Benny Blanco’s OPEN WIDE: A Cookbook For Friends debuts on major Bestseller Lists
OPEN WIDE, the debut cookbook from artist, record producer, songwriter, and actor Benny Blanco, made its entry onto The New York Times Best Sellers list at #6 in Nonfiction: Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous. Published by Dey Street Books, the cookbook also reached #7 on USA TODAY’s Bestselling Booklist and #9 on the Los Angeles Times bestselling hardcover nonfiction list. OPEN WIDE became available for purchase upon its release.
Co-authored with recipe developer and bestselling cookbook author Jess Damuck, OPEN WIDE serves as Benny’s guide to food and entertaining, offering readers tips on cooking, impressing guests, and throwing unforgettable dinner parties.
While best known for his work in the music industry, Benny Blanco’s passion for food had become widely recognized in recent years. He hosts some of L.A.’s “most coveted” (The New York Times) dinner parties and collaborates with chef Matty Matheson on two cooking shows. Benny also shares viral cooking tutorials alongside well-known food personalities like Half Baked Harvest, Andy Hearnden, Uncle Roger, and Laurent Dagenais.
The cookbook offers something for everyone, from kitchen basics and expert advice from friends such as Eric Andre, Jess Damuck, Ben Sinclair, and Emile Haynie, to Benny’s own mind-blowing recipes designed to leave guests satisfied and entertained.
MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR benny blanco is a record producer, songwriter, artist, actor, record executive, and cookbook author. benny has contributed to the sale of hundreds of millions of albums worldwide through his work with artists including Ed Sheeran, SZA, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Katy Perry, The Weeknd, Maroon 5, Juice WRLD, Sia, and many more. As a solo artist, benny has released two albums—FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS and FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS 2—that have been streamed more than 11 billion times to date and have featured multiple multiplatinum hits. benny made his TV debut playing a fictionalized version of himself on the FXX series “Dave” with Lil Dicky, which has become the #1 comedy on FX and FXX. His longtime friendship with acclaimed chef Matty Matheson has spawned two massively viral online food series, “Matty & Benny Eat Out America” and “Stupid F*cking Cooking Show.” OPEN WIDE is his first book.
MUSIC VIDEO: Sabrina Carpenter – TASTE
If you never thought you would see Jenna Ortega in a Sabrina Carpenter music video, then think again. But it has happened!
In her new music video “Taste“, Sabrina is after the “other woman”, who proves to be as equally capable of dishing out her own level of rather graphically violent menage a trois retribution in this viral horror-themed music video .
Watch closely, and you might see it as a modern homage to the classic horror comedy, “Death Becomes Her,” which starred Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis and Isabella Rossellini.
Directed by Dave Meyers
EP / Producer – nathan scherrer
Producers – aiden magarian & collin druz
Creative Director – sarah carpenter
Label – island records
Production Company – freenjoy
MUSIC VIDEO: Don’t Go Yet by Camila Cabello
It’s not a brand new video, but the vibe in Don’t Go Yet is definitely evergreen! We love this energetic and diverse multi-generational music video from Camila Cabello, which celebrates her Cuban roots, family, and friends. The catchy tag line, the vibrant colors, the food, the fashion, the hair, and of course, the dancing!
Even though this song and music video sort of flew under the radar as far the music chars, see why Don’t Go Yet stays on our playlist
Directed by Philippa Price and Pilar Zeta
Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE: “Anyways, I Love You” by Wild Rivers
“Anyways, I Love You,” the new song from platinum-selling trio Wild Rivers, has debuted with the official music video, directed by Hannah Gray Hall and produced by Weird Candy.
Reflecting on the track, the group—Khalid Yassein, Devan Glover and Andrew Oliver—shares, “‘Anyways, I Love You’ is a song about loving someone through thick and thin. It’s saying that no matter what you do that annoys the hell out of me, you are still mine for the long haul. I think that often someone’s ‘worst’ traits are usually what makes them so special too, and seeing the whole of someone is true love. This song is meant to be a love song, but a realistic one. We aren’t perfect but I love you anyways. I think of this song as kind of an alternate universe version of our song ‘Thinking ‘Bout Love,’ where the couple stayed together and made it last through all the hardships.”
Produced by Gabe Wax (Soccer Mommy, Adrienne Lenker) and recorded in Joshua Tree, CA, “Anyways, I Love You” finds Wild Rivers’ introspective lyricism imbued with a new level of confidence and an energized creative perspective.
Formed during their time at Queen’s University in Ontario, Wild Rivers has released two full-length albums to date including 2022’s Sidelines, which landed at #9 on the U.S. Spotify Debut Album Chart. Released to critical acclaim, Under The Radar praised, “expertly straddles the lines between folk and indie, offering an empathetic and enveloping comfort and a piece of poignant pop beauty,” while American Songwriter declared, “Soul-stirring…rich male/female harmonies bring the emotional lyrics to life.” Since the release of Sidelines, Wild Rivers has been nominated for Breakthrough Group of The Year at the 2023 JUNO Awards, seen their breakout single, “Thinking ‘Bout Love,” certified Gold in Australia and Platinum in Canada and garnered over 450 million global streams and 4 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The group has also spent much of their career touring across the world including countless headline shows as well as dates supporting artist such as The Chicks and Noah Kahan.