Alec Benjamin

Released: July 23, 2020

Songwriter: Alec Benjamin

Producer: Tiggs

[Verse 1]
I built a friend
With three pieces of plastic and a pen
I made him on the table in the den
I gave him my old cell phone for a head, for a head
And we spent holidays at my house
And we left presents in a stocking
And we bought bolts and things and strings
And a new watch, that's what he got

[Chorus]
And we had so much fun together
We knew we'd be friends forever
And we had so much fun together
We had so much fun

[Verse 2]
Then I left for college in September
And we wept 'cause we can't be together
So I kept pictures to remember my old friend, my old friend
Then I met this girl at graduation
And forget my oldest creation
And I guess I'll see him next vacation
Send my best, I send my best

[Chorus]
And we had so much fun together
We knew we'd be friends forever
And we had so much fun together
We had so much fun

[Bridge]
I came home to find him on the table
With a note, scribbled out in pencil
And he wrote
That he just wasn't stable all alone, all alone
Next to him, an empty glass of water
That he spilt
All over the body that I built
It fizzled and it popped
And then it killed, and then it killed

[Chorus]
And we had so much fun together
We thought we'd be friends forever
And we had so much fun together
We had so much fun
I built a friend

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 on 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.”

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