SHARES NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “WONDER”
Today, Benét announces his new album Make ‘Em Laugh due June 6th via Bayonet Records. Alongside the announcement Benét shares a first taste of the record with new single “Wonder,” a contemplative guitar ballad that weaves Benét’s vocals with sampled audio of friends asking honest questions surrounding love and connection. As a whole the single is a life-affirming moment that showcases just how similar all of our worries and internal dialogues are. The song comes alongside a James Dayton-directed video that features Benét contemplating life in a diner alongside a variety of different characters.
At its core, Benét thinks of his forthcoming album, Make ‘Em Laugh, as a game of Clue. He’s trying to map out exactly when and how a relationship failed. Benét shares, “I was left behind romantically and I was really feeling that. I was wondering, ‘Am I going to be okay?’ How did I get to a place where we’re not cool? Was it all me?’”
Benét’s ability to traverse many complex and conflicting emotional states informs the sound of the music: the album is dynamic, vibrant, and genre fluid. The project also features celebrated singer-songwriter Faye Webster who features on the title track, NY based artist Margaux, and singer AnnonXL on “Slimmer” where the two trade off verses as the production transforms from crystalline and gentle to thrillingly noisy and energized.
Make ‘Em Laugh is full of moments of heartache, resentment and regret, but despite these moments of pain, a sense of soaring optimism drives the album forward. Make ‘Em Laugh is a document of discovery and self-realization, and is full of questions rather than answers. Open-hearted inquiry is a skill Benét learned in therapy, which he started going to while working on the project. “You’re not going to know everything,” he says. “This world does not give you cheat sheet answers. But as long as you know what you want to know, you can get a bit of freedom from just asking.”
The new album follows Benét’s debut record, Can I go again?, that embraced more organic instrumentals symbolizing a reset with greater knowledge, maturity, and confidence and featured singles “No Alarm,” “Overpowering,” and “Insensitive.”
Benét
Make ‘Em Laugh
June 6th, 2025
Bayonet Records
1. Wonder
2. Pieces of Me
3. Damn
4. Hope You Do
5. Too Sacred To Say
6. Radio Silence feat. Margaux
7. Slimmer feat. AnnonXL
8. Birds Eye
9. Need
10. Demon
11. Make ‘Em Laugh feat. Faye Webster
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