- I'm a Taylor Swift fan.
We were talking about her a lot last night.
I remember seeing her first music videos
and thinking that I was in love with her.
We love Taylor Swift.
Hi, I'm Alec Benjamin and I'm back to play a game
of song Association round two with Elle.
I'll be given a word
and I have 10 seconds to sing or rap that word in a song.
I think I'll do okay, but I didn't do as well
as I thought I was gonna do last time.
So who knows.
Before we get into the game, please be sure to check
out my new album (Un)complimentary and come see me on tour.
(blubbering sound)
Heart.
First word is, is heart.
♪ But you love me in the dark ♪
♪ And my heart completely vacant ♪
♪ Now I don't know ♪
(Alec humming)
See? How's that?
My song, the Way You Felt by me.
The song that made me fall in love with music?
The first song I can think of
would be Surfing USA by The Beach Boys.
♪ If everybody had an ocean ♪
♪ Across the USA ♪
♪ Anybody be surfing the California ♪
I remember my mom would play the Beach Boys.
There's a part of the song, there's a lyric
it's like
♪ a bushy, bushy blonde hair dude ♪
♪ Surfin' USA ♪
And I would always say to my mom, play the bushy bushy song.
That is probably the first song I heard that sort of
like changed my life
and changed the way I look at music.
Life.
♪ 'Cause it's my life ♪
♪ Nuh nuh nuh or never ♪
♪ I ain't going to live forever ♪
♪ I just wanna live while I'm alive ♪
♪ It's my life ♪
Bon Jovi.
Devil.
Yeah, okay.
♪ The devil doesn't bargain ♪
♪ He'll only break your heart again ♪
♪ It isn't worth it darling ♪
♪ He's never gone to change. ♪
That's Devil Doesn't Bargain by me.
The meaning behind the song is
sometimes you're in a relationship
where the other party is not willing to compromise.
And in order to have a successful relationship
with somebody, both parties have to give a little bit.
And sometimes you wanna be
in a relationship so badly that you think
that you can get the other person to change and they won't.
And so this song is me reminding
someone that I'm friends with
that they should stop going back to this person
because they're not gonna give them what they need.
And yeah, that's what it's about.
Stop.
♪ Stop in the name of love ♪
♪ Before you break my heart ♪
♪ and get over ♪
by the Supremes.
Stars.
♪ Look at the stars ♪
♪ Look how they shine for you ♪
♪ And all the things you do ♪
♪ They were all Yellow ♪
Yellow by Coldplay.
I love Coldplay.
Chris Martin is like one
of the reasons why I started writing songs.
Their songs have changed my life.
Hot.
♪ 'Cause you are hot then you are cold. ♪
♪ You're yes then you're no ♪
♪ In then you're out ♪
♪ You're up then you are down ♪
Katy Perry Hot and Cold.
Cold.
♪ What I really meant to say ♪
♪ Is I'm sorry for the way I am ♪
♪ I never meant to be so cold ♪
(Alec chuckles)
So Cross Fade, Cold.
It's a song I listened to when I was
in middle school when I was like, I was in my metal phase
like I had my hair really long and its like, yeah
I bleached my hair too
and I like wanted to be in a metal band.
It didn't work out for me
'cause I couldn't scream well enough.
I found my own lane, my own genre.
That works better.
But if I could have been
in a metal band, I would have.
Slowly.
♪ Could you find a way to let me down slowly ♪
♪ A little sympathy ♪
♪ I hope you can show me ♪
My song, Let Me Down Slowly.
My first release off
of my first project was Let Me Down Slowly.
And so, you know, it's like one of my older songs
but I play it at every show.
I didn't know that it was going to do what it's done.
But I think like the thing
about it is that like it's still growing.
I feel like it's still continuing to be a success.
But when you look back at it
it can be very like intimidating
to every time you go back in the studio to make new music.
You're hoping that you replicate the same success.
But I feel like I've come to just sort of not really worry
about that as much as I did.
Girl.
♪ Just a small town girl ♪
♪ Living in a lonely world ♪
♪ She took the midnight train going anywhere ♪
Don't Stop Believing By Journey.
You.
♪ what's that ♪
♪ You And we don't wanna be like them ♪
♪ We can make it to the end. ♪
♪ Nothing can come between you and I ♪
You and I by One Direction,
who isn't a one direction fan?
I, I love One Direction.
I, I think that music is great.
I think Harry Styles is awesome.
I would love to make a song with him, it'd be really cool.
Crazy.
That's the big TikTok thing right now, right?
Everyone's doing the,
♪ I remember when ♪
♪ I remember when I lost my mind ♪
♪ Does that make me crazy ♪
♪ That make me crazy ♪
The Gnarls Barkley song, Crazy.
Problem.
99 Problems
♪ I got 99 Problems but a (beep) ain't one ♪
I can't say, I don't know.
I feel like I can't say it but 99,
99 Problems by Jay-Z.
Body.
♪ 'Cause if we're talking body ♪
♪ Hey you got a perfect one. ♪
♪ So put it on me ♪
What's Body by Tov Lo?
Shadow.
♪ Everywhere I go, my shadow it follows behind ♪
♪ It doesn't matter where I travel ♪
♪ My shadow it finds me ♪
♪ something that I come to realize ♪
♪ after all this time ♪
♪ I can't escape my shadow ♪
My song, Shadow of Mine.
The meaning behind the song is
that you can't run away from your problems.
My mom used to say to me, wherever I go, there I am.
Your problems follow you.
You can't run away from yourself.
Woman.
That's a
♪ Woman ♪
♪ You got a woman, you got a nuh nuh nuh ♪
♪ You got a feeling ♪
♪ She's a woman you don't wanna meet ♪
♪ Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh me ♪
♪ I wanna set you free ♪
It's like (mouths sound).
It's a guitar hero song.
Wolf Weather Woman.
Me.
Um, that
♪ Me ♪
(Alex hums)
♪ Me he he ♪
Me, by Taylor Swift and featuring Brendon Urie.
I'm a Taylor Swift fan.
We were talking about her a lot last night.
She's got all that new music out.
She's cool.
I remember seeing her first music videos
and thinking that I was in love with her.
You know that one where she's like a nerd
in the beginning and then like I remember watching it
with like six of my guy friends and yeah
we were all in love with her and I think we still are.
We love Taylor Swift.
Minute.
♪ In a minute ♪
♪ I'm gonna need a ♪
♪ sentiment a man or woman to pump me up ♪
It's About Damn Time by Lizzo.
Back.
♪ I'm bringing Sexy Back ♪
♪ And (humming) ♪
♪ Don't know how to act ♪
You know what this is reminded me
that I actually only know a few words to a lot of songs.
'Cause I don't know the exact words
but that's Bringing Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake.
and Timbaland, I think is also listed
as an artist on the song.
Time.
♪ If you're lost (humming) ♪
♪ I'll be waiting ♪
♪ Time after time ♪
(Alec humming)
♪ I will be waiting ♪
♪ Time after time. ♪
Free.
Oh, come on.
Freebird has to be Freebird.
♪ I'm as free as a bird now ♪
♪ And this bird you cannot change ♪
Woo. Freebird by Leonard Skynyrd.
I think I did okay.
I feel like I was a little slow
on some of 'em and I felt almost stumped by a few words.
And I feel like I'm a lyricist.
That's what I do.
So if I can't associate a lyric with a song, I don't know.
I should be better.
But I, I did it.
Thank you so much for watching me play Song Association.
I had a great time and I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks for having me, Elle.