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Behind The Wall

Benny Blanco Breaks Down His Demos - Behind the Wall (Ep. 16)

16 Mar 2025

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Chapter 1: What are the untold stories behind hit songs?

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Has anyone ever heard these before? No. Besides the people who made them? I don't think anyone's ever heard it. This is insane. That song was like eight years old by the time... Really? Yeah, by the time it came out. Wait, I think I... It's the return of the...

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Every single person told us stereo hearts wouldn't work a moves like Jagger is not gonna work every person Sometimes I'm taking a shit and I just hear a whole chorus in my head It was like Jagger was the song you were trying to make us your idea As my idea. All the first people I worked with, they were all nobodies. Now she's like the biggest artist in the world. People have no idea.

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I didn't know that. I guess you pumped up. Yeah. Here's the original version.

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This is something people can see how music is created. I think it's going to drive a lot of people to be like, wow, look, maybe I can do it too. Aw, you're so good at this. Me and Ed Sheeran. You just wrote five number ones for other artists. Yeah. Are you able to talk about the songs? Yeah.

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Yeah, let's do it. Okay, listen to this.

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Oh my gosh. Hi. Here we are again with the one and only, one of my musical heroes, Benny Blanco. Where am I supposed to look? There's so many cameras.

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There's like four. Do I look at this one? Hello.

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So this one's on me, this one's on you, this one's on there, and this one's on us.

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Hello, hello, hello, hello. Okay, I'm saying hello. Oh, look at that one. Okay. Okay, we're here.

Chapter 2: How does Benny Blanco create iconic tracks?

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I think it was 2016.

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Oh yeah. Uh, yeah. Cause we started, uh, Samuel 11, 2013 or something. The end of 2013 or something. That makes sense. You started Samuel 11 at the end. I think so. It took two years. Is that normal for a song? Like sometimes, sometimes I have songs. Uh, I have a song. that by the time it came out, it was probably eight years old. Seven, eight years old. What's that song called?

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Animals by Maroon 5. That song was like eight years old by the time. Really? Yeah, by the time it came out. Wait, I think I... What? Hold on, hold on, hold on. Yeah, it was originally... We had made like a, I don't even know the password to this computer. It's so old. There we go. By the way, this is super sick.

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I love this.

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Okay, wait. This beat, what is it? Oh, yeah. We had started this beat so long. I think it was for like B.O.B. Yeah, wait, hold on.

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Wow. ¶¶ ¶¶ This was through a voice note that him recording?

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And then it becomes like this. I mean songs songs like this takes so much shit, you know I mean like there's so many different versions of these songs like like okay perfect example I had, there was a friend of mine that I signed very early on in my career named Amar. And he, He was from Virginia, from my hometown. And I remember they were at home back in Virginia.

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He had still lived in Virginia at the time. He's like at home with my guy Robopop, Dano. And they were all just like coming up with ideas. And I remember there was like a kernel of an idea that they sent me. And this was the original, original thing.

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Watch, I don't even know when it comes. Hold up, oh yeah.

Chapter 3: What was the creative process for 'Stereo Hearts'?

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Yeah, but that's a cool story. Yeah, but that's- And also it was filmed.

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I've done it not filmed.

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How many times have you done the boat?

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Probably like six. Really? Yeah. And I drive to New York very often. I'm doing it in two weeks. Are you driving or someone else? No, no, no.

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What do you do on the drives to New York?

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I take a tour bus and I like hang out with all my friends and like go to fun places.

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Oh, that sounds enjoyable. That sounds better than a flight.

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Yeah. I do it all the time. I'm doing it in two weeks. I just did it a month ago. Okay.

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So.

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