benny blanco x Marshmello x Vance Joy
Feb 12, 2021
benny blanco, Marshmello and Vance Joy have collaborated on their new single, “You” released by Interscope. “I’ve been friends with both Vance and Marshmello for a long time and it was just the right time for us to make a record together,” said benny blanco. "This song makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside and I hope everyone else gets the same feeling when they listen."
“I went into a songwriting session with Blake Slatkin and Caroline Pennell and we had a super fun day,” added Vance Joy. “We walked away with an emotionally charged song that felt like it had something special. benny loved it as well and I was excited when he told me he was working on it with Marshmello. I love what it’s blossomed into—it’s really arrived. I'm very happy to be a part of it."
Marshmello noted, "benny showed me this demo in his studio one day. I was instantly attracted to the song and knew I had to try something a little different with it. I sent my initial idea to benny and from there we went back and forth until we created what everyone can hear right now. Super excited and happy with how the song came out."
blanco is an award-winning artist, record producer, songwriter and musician. In 2018, blanco released his Gold-certified debut album FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS featuring hits “Eastside” with Halsey and Khalid, “I Found You” with Calvin Harris, “Better to Lie” with Jesse and Swae Lee and “Roses” with Juice WRLD and Brendon Urie. He is the founder of two labels in collaboration with Interscope Records: Mad Love Records and Friends Keep Secrets.
Marshmello continues as the famously masked artist breaking boundaries across the industry. With chart-topping singles and collaborations with the likes of Juice WRLD, Halsey, Demi Lovato, Bastille, Kane Brown, Selena Gomez and more.
"You" is the first new music in three years from the multi-platinum Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy (born James Gabriel Keogh). Joy was introduced to the world with his instant global classic, “Riptide.” His debut album, DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY, arrived in 2014, spawning further hits “Mess Is Mine,” “Georgia” and “Fire And The Flood.” His second album, NATION OF TWO, arrived in 2018 featuring singles “Lay It On Me,” “Saturday Sun” and “We’re Going Home.” The success saw him surface everywhere from singing on the “American Idol” Season Finale to being handpicked to open Taylor Swift’s "1989 World Tour."