Friends Keep Secrets Explained

FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS
Type:	studio
Cover:	Benny Blanco – Friends Keep Secrets.png
Artist:	Benny Blanco
Genre:	Pop hip hop
Producer:	Benny Blanco Watt Cashmere Cat Happy Perez Calvin Harris Two Inch Punch
Next Title:	Friends Keep Secrets 2
Next Year:	2021

Friends Keep Secrets (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American record producer Benny Blanco, released on December 7, 2018.^[1] It shares its name with Blanco's imprint of Interscope Records,^[2] through which it was released.^[1] It was preceded by four singles: "Eastside", "I Found You", "Better to Lie", and "Roses". A reissue of the album was released on March 26, 2021. It features guest appearances by Halsey, Khalid, Juice Wrld, Brendon Urie, Jesse, Swae Lee, Ty Dolla Sign, 6lack, Ryan Beatty, Justin Bieber, 6 Dogs, Gracie Abrams, Vance Joy and Omar Apollo.

Promotion

On December 6, 2018, Blanco announced on his Instagram story that he was "releasing an album Friday", later posting that he was "still working on the track list" as he had just finished.^[3] He also announced his intention to host a "really small BBQ for fans in the LA area" to play his album.^[3]

Track listing

Note

• indicates an additional producer.
• Disc two of the reissue contains the tracks listed on the original release.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[4]

Musicians

• Benny Blanco – keyboards, programming, guitar
• Happy Perez – guitar, keyboards, programming
• Andrew Watt – guitar, programming
• Cashmere Cat – keyboards, programming
• Khalid – vocals
• Halsey – vocals
• Brendon Urie – vocals
• Juice Wrld – vocals
• Francis and the Lights – vocals
• Justin Vernon – vocals
• Calvin Harris – vocals
• John Ryan – background vocals
• Ammar Malik – guitar
• Jesse – vocals, additional vocals
• Swae Lee – vocals
• Ryan Beatty – additional vocals, vocals
• Romy – guitar
• 6lack – vocals
• Ty Dolla Sign – vocals
• Sandra Levin – additional vocals
• Poor Riley – guitar
• Phil Peterson – strings
• Victoria Parker – violin

Technical

• • Şerban Ghenea – mixer Benny Blanco – mixer, engineer, mix engineer
• Calvin Harris – mixer, engineer
• David Schwerkolt – engineer
• Chris Sclafani – engineer
• Denis Kosiak – engineer
• Chris Messina – engineer
• Justin Vernon – engineer
• John Ryan – engineer
• Happy Perez – engineer
• James Royo – engineer
• 6lack – engineer
• John Hanes – mix engineer, assistant mixer
• Louis Bell – vocal editing
• Alex Layne – assistant recording engineer
• Jeremy Simoneaux – assistant recording engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018–2021)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[5]	39
Latvian Albums (LAIPA)^[6]	7

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Friends Keep Secrets by Benny Blanco on iTunes. iTunes Store. 7 December 2018 . December 7, 2018.
2. Web site: Hitmaker Benny Blanco Extends Deal With Interscope. Variety. Aswad. Jem. September 27, 2018. December 7, 2018.
3. Web site: itsbennyblanco Stories: Instagram. Instagram. December 6, 2018. December 7, 2018.
4. Web site: Credits / FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS / benny blanco . December 7, 2018 . . March 26, 2021.
5. Web site: Skegss score first ARIA #1 album with Rehearsal. Australian Recording Industry Association. April 2, 2021. April 2, 2021.
6. Web site: Mūzikas patēriņa topa 2.nedēļa. Latvian. LAIPA. January 11, 2019. November 28, 2019.
7. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019. Billboard. April 4, 2020.