1. Benee released her debut EP, Fire on Marzz, with help from producer Josh Fountain in June 2019.
28 Facts About Benee
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Since 2018, Benee has earned seven entries on the Triple J Hottest 100, three of which were in the 2019 list.
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Benee released her third EP, Lychee, in March 2022 which charted at number 13 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.
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Benee grew up in a "really musical" family with parents who would expose her to the catalogs of Radiohead, Bjork and Groove Armada.
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Benee later became interested in writing and recording music at the age of 17, after deciding that she did not want to pursue a career in water polo.
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Benee attended an all girls Catholic school, St Mary's College, where music was compulsory for four years.
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Benee began her music career by posting covers to SoundCloud, and began making her own music in her final year of high school.
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Benee's music caught the attention of Josh Fountain, a producer, with whom she worked on both her 2017 debut single "Tough Guy" and her 2018 single "Soaked".
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In February 2019, Benee supported Lily Allen for an Auckland show during her No Shame Tour.
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Benee had signed to Republic Records in early 2019, prior to this release.
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Benee supported American singer-songwriter Conan Gray for nine nights of his Comfort Crowd Tour of North America during December 2019.
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Benee's first headlining North American tour with support from American singer Remi Wolf was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On 31 January 2020, Benee guested on Australian youth broadcaster Triple J's segment Like a Version, where she covered British musician James Blake's "Mile High", in addition to a performance of "Glitter".
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Benee performed the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show a month later.
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In July 2020, Benee released the single "Night Garden" featuring American producer Kenny Beats and British musician Bakar, before releasing the single "Snail" amid the COVID-19 lockdowns in August 2020.
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Benee featured on the track "Afterthought" on Japanese-Australian musician Joji's second studio album, Nectar.
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In October 2020, Benee was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2020 People's Choice Awards.
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Benee performed "Supalonely" on the American talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers in October 2020.
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In October 2020, Benee departed on a headlining tour of New Zealand October 2020, and formed her own record label, Olive Records, signing Raglan reggae musician Muroki as the label's first artist.
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Benee had prior noted that it would differ musically from her previous releases.
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In late October 2020, Benee released the single "Plain" featuring Lily Allen and Flo Milli, shortly before she was announced as the winner of the 2020 APRA Silver Scroll Award for the song "Glitter".
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Benee won Best New Zealand Act at the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards, where she was nominated for Best New Act and Best Push Act.
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Benee subsequently won Single of the Year, Best Solo Artist and Best Pop Artist for the second consecutive year at the 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards.
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Benee announced and then rescheduled a regional tour in Aotearoa aka New Zealand in 2021 to 2022.
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On 4 February 2022, Benee announced the release of her EP Lychee and released the second single "Beach Boy", which she originally teased on her official Discord server on the 25th January 2022.
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In March 2024, it was announced that Benee would be joining Wallows on their North American tour.
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In March 2025, Benee released "Zero To Hero" as part of the A Minecraft Movie soundtrack.
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Benee shared that she struggled with writing in school, particularly with grammar, but found songwriting to be a creative outlet where she did not have to be grammatically correct.