Alec Benjamin, Different Kind of Beautiful | Song Review 🎵

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Pop singer/songwriter Alec Benjamin, collaborating with StarGate, delivers a truly beautiful single with “Different Kind of Beautiful.”

[otw_shortcode_dropcap label=”“Y” size=”large” border_color_class=”otw-no-border-color” shadow=”shadow” square=”square”]ou’re a different kind of beautiful, the kind that makes me scared / The kind that makes me turn around and act like I’m not there.” Word, 🎙 Alec Benjamin, WORD.  The pop singer/songwriter is back with some fire 🔥 on his 2023 single, 🎵 “Different Kind of Beautiful”. Notably, “Different Kind of Beautiful” has a different sound compared to other AB songs.  He wrote it alongside 🎼 ✍ 🎛 StarGate – Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen – who also produces the track. The resulting record is a BOP![/otw_shortcode_dropcap]

“I try to speak, but I can’t find the words

Knees gettin’ weak and my speech gettin’ slurred

Hands feelin’ heavy, and vision is blurred.”

Whoa, Alec! As always, Benjamin impresses from a vocal perspective.  His instrument is beautiful, distinct, and boyish. The boyish timbre of his voice is no insult – it is nothing short of charming.  Benjamin rides the production, with its sophisticated sound, stupendously. The StarGate backdrop hearkens back to the past (it’s the plucked sounds) while simultaneously embracing the 2020s. Alec nails the rhythmic melodic lines, singing with incredible agility.  Of course, the crowning achievement – the crème de la crème – is the catchy, tuneful chorus. Excerpted above, it continues as follows: “The kind that takes my breath away and leaves me without air / Maybe I’m delusional, you’re just that kind of beautiful.” All told, Alec reminds us why he’s the sugar honey iced tea on 🎵 “Different Kind of Beautiful” a truly beautiful song.

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🎙 Alec Benjamin • 🎵 “Different Kind of Beautiful” • 🏷 Elektra Entertainment • 🗓 10.27.23

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