Actor-musician Ben Platt delivers a truly meaningful, moving, and relatable promo single with “Ease My Mind,” from his debut LP, Sing to Me Instead.

If you’ve never heard of Ben Platt, well, get to know this dude. Platt is a Broadway actor, singer, and songwriter, who has appeared in some of the biggest Broadway productions in recent times.  Do the likes of The Book of Mormon and Dear Evan Hansen ring a bell? Now, the openly gay actor-musician is taking his awesome vocals talents to the recording studio, releasing his debut album, Sing to Me Instead.  Why reference Platt’s sexuality? Well, his promo single, “Ease My Mind,” serves as his ‘coming out’ to the world or sorts – well, the accompanying music video specifically.

“Ease My Mind” is a soaring ballad, something that Ben Platt absolutely slaughters (in a good way that is).  This is one of those moving, adult contemporary ballads that begins with incredible poise, eventually reaching a fever pitch. That fever pitch occurs as Platt flaunts his masterful pipes, delivering incredible nuances, runs, and showing incredible command of the performance.  “Ease My Mind” is about love and specifically being in a relationship. It finds an anxious man being eased and comforted by his lover, who knows just what to do to make him feel better.  The chorus is the centerpiece – shouting to the world that love has the power to conquer all.

“Darling, only you can ease my mind

Help me leave these lonely thoughts behind

When they pull me under, and I can feel my sanity start

Darling, only you can ease my mind.”

Final Thoughts 

Listening to Platt sing “Ease My Mind,” and watching his emotions on the musical video, his authenticity is indisputable.  This is a very special record, and it hails from a very special musician.  Regardless of your sexual preference, whether you’re straight, gay, bisexual, or wherever you lie on the sexual spectrum, the message of this record hits home.

Ben Platt • Sing to Me Instead • Atlantic • Release: 3.29.19

Photo Credit: Atlantic