’m going once more? (due September twenty second by way of Bayonet Data) is a labor of affection, private progress, vulnerability, and perseverance. The follow-up to 2021’s debut EP Sport Over! finds Benét uncovered and empowered, spilling his soul over a spread of stirring indie pop, rock, and R&B songs that ache with pure ardour and uncooked fervor.

you laced my final hit so I’d keep in mind it
once I got here to, once I got here to
I nearly fell for it
first probability you bought to stay
now I hate you, now I hate you

I used to be engaged on a a greater me
till you intervened
now i guess you relaxation so peacefully
after ending me
the race to repair me
has by no means been quicker
see the way you lose, see the way you lose

– “Overpowering,” Benét

For the 23-year-old artist, this album is house to probably the most intimate and revealing music of his profession. “It’s actually onerous to be susceptible and make songs, after which marvel if folks will join and luxuriate in it,” Benét – née Benét Nutall – tells Atwood Journal. “I’ve been actually scared the previous couple years, to be actually trustworthy. I’m stepping away from the pop synth sounds on this report and tapping right into a facet that may be very susceptible for me, but it surely’s nonetheless a enjoyable report.”

To this point, Benét has launched two singles off his debut: The spirited indie rocker “Insensitive” got here out in early July, adopted by the glistening, moody groove “Overpowering” in August. The 2 tracks come from reverse sides of the musical spectrum, and but each are definitively of Benét’s world.

“I prefer to play every kind of stuff,” he explains. “I simply am all the time in such totally different moods.” Listeners can count on to be met with an eclectic array of sounds and kinds on the artist’s debut album, which got here collectively over three years’ time and contains collaborations with an unlimited swath of musically-minded pals (together with John Trainum, Carlos Really, Kyle Pulley, and Daniel Murillo).

“These songs I believe introduce me in a really sturdy approach,” Benét shares. “I’m very candidly saying what I’m doing, what I’m about, and what I’ve been going by means of because you final heard from me. I’m actually hoping that it interprets that solution to the listeners. I simply need folks to listen to me and luxuriate in, for actual.”

push me away if you would like
it gained’t change
oh no it gained’t a factor
i do know what it’s prefer to be imply

when i’m scared
of the what ifs
i begin to act in approach i don’t normally
so no i’m not shocked once you do it 2 me

trigger i’ve been there earlier than
sure, i’ve been right here earlier than
ya know i’ve been there earlier than
and but i nonetheless need extra

– “Insensitive,” Benét

Traversing the musical and emotional spectrums, Can I’m going once more? is an impassioned, inspiring, and totally immersive coming-of-age report.

From love and lust to heartbreak and anguish; from dance pop and indie rock to seductive soul; from self-doubt and turmoil to internal peace and self-knowing, Benét pours his full self into an album that shivers, churns, and aches in all the suitable methods.

This isn’t a reckoning; it’s a celebration.

Meet up with Benét in our interview under, and get misplaced in his album’s mesmerizing first two singles “Insensitive” and “Overpowering,” each of that are out now. Intimate and candid, unapologetic and unfiltered, that is one artist we’ll be holding our eyes and ears on over the months to come back.

Can I’m going once more? is out September 22, 2023 by way of Bayonet Data!

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IStream: “Insensitive” – Bent

A CONVERSATION WITH BENÉT

Atwood Journal: Benét, congratulations on the discharge of “Overpowering”! Are you able to share somewhat concerning the story behind this track?

Benét: Thanks, yeah in fact! “Overpowering” is my encouragement track – just like the saying, “haters are my greatest motivators” was current within the studio once I was scripting this. Lotta folks attempt to knock you down and this track is the gas from that fireside.

“You laced my final hit so I would keep in mind it once I got here to,” you sing at the beginning. It is fairly the doorway.

Benét: It’s kinda based mostly on a real story, I’m type of doing somewhat little bit of a play on phrases. Once I say “hit” I’m referencing successful track and never like successful of something. However prefer it appears like I’m saying I imply successful of like a drug that’s laced, so it was extra impactful.. which is nice as a result of, you recognize, that’s how strongly I felt.

“I used to be engaged on a greater me earlier than you intervened,” you go on to sing. “… The race to repair me has by no means been quicker. See the way you lose…” Do you thoughts sharing a bit about what these lyrics imply to you?

Benét: I believe the advantage of my lyricism is how literal I could be. So actually I used to be engaged on a greater me earlier than you got here in and tried to intervene on the um… trajectory of my life, along with your negativity, and with the information that that’s what you’re attempting to do – the race is on to not let it occur! To me.

Is the topic on this story somebody we need to root for, somebody we need to see fail, or is it extra difficult than that?

Benét: The story is about me, and also you undoubtedly need to root for me. I undoubtedly am the underdog in my story, and I might like to be rooted for.

That is the second single off your upcoming debut album, following the spirited “Insensitive.” Why did you select for that observe to be your lead single?

Benét: I believe Katie Garcia, an excellent buddy over at Bayonet, instructed this one as a result of it was totally different from the opposite singles and I believed that was actually good to love showcase that the album isn’t actually gonna be only one kind of sound or one word.

Personally I like the uncooked, feverish rush of vitality coursing by means of “Insensitive.” What’s the story behind this track?

Benét: Thanks, I like “Insensitive” too! [laughs] I selected that as a result of it’s simply so enjoyable. I actually favored the change of tempo that it was from my final single and I type of needed to shock folks with the primary single off the album.

“Insensitive” is about communication. I believe a variety of the time folks can maintain again how they’re feeling, and I need listeners to know that individuals have skilled a lot of their life earlier than you… They’re not new to it, so don’t be scared that you just gained’t be understood, as a result of chances are high, you’ll be! You simply need to say it… simply do it… you recognize. Hopefully that is sensible.

It undoubtedly does. “Wouldn’t it be bizarre if I requested for a kiss? At a time like this, would it not be insensitive? Let me know whether it is, I do not imply to offend,” you sing. Can we discuss that lyric for a second? It’s intimate, candid, and provocative .

Benét: Wow, I like these phrases – intimate, candid, and provocative. I like that.. Once more, I’m very literal. I’m like, I do know you is perhaps somewhat upset with me on this second. Prefer it is perhaps bizarre, however I actually need to kiss you! As a result of your entire feelings are simply so stunning to me and I don’t imply to offend you. It’s only a praise, so yeah that’s just about what it means. Rattling, it’s so humorous to assume again on the place I used to be when scripting this track.

You clearly have a spread of musical sounds and kinds in your arsenal. Do you’ve a favourite model that you just like to play probably the most – in your coronary heart of hearts, what sort of music, if any particularly, do you discover you gravitate towards?

Benét: I prefer to play every kind of stuff – I simply am all the time in such totally different moods. I believe one which I actually return to quite a bit is upbeat pop/dance. All of that’s actually enjoyable for me.

A number of the time folks can maintain again how they’re feeling, and I need listeners to know that individuals have skilled a lot of their life earlier than you… They’re not new to it, so don’t be scared that you just gained’t be understood!

Your debut album Can I’m going once more? is due out in September. What’s the story behind this album title; what does it imply to you?

Benét: Can I’m going once more? is only a continuation of my life just about. The primary challenge I put out was referred to as Sport Over!, and in a variety of methods and in lot of my relationships, I felt like issues have been finalized, and within the making of my first report, I began to appreciate that, you recognize, typically I can get a redo; not the whole lot is so everlasting.

How did making a full size album evaluate to your expertise making your EP, Sport Over!? Had been they comparable experiences for you, or completely totally different?

Benét: They have been so totally different. I used to be working in numerous rooms with a very totally different folks and made the EP throughout Covid with producer Cameron Smith solely by means of emailed stems. So I used to be very a lot in my room alone writing a few of my first full size songs ever. It’s very totally different, and it feels good. I believe making the report was quite a bit scarier for me ’trigger I’m like, Rattling I’m within the massive leagues??? Like they need me to make a report?.. 30 MINUTES!?!? That’s loopy!

How do you are feeling “Insensitive” and “Overpowering” reintroduce you and introduce this album? What do you hope listeners take away from these two songs?

Benét: These songs I believe introduce me in a really sturdy approach. I’m very candidly saying what I’m doing, what I’m about, and what I’ve been going by means of because you final heard from me. I’m actually hoping that it interprets that solution to the listeners. I simply need folks to listen to me and luxuriate in, for actual.

What do you assume folks is perhaps shocked by after they take heed to your debut album? What would possibly there be in retailer for us, that we would not count on?

Benét: They is perhaps shocked to listen to a lot guitar! [laughs] I’m stepping away from the pop synth sounds on this report and tapping right into a facet that may be very susceptible for me, but it surely’s nonetheless a enjoyable report. I additionally assume my voice has modified quite a bit since my final report in order that too!

What have you ever taken away from creating Can I’m going once more? and now placing it out?

Benét: I’ve realized that that is onerous. It’s actually onerous to be susceptible and make songs, after which marvel if folks will join and luxuriate in it. I’ve been actually scared the previous couple years, to be actually trustworthy. I’m hoping to be met with kindness and understanding and relation. I don’t know, perhaps that’s too deep.

Right here’s one thing lighter! I additionally realized when you’ll be able to sing good, the baddies encompass you for actual… love that.

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