“I was writing sad stuff but covering it up with a happy beat,” says 20-year-old singer Benee of her irresistible hit “Supalonely.” The tune started as a TikTok sensation in February, and by lockdown ...

Since breaking out on TikTok, Benee has been on a gradual rise. The 20-year-old New Zealand singer was recently named one of Apple Music’s Up Next artist and even caught the attention of Elton John, ...

What makes a song go viral on TikTok? It's obviously not a scientific process, but viewed through binoculars from the brink of 37, this much seems obvious: The tracks that blow up on the ...

In our new TikTok Report, we look at the good, the bad, and the straight-up bizarre songs spreading across the platform via dances and memes. About a month ago, the supermodel Emily Ratajkowski—patron ...

Twenty-year-old New Zealander Stella Rose Bennett — professionally known as BENEE — has signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing to a worldwide deal. The singer’s smash hit “Supalonely,” which has been ...

BENEE is a Gen Z-born, intimidatingly cool singer-songwriter with ever-changing hair and a smash record. So, on the surface, it may seem natural to compare her to artists like Billie Eilish, Melanie ...

Benee may have written “Supalonely” about a toxic relationship, but it’s evolved into a perfect alt-pop quarantine anthem. The 20-year-old New Zealander, real name Stella Rose Bennett, dropped the ...

Benee wears her own clothing. Photographed by Helena Murphy Reid in Auckland, New Zealand, in March 2021. The 21-year-old musician known as Benee first garnered attention in her home country of New ...

“Happen to Me,” the first song on Benee’s debut album, Hey u x, kicks off with a line about her fear of dying in a freak accident. It’s a song about anxiety and dread, inspired by her reoccurring ...

BENEE: (Singing) I been lonely. Ooh, la, la, la. Lonely - I'm a lonely chick. MCCAMMON: That's when Elton John called "Supalonely" by Benee his top tip for the next global smash. As the pandemic ...