Benee is set to play Roxy 22nd May – and will be joined by Hope Tala, a London based musician whose songs are both very intimate and self confident. Do not miss her latest single Party Sickness, and tune in for Cherries feat. Aminé.

BENEE is the dreamy voice of a disaffected generation, breaking through in 2020 with “Supalonely,” her irresistible, four billion streaming alt-pop banger that practically defined the pandemic experience.

Twenty-one-year-old Stella Bennett mixes her deeply heartfelt reflections on life in suburban Auckland, New Zealand, with offbeat and often whimsical lyrical encounters with zombies and snails, all produced with a technicolor ear for cooked beats and unpredictable hooks.

A fervent online following and been drawn to BENEE’s two intriguing EP releases, FIRE ON MARZZ and STELLA & STEVE before her guest-packed, yet highly personal Hey u x album was released at the tail end of 2020. The album was a vibrant musical world with guests ranging from Grimes and Lily Allen to Gus Dapperton and Muroki (another New Zealand teen BENEE has since signed to her own label, Olive). It was listed as one of Billboard’s “25 Best Pop Albums of 2020,” noting that BENEE “contemplates the woes of Gen Z with a keen ear for choruses and arrangements that oscillate between indie rock and hyperpop.”

Stereogum praised its “quirky but impeccably produced pop music,” and Vogue called it “13 tracks of heavenly indie-alt-pop.” Platinum Awards piled up around the globe and she performed “Supalonely” — live from New Zealand — on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Ellen, and Late Night With Seth Meyers and recorded a heartfelt live version of album opener “Happen To Me” for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

A year on, BENEE returns with new music in the form of “Doesn’t Matter,” another deeply revealing track that reflects the singer’s journey through the emotional clatter of 2021.The song sees Bennett pondering what it would be like to feel truly carefree. “Doesn’t Matter” is the first track to turn up from the pile of music BENEE has been quietly chipping away at through 2021. It has been a tough year, she notes, a time that has seen her feeling at her lowest and having to learn to cope with her anxiety, diagnosed this year as OCD. A forthcoming BENEE EP release leads into plans for 2022 with the thing that excites Bennett most, a hefty touring schedule. Expect the world to be ready and waiting for her.