The mixtape features the songs 'Water Fountain' and ' Let Me Down Slowly', the latter of which was later re-released as a single with Alessia Cara. īenjamin's mixtape Narrated For You reached number 127 on the US Billboard 200 in 2019. In addition, Hanna used Benjamin's cover of Ruth B's ' Lost Boy' for his live quarter-final performance later in the season. īenjamin's song 'I Built a Friend' was used as backing material for Merrick Hanna's contemporary dance audition in the 12th season of America's Got Talent. He promoted his music by performing in parking lots outside of concert venues and handing out business cards. Despite this, he went on a self-funded tour in Europe to open for Marina Kaye in France and Lea in Germany. However, Columbia Records ended their partnership weeks after he submitted his album. Initially, Benjamin signed to Columbia Records, while still enrolled at University of Southern California. He has a sister for whom he wrote his song 'If We Have Each Other'.

Benjamin was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, but lived on Long Island, New York during kindergarten and first grade.

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