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Multi-platinum alt-pop visionary BENEE is taking flight with the release of her anxiously-awaited sophomore album, Ur an Angel I’m Just Particles, out now via Republic Records.
Ur an Angel I’m Just Particles features the New Zealand-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter’s expansive and entrancing style, blending unshakable pop hooks into a lively sonic patchwork of alternative, electronic, and indie. Among many highlights, she instantly captivates on her new single “Princess,” which features multi-platinum British singer, songwriter, and producer PinkPantheress. The song revolves around BENEE’s palpable creative chemistry with PinkPantheress, as their voices entwine from verse-to-verse, giving way to a chantable chorus, “Treat me like the princess that I am.” Ur an Angel I’m Just Particles is yet another boundary-pushing body of work from BENEE.
Regarding the album, she candidly shares, “The world right now is at a cultural turning point; it feels as though we are on a precipice…all we have understood and accepted about humanity and our world order seem to be on the verge of dissolution. In a post-COVID reality, the rapid rise of AI, environmental disasters and the global rise in authoritarianism has left many of us in shock. The ground moves beneath our feet, and we can feel emotionally paralyzed. Ur an Angel I’m Just Particles is a deep dive into existential dread, where love, identity and meaning slip through your fingers like sand. Each song grapples with the weight of existence. Feeling too small in a world too big, questioning whether connection is real or just another fleeting illusion. There’s a restless urgency here, a longing to escape yet nowhere to run, as the lines blur between self-destruction and survival, euphoria and emptiness. The songs unravel like diary entries, tracing the cycles of obsession, heartbreak and fleeting ecstasy, all while wrestling with our inner demons and the fear of disappearing into the noise. It’s an album for the sleepless, the over-thinkers, those staring into the void and wondering if it’s staring back.”
BENEE paved the way for the album with a handful of singles, including most recently “Cinnamon” and “Underwater.” V Magazine described the tracks as “dreamy electro-pop,” while Euphoria Magazine proclaimed, “When it comes to indie pop, BENEE has cemented her place as one of the top talents poised to claim the top spot.” The LP also boasts previously released fan favorites “Off The Rails,” “Animal,” and “Sad Boiii.” Not to mention, BENEE recently contributed “WHAT” to the Season 2 soundtrack of Netflix’s critically acclaimed Nobody Wants This. Also earlier this summer, BENEE hit the road with Tate McRae, supporting her on the “Miss Possessive Tour” across Europe and the UK.
Written and recorded over the span of the past three years, Ur an Angel I’m Just Particles features BENEE’s signature blend of creative storytelling with unique and vulnerable lyricism set to genre-bending sounds and production. The songs on the album follow BENEE’s journey of making sense of the world through music, as she absorbs the chaos and confusion of everyday life and molds it into addictive alternative pop.
Experience Ur an Angel I’m Just Particles now, and stay tuned for more exciting announcements from BENEE soon!