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Jordan Edward Benjamin[1][2] (born October 25, 1993), [3] known professionally as Grandson (stylized as grandson), [4] is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter, and rapper currently signed to Fueled by Ramen.
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Death Of An Optimist follows the 27-year-old alt-rocker as he begins his quest to make a difference, copes with the album’s antagonist, X, and ultimately realizes that failure is inevitable. The antagonist—a culmination of all of grandson’s fears— follows him throughout. Like experiencing failure, X is unavoidable. And it’s a realization that there...
Some of the material grandson consumed throughout 2019 and into 2020 has found its way onto a new project already. The creative says his next project—whether it ends up as a film or album—will be called God Is An Animal. The story takes inspiration from George Orwell’s 1945 classic Animal Farm, and grandson is still conceptualizing his next moves w...
One of the places that I started was actually—and I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before—with the Foo Fighters’ debut album. I listened to “Weenie Beenie,” and it was just so noisy, and it was so dark. grandson as a project, and as an identity for me, is such a gift because I came on the scene doing something really different and [am] speaking ...
That’s not my favorite Kendrick Lamar album. I think To Pimp A Butterflyprobably is. But DAMN.is a really interesting creative exercise where he plays on these themes in each song: fear, loyalty, love. “FEAR.” is probably one of my favorite songs on that project. He just really digs into one rhyme scheme, one thought process. Each song has its own ...
I was super influenced by Mac Miller, and I was embarrassed to admit that I didn’t really listen to Swimminguntil he passed away. When he died, it recontextualized everything. I listened to that album and realized it was so special. And it was one of the most impactful albums of 2019 on me, and I wouldn’t have even listened. So where does that leav...
That’s one of those books that is only [about 130] pages long, but it could have been 800. It’s so dense. Every single sentence carries this double meaning and is so packed with metaphors that are applicable to like any sort of corrupt egomaniac. One of the things that really struck me about that book is the slow, inevitable procession. With each g...
It’s a story about the youth movement in Irelandthroughout the ’70sand the IRA. There was this conservative wing of Ireland who were sick of English occupation, mostly relegated to dive bars, just drinking and reminiscing on the good old days of Ireland. And a couple of young charismatic kids took that from their parents, and they went, “No, we are...
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Nov 7, 2022 · Singer-songwriter Jordan Benjamin – aka grandson – gets into the foundations of his musical, political and creative DNA… November 7, 2022. Words: Mischa Pearlman. Originally published:...
Dec 3, 2020 · Album review: grandson – Death Of An Optimist. Early last year Kerrang! tipped grandson – the stage name for one-man musical chameleon Jordan Edward Benjamin – for big things.
Dec 4, 2020 · For Canadian-American Singer-Songwriter Jordan Edward Benjamin, artistically known as Grandson, this challenge is just as difficult as it is for the rest of us.
Death of an Optimist is the debut studio album by Canadian-American musician Grandson. The album was released on December 4, 2020, through Fueled by Ramen. Background and recording. Benjamin's EP, A Modern Tragedy, Vol. 3 was released on September 13, 2019.
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Join Canadian Paraglider Pilot, Benjamin Jordan, as he flies across Canada by the seat of his pants in this beautiful and emotional documentary about realizing a dream, inspiring youth and setting a new World Distance Record.
