Breakups are hard, especially when you think that person is your forever. Processing the split and trying to move on is even harder, especially when no one compares to them. “somebody” by beno perfectly describes the saying “You don’t know what you have until it’s gone”. In reality, you don’t fully appreciate what you have because you believed you’d never lose it (in this case never break up). Already, he’s admitting he made a mistake when the song opens with “Ain’t it crazy how I thought I'd get it all right” which describes his thought process on how he truly believed everything would be okay in the end. “Never knew what I had I was so blind” is him not fully realizing how great his relationship truly was and how great his ex was. Love is blind, but for beno he was blind in the relationship for the wrong reasons.
“I've been lost since I pushed you away” is his reality check that she’s gone and it’s his fault. People handle breakups differently and after it all went down, beno explains through the lyrics in the chorus that he was looking for another girl (with her eyes) but he can’t find one. He is comparing every girl he meets to her, but he knows he won’t find anyone like her. He’s saying that “I need somebody... who can love me like you/I miss your body...how you light up the room” and then contradicts it with “I said I got it...when you said we were through/don’t need nobody to love me if that somebody ain't you”. Although he says he wants a new girl, deep down he knows he doesn’t want anyone else. He will search for her qualities in everyone to feel like he still has a piece of her, but she's not replaceable.
Right off the bat the song is very upbeat but as soon as you listen to the lyrics, you realize this is a breakup song. Produced by Jens Tykesson Skinbjerg and Anders Bager, “somebody” is a song about trying to move on from a previous relationship but not wanting anyone else. The song almost has an electronic feel to it, with the vocals and keys altered from their original pitch. The synth in this song makes it fit into the pop genre. There are a lot of fun elements to the song, especially how beno’s voice changes throughout it. The reverb on the vocals adds dimension and character to the song, which makes it sound more complete. Breakup songs are very popular in music today, but I normally hear songs from the other point of view. It was an interesting twist listening to “somebody” because in this song, although he is heartbroken, he knows it was his fault which is a hard thing to come to terms with.
beno is a new artist to look out for. Jens Skinbjerg is the voice behind beno. He’s a singer-songwriter from Aarhus, Denmark. “Somebody” is beno's first release. He already has 821 monthly listeners on Spotify and 2,567 streams on the track. He is an independent artist who has been working on music for the past two years, but finally feels ready to put out his work. His goal is to release music about honesty, love, identity, and anxiety. We can expect a wide range of production styles for his upcoming releases from simple to cinematic. If you’re looking to support a new artist, check beno out, you can say you were a fan since the very beginning!
Written By Alexa LaMalfa
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