You made your COLORS debut with ‘Better Days’ and ‘Jenny’ back in 2020. What do you remember from your time on the COLORS stage?
It’s funny, I didn’t know the impact of COLORS until the night before our performance. I told a friend I would be performing on the show the following day. His response was, ‘this is so huge, Benji’, which made me nervous and anxious. Honestly, it was only after I saw the videos of our performances that I realized how big of a deal it was. Looking back, I wish I had worn a cooler shirt, haha.
Since then, you’ve released 5 EPs and are about to release your debut album, ‘i always remember all of my dreams’. How did you approach your creative process differently for the album versus your EPs?
The biggest difference was that I thought a full body of work deserved to fit into a specific creative dimension. We did that by creating for two weeks straight; this was the foundation of the album’s creative process. I didn’t want to spend a year working on a single song. The music I make is light and simple, with a strong message, so giving myself a two-week deadline pushed the authentic, natural feel you hear on each track.
Tell us about the album’s title. How do the tracks on the project reflect this statement?
I dream a lot. I always tell people what I’ve dreamt because I believe once you voice them, it brings them to life. Since I was a kid, I’ve always wanted to be a musician. It was a dream-like goal. Now, with every piece of music I make, I feel like I’m fulfilling a piece of that childhood dream. I never forget that this is exactly what I wanted to do; to share my own experiences and other people’s experiences through music. Each part of ‘i always remember all of my dreams’, from the production to the final product, is an actualized dream.
