Ben Platt unveils "Bad Habit" + "Ease My Mind" off
eagerly anticipated debut album 'Sing To Me Instead' arriving
March 29th. WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "Bad Habit" HERE
BEN
PLATT UNVEILS “BAD HABIT” + “EASE MY MIND” OFF
EAGERLY AWAITED DEBUT ALBUM FOR ATLANTIC RECORDS
FIRST TWO TRACKS FROM FORTHCOMING 'SING TO ME INSTEAD’
LP RELEASED ALONGSIDE OFFICIAL ARTWORK
“BAD HABIT” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO STREAMING NOW HERE
“BAD HABIT” + “EASE MY MIND” AVAILABLE NOW
AT ALL DSPS AND STREAMING SERVICES
‘SING TO ME INSTEAD’ ARRIVES EVERYWHERE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 29
U.S. HEADLINE TOUR GETS UNDERWAY IN MAY – FIRST ACCESS TO
TICKETS AVAILABLE WITH ALBUM PRE-ORDER
Atlantic
Records is proud to announce the eagerly awaited debut from
Grammy®, TONY®, and Emmy® Award-winner Ben Platt. Two
new tracks – “Bad Habit” and “Ease My Mind” – are available
now via all digital music retailers and streaming services.
“Bad Habit” also comes accompanied by an incredibly moving official
music video, directed by Nick Lieberman and streaming now HERE.
Ben
Platt - "Bad Habit" [Official Video]
“Bad
Habit” and “Ease My Mind” herald the release of Platt’s full-length
debut LP, SING TO ME INSTEAD, due everywhere on Friday,
March 29. The artwork for the album was also released , alongside
the album pre-order available HERE.
All fans pre-ordering the LP will receive a pre-sale ticket
code and exclusive first access to tickets for Platt’s upcoming
US headline tour, set to kick off in May and include stops in
the following cities: Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, Washington
DC, Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Austin, Irving (TX), San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
The winner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in
a Musical for his performance as Evan Hansen in the smash hit,
Dear Evan Hansen, Platt is one of today’s most extraordinary
talents – a truly multi-faceted actor, singer, and all-around
performer. SING TO ME INSTEAD sees him making a remarkable
arrival as recording artist and songwriter, co-writing all of
the album’s songs. Tracks like “Bad Habit” and “Ease My Mind”
reveal a striking, deeply emotive amalgam of classic popcraft
with sweeping vocals and Platt’s own undeniable charm and versatility.
SING TO ME INSTEAD marks Platt’s first recorded output
since his stunning duet with Lin-Manuel Miranda in March 2018
on “Found/Tonight.”
The track – which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Digital Song
Sales chart – was an installment in Miranda’s ‘Hamildrop’ series,
and featured vocals from both men in an original medley of “The
Story of Tonight” from Hamilton and “You Will Be Found”
from Dear Evan Hansen.
Prior to “Found/Tonight,” Platt appeared as a lead vocalist
on DEAR
EVAN HANSEN (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING), Atlantic
Records’ Grammy® Award-winning companion to the Tony® Award-winning
musical. One of only seven cast albums to reach the top 20 of
the Billboard 200 in the last 50 years, the LP made a
momentous chart debut upon its initial February 2017 release,
entering the Billboard 200 at #8 – the highest debut position
for an original cast album since 1961, and second highest digital
sales debut ever for a cast album.
Platt received a Grammy® Award for his role on the DEAR EVAN
HANSEN (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING), as well as a
2018 Daytime Emmy Award for his part in the cast’s powerful
performance of “You Will Be Found” on NBC’s TODAY. His
rapidly growing body of work also includes memorable roles in
the Tony® Award-winning original Broadway production of The
Book of Mormon and the blockbuster films, Pitch Perfect
and Pitch Perfect 2, amongst many others. Platt will
next lead an all-star cast in the much-anticipated new series,
The Politician, produced by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
and Ian Brennan (Glee) and co-starring Jessica Lange,
Gwyneth Paltrow, and Zoey Deutch. Co-executive produced by Platt,
The Politician will premiere later this year on Netflix.
He will also star in the upcoming films “Run This Town” – premiering
at this year’s SXSW Film Festival – and “Broken Diamonds.”