BENJAMIN STEER | KAVKA ZAPPA | ANTWERP
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To get the true measure of rising singer-songwriter sensation Benjamin Steer, look no further than new single ‘Be My Love’. “It’s the first song that pretty much defines me as an artist,” says the 23-year-old British-American-Belgian star-in-waiting. A self-confessed “hopeless romantic”, Steer’s towering anthemics magnify an obsession and dedication he applies to everything, along with “the angst and desperation of finding someone and something that actually means something to you”. It’s that search for meaning, consistency and validation in these fractured times that runs throughout his music, driven by the ambition to get life right and reach as many people as possible. Now with 1.5million monthly Spotify listeners and a deep connection with his fans through his hook-filled tales of millennial life, love and anxiety, Steer only found himself on this path a few years ago at university. He was studying economics at the prestigious St Andrews in Scotland when, in need of a hobby and keen to impress a girl, he bought himself an acoustic guitar. He learned two songs (‘Feeling Whitney’ by Post Malone and Ed Sheeran’s ‘Galway Girl’) before he wrote one of his own. His mum encouraged him to record it, he caught the bug, and set about writing more tracks before sharing them online. The response was sudden, unexpected and explosive. His numbers on social and streaming blew up. Steer found himself with a record deal offer within a year of first picking up a guitar. He’d found his calling, and realised he dreaded the idea of becoming a “finance bro”. Rather than be another suit and earn someone else a few million, he found the world a lot brighter by pursuing a newfound creativity he’d fallen in love with.
To get the true measure of rising singer-songwriter sensation Benjamin Steer, look no further than new single ‘Be My Love’. “It’s the first song that pretty much defines me as an artist,” says the 23-year-old British-American-Belgian star-in-waiting. A self-confessed “hopeless romantic”, Steer’s towering anthemics magnify an obsession and dedication he applies to everything, along with “the angst and desperation of finding someone and something that actually means something to you”. It’s that search for meaning, consistency and validation in these fractured times that runs throughout his music, driven by the ambition to get life right and reach as many people as possible. Now with 1.5million monthly Spotify listeners and a deep connection with his fans through his hook-filled tales of millennial life, love and anxiety, Steer only found himself on this path a few years ago at university. He was studying economics at the prestigious St Andrews in Scotland when, in need of a hobby and keen to impress a girl, he bought himself an acoustic guitar. He learned two songs (‘Feeling Whitney’ by Post Malone and Ed Sheeran’s ‘Galway Girl’) before he wrote one of his own. His mum encouraged him to record it, he caught the bug, and set about writing more tracks before sharing them online. The response was sudden, unexpected and explosive. His numbers on social and streaming blew up. Steer found himself with a record deal offer within a year of first picking up a guitar. He’d found his calling, and realised he dreaded the idea of becoming a “finance bro”. Rather than be another suit and earn someone else a few million, he found the world a lot brighter by pursuing a newfound creativity he’d fallen in love with.
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Kavka Zappa, August Leyweg 8, 2020 Antwerpen, België, Antwerp, Belgium
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