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1994 by Alec Benjamin
Alec Benjamin
Artist Biography For Alec Benjamin
After Getting Dropped By Columbia Records At 18 Years Old Singer-Songwriter Alec Benjamin Built A Following By Playing In Parking Lots Outside Of Shawn Mendes And Troye Sivan Concerts. The Phoenix Arizona Native Caught The Attention Of Jon Bellion Earning A Songwriting Credit On Bellion’s Debut Album And Later Joined Him On Tour. To Build On The Momentum Benjamin Began Uploading New Songs To His YouTube Channel At A Rapid Clip And Eventually Earned A Viral Hit With “I Built A Friend” And A Deal With Atlantic Records. Benjamin Connects To Listeners By Incorporating Using His Life Struggles To Tell Stories And Give Meaning To His Songs. You Can See This In “Let Me Down Slowly ” “Paper Crown ” “I Built A Friend ” “Death Of A Hero ” And “If We Have Each Other.”
Benjamin Released His First Studio Album Mixtape Narrated For You On November 16 2018 And Released His First Studio Album These Two Windows On May 29 2020
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: 1994
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Though “1994” Is The Last Track Of Alec’s Album "Narrated For You" It Is The Oldest One Out Of The 12 Since He Wrote It When He Was Only 18. It Is A Hard-Hitting Soulful Song Entitled With The Year Of His Birth. He Tells The Story Of His Childhood With References To Characters And Superheroes And Events. In His Billboard Breakdown Of Narrated For You Alec Shared ""1994" Is A Coming Of Age Song. In This Song I Tried To Include And Describe Certain Events That Shaped Who I Am Today." In His Interview At The Zach Sang Show Alec Benjamin Narrated The Process Of Coming Up With The Idea And Lyrics For His Song "I’ve Never Really Done Songwriting Sessions Before I Just Moved Our To California And I Was With A Friend Who Was Like ‘Hey I Know This Guy He’s From Germany … . Do You Wanna Write With Him? … I Met Up With Him And We Were Writing This Song In This Preschool And I Had The Chords And He Had Like A Little Melody For The Verse. … And Then He Was Like 'Wouldn’t It Be Cool To Sing About Your Generation?’ And I Was Like ‘What If It’s Like This Is Where I Broke My Wrist … ’ And He Was Like ‘Oh That’s Cool!’. And Then We Wrote The Song."
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After Getting Dropped By Columbia Records At 18 Years Old Singer-Songwriter Alec Benjamin Built A Following By Playing In Parking Lots Outside Of Shawn Mendes And Troye Sivan Concerts. The Phoenix Arizona Native Caught The Attention Of Jon Bellion Earning A Songwriting Credit On Bellion’s Debut Album And Later Joined Him On Tour. To Build On The Momentum Benjamin Began Uploading New Songs To His YouTube Channel At A Rapid Clip And Eventually Earned A Viral Hit With “I Built A Friend” And A Deal With Atlantic Records. Benjamin Connects To Listeners By Incorporating Using His Life Struggles To Tell Stories And Give Meaning To His Songs. You Can See This In “Let Me Down Slowly ” “Paper Crown ” “I Built A Friend ” “Death Of A Hero ” And “If We Have Each Other.”
Benjamin Released His First Studio Album Mixtape Narrated For You On November 16 2018 And Released His First Studio Album These Two Windows On May 29 2020 read less
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Benjamin Released His First Studio Album Mixtape Narrated For You On November 16 2018 And Released His First Studio Album These Two Windows On May 29 2020 read less
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Though “1994” is the last track of Alec’s album "Narrated For You", it is the oldest one out of the 12 since he wrote it when he was only 18.
It is a hard-hitting, soulful song, entitled with the year of his birth. He tells the story of his childhood with references to characters and superheroes and events.
In his Billboard breakdown of Narrated for You, Alec shared:
""1994" is a coming of age song. In this song, I tried to include and describe certain events that shaped who I am today."
In his interview at the Zach Sang Show, Alec Benjamin narrated the process of coming up with the idea and lyrics for his song:
"I’ve never really done songwriting sessions before, I just moved our to California and I was with a friend who was like ‘Hey, I know this guy, he’s from Germany […]. Do you wanna write with him? […] I met up with him and we were writing this song in this preschool and I had the chords and he had like a little melody for the verse. […] And then he was like 'Wouldn’t it be cool [to sing] about your generation?’ and I was like ‘What if it’s like: This is where I broke my wrist […]’ and he was like ‘Oh, that’s cool!’. And then we wrote the song." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.