BENEE

BENEE is an indie pop solo musician from Auckland Central. Her true identity is currently unknown.

Background (2017)
BENEE on her musical beginnings: "It started in my last year of high school. I was in a position where there was quite a lot of pressure being put on everyone to have an idea of what they wanted to do with their lives and I kind’a thought I knew what I wanted to do, but at the same time had this feeling that if I didn’t pursue music I would end up regretting not giving it a solid crack in the long run. By this stage, I had been posting a few covers onto Soundcloud, including Crazy by Gnarls Barclay and an acoustic version of Ocean Drive by Duke Dumont. These covers had been received quite well by my peers, family and a couple of people in the music industry, which kind’a gave me hope that maybe music could be something that I should try to pursue".undefined

BENEE is signed to CRS Management.undefined

Singles & acclaim (2017-2018)
Her first single "Tough Guy" was released on the 11th of December 2017,undefined produced by Djeisan Suskov of Leisure and recorded at Golden Age Studio in Morningside.undefined The first of two music videos was released on the 27th of February 2018, directed by Jordan Arts and produced by Connor Nestor for A Label Called Success;undefined the second video was released on the 4th of April 2018, a lo-fi cut of the first video, reproduced by A Label Called Success.undefined

On the 3rd of August 2018, BENEE made her live debut at Neck of the Woods, supported by Randa.undefined Later that month, on the 31st, BENEE played alongside The Beths, Carb on Carb, Church & AP, Dbldbl, Die! Die! Die!, Hans Pucket, Headless Chickens, Hopetoun Brown, imugi 이무기, MELODOWNZ, Miss June, Polyester and Wax Chattels.

Her second single "Soaked', was released on the 16th of September 2018; produced by Josh Fountain of Leisure, MAALA, Thompston and Theia.undefined Later that month, on the 27th, BENEE supported Daffodils at their "A Leo Underwater" release show at the Great South Pacific Tuning Fork. The "Soaked" music video was released on the 3rd of December 2018, directed by Taylor Mansfield.

Future (2019-Present)
On the 17th of January 2019, Lily Allen announced BENEE as support for her Auckland show at Spark Arena, at this point "Soaked" had reached over 5 million Spotify streams. Later that month on the 28th of January BENEE played at St. Jerome's Laneway Festival 2019, alongside Daffodils, Miss June, Florence + the Machine, Rex Orange County, Courtney Barnett and Parquet Courts; where she debuted new material.undefined

On the 10th of May 2019, BENEE released her third single, "Evil Spider", alongside the announcement of her debut EP, set for release on the 28th of June 2019.

Live members

 * Tiare Kelly - guitar (2018-Present)
 * ??? - bass(2018-Present)
 * Isaac Keating - keys (2018-Present)
 * ??? - drums (2018-Present)

Singles

 * Tough Guy (2017)
 * Soaked (2018)
 * Evil Spider (2019)

Links

 * Facebook
 * Instagram
 * Spotify
 * Apple Music/iTunes
 * Soundcloud
 * YouTube