Ben Platt performs 'Ease my Mind' from his debut album, 'Sing to me Instead', at the Eventim Apollo in London, 15th June 2019.
Ben Platt is used to telling stories—he just hasn’t had the chance to tell his own yet. The Tony Award-winning actor, who made a name for himself in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway and the Pitch Perfectfilms, has crafted a deeply personal debut album, co-writing each track with pop songwriters like Ben Abraham and Eg White. The resulting sound is far more soulful singer-songwriter than show tunes or standards, with lyrics plumbing the depths of Platt’s desires, anxieties, and regrets. “I started from a place of wanting to break the barrier of playing characters, and being part of a greater narrative of other people’s pieces,” he tells Apple Music. “There was kind of a missing component of getting to share some of myself.” Here, Platt breaks down every track of Sing to Me Instead, revealing the real-life inspirations behind his tender, emotionally honest songs.
Ben Platt on Ease my Mind:
“It’s just about a relationship that was very important to me. He was just a really special person in the sense that he was very much able to allay anxiety and bring me to a very sort of tranquil place that I always really wanted to return to, and I wanted to write a song that felt like it could bring the listener back to that place.”
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