benny blanco
benny blanco is a producer, songwriter and artist behind songs like “Eastside,” who also shares his love of food, writes books and co-hosts Friends Keep Secrets.
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Known for
- Eastside2018 · Artist with Halsey and Khalid
Music video - I Said I Love You First2025 · Collaborative album with Selena Gomez
Album - Hermoso2026 · Artist and producer
Album - Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends2024 · Author
Book - PodcastFriends Keep Secrets2026 · Co-host with Lil Dicky and Kristin Batalucco
- F*ck Failure2026 · Author
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Overview
- Full name
- Benjamin Joseph Levin
- Born
- March 8, 1988, in Reston, Virginia
- What he does
- Record producer, songwriter, artist, author and podcast co-host
- Early breakthrough
- Bangers & Cash with Spank Rock, 2007
- Artist debut
- “Eastside” with Halsey and Khalid, 2018
Mini bio
How it started.
Raised in Reston, Virginia, Benjamin Levin began making beats in his bedroom. An apprenticeship with Disco D took him to New York, and his Bangers & Cash project with Spank Rock became an underground hit in 2007. He later learned the craft of writing and producing pop songs with mentor Dr. Luke.
The songs you already know.
Before releasing music under his own name, benny helped write songs including Rihanna’s “Diamonds,” Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” Britney Spears’ “Circus” and Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger.” In 2018, “Eastside” with Halsey and Khalid introduced him as a lead artist. It reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Music, meals and friends.
His work now stretches from records to the dinner table. Open Wide shares his approach to cooking for friends, and he plays a fictionalized version of himself on Dave. He made I Said I Love You First with Selena Gomez in 2025, then released Hermoso, launched the Friends Keep Secrets podcast and published F*ck Failure in 2026.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026HermosoArtist and producer
- 2025I Said I Love You FirstCollaborating artist with Selena Gomez
- 2018EastsideLead artist with Halsey and Khalid
Books
- 2026F*ck FailureAuthor
- 2024Open Wide: A Cookbook for FriendsAuthor
Podcasts
- 2026Friends Keep SecretsCo-host and co-creator
Awards
Quotes
We have the opportunity to make things better through music and help people.benny blanco, BMI Pop Awards acceptance speech
He said this while receiving the BMI President’s Award on June 4, 2024.
Trivia
- His stage name comes from John Leguizamo’s character in Carlito’s Way.
- He traces his love of cooking for friends to making elaborate sandwiches on a friend’s George Foreman Grill at thirteen.
- On Dave, he plays a fictionalized version of himself.
- Friends Keep Secrets is both the title of his 2018 album and the name of his 2026 podcast.
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