Award-winning, nine-piece collective Ben&Ben is
set to release their stunning new single “Doors” on Thursday, April 16
through Sony Music.
To
celebrate the release, the dynamic young act will host a special YouTube
Live event on Saturday, April 18 on the band’s YouTube channel
to raise funds for the COVID-19 response in the
Philippines.
Fans across the world can tune in from 7:00pm GMT + 8 (9:00pm
AEST/7:00am EST/12:00pm BST) to see the acclaimed nine-piece perform “Doors”
alongside other tracks from their certified Platinum and best-selling 2019
debut album, LIMASAWA STREET, including recently released “Fall” (watch the video HERE). Each member of the band
will connect from their respective homes to stream the performance in their
unique signature 3 x 3 format. After the
event, the live stream will continue to be available on YouTube as a video on
demand.
Ben&Ben explains:
“Doors" is one of the most
personal songs that we've written. It’s about passive-aggressiveness, how it
can ruin relationships, and how anyone can be on either the sending or
receiving end of it. So much of the hurt in the world now, much of which we all
experience daily as well, is caused by people not speaking what is really on
their minds… We drew on our emotions on these topics to craft the melodies,
riffs, beats, and textures of the song. It was done so quickly; one day we were
jamming the song, and a few days after we already had the track on record.
Everyone just performed their most raw and pure feelings to make the
arrangement.”
"YouTube
is proud to collaborate with Sony to enable Ben&Ben’s live streaming event
which aims to create a donation drive for COVID-19 response efforts. It is
uplifting to see the power of music and Filipinos' spirit of bayanihan coming together to lend a
helping hand during this increasingly challenging time. We hope that Ben&Ben’s
event does not just help raise funds but inspire Filipinos to get through difficult
moments through music," said Bernadette Nacario, Country Director, Google
Philippines.
“Doors” is mixed by Grammy
Award-winning engineer Miles Walker (Beyonce, Usher, Coldplay, Rihanna)
and mastered by Leon Zervos (P!nk, Maroon 5, Beastie Boys, Willy
Nelson).
About the band
Ben&Ben
is currently one of the most-streamed Filipino artists with dedicated fan bases
across the world. To date, the fast-rising act has amassed more
than 500 million streams on Spotify, over 3 million monthly listeners,
and charted on the platform’s Top 50 with 9 songs simultaneously. They entered the Billboard Social 50 Chart, a popularity
chart ranking the most active musical artists on the world’s leading social networking
services, just two weeks ago and have already climbed to #29,
ahead of Cardi B (#31) and Doja Cat (#32).
Ben&Ben
consists of brothers Paolo Benjamin and Miguel Benjamin on
acoustic guitars and vocals, Poch Barretto on electric guitar, Jam Villanueva
on drums, Agnes Reoma on bass, Patricia Lasaten on keyboards, Toni
Munoz and Andrew de Pano on percussions, and Keifer Cabugao
on violin. Combining folk and
indie music with pop sensibilities, they have redefined the mainstream
music lane with a sound that bridges the musical traditions of the past with a
contemporary touch. And this is what sets them apart from their peers: Ben&Ben
creates a blueprint that makes intimacy feel big and expansive.
Last month, Ben&Ben
joined 14 artists across Asia in the remake of Taiwanese superstar Eric
Chou’s original track “Forever Beautiful,” as part of their
efforts to express solidarity and support for those affected by the COVID-19
outbreak. On March 27, they held a Facebook Live event for their COVID-19 donation
site (www.puhon.ph), which
garnered 2.2M views in the first 24 hours, surpassing the Facebook Live
statistics of Latin Superstars Alejandro Sanz and Juanes. The donation site was
created by Ben&Ben, Sony Music Philippines and other partners, with
inspiring stories and messages of encouragement to frontliners. Puhon is a beautiful Visayan (Philippine
dialect) word that means “hopefully” and is a famous lyric of Ben&Ben.
Ben&Ben was
invited to perform at Hong Kong’s Clockenflap
Music & Arts Festival 2019 and Austin’s South by Southwest Music Festival 2020, and has graced Singapore’s Music Matters and Manila’s Wanderland Music & Arts Festival 2018 – where
they co-headlined with international acts such as Lauv, Jhené Aiko, Kodaline
and Daniel Caesar. In previous years, the prolific ensemble has
performed in arenas and large-scale venues, most notably the Philippine Arena
with a maximum capacity of 55,000, and other prominent events held at the Smart
Araneta Coliseum and the MOA arena – both with more than 15,000 attendees.
With diverse musical influences that include The Carpenters, Fleetwood
Mac, Simon and Garfunkel, Elton John, Bee Gees, Radwimps, Laura Marling, Bon
Iver, Tom Misch, and Dave Matthews Band, to name a few, their
songs paint an indelible portrait of a generation that knows their worth
despite the brokenness inside, creating a connection between the personal and
the universal.
Ben&Ben will continue to release music throughout
2020 and plan to tour their incredible live set again when possible.
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