BENEE’s music hits differently. From the moment the New Zealand singer-songwriter burst onto the global scene, her brand of dreamy indie-pop — laced with wit, melancholy, and an irresistible lo-fi charm — carved out a lane entirely her own. Whether you’re a longtime fan who’s been riding with her since the early Fire on Marzz days or a newcomer who got hooked through a TikTok rabbit hole, this list of the 20 best songs of BENEE is your essential guide to her greatest hits. Pull on your headphones, find a quiet corner, and let’s get into it.
Supalonely – The Song That Launched a Generation
If there’s one track that truly put BENEE on the map outside of New Zealand, it’s “Supalonely.” Released as part of her 2019 Stella & Steve EP, the song features Gus Dapperton, and that collaboration is nothing short of perfect — his deadpan spoken-word energy contrasting beautifully with BENEE’s floaty, self-deprecating vocals. Lyrically, the song is a masterclass in making loneliness sound almost fun, riding a bouncy synth production that feels simultaneously retro and completely fresh.
“Supalonely” became a genuine viral phenomenon on TikTok in 2020, racking up over a billion streams on Spotify and cementing BENEE’s status as a generational voice in indie pop. Producer Josh Fountain’s fingerprints are all over this one — the lo-fi warmth of the mix, the punchy drum machine groove, the way the chorus blooms just enough without going full maximalist. Play this one loud in the car and try not to sing along. You won’t succeed.
Soaked – Where the Dreamy Side Comes Alive
Off her debut extended project Fire on Marzz (2019), “Soaked” remains one of BENEE’s most emotionally resonant early tracks. The production from Josh Fountain is lush and humid — there’s a reason that title lands so perfectly — with shimmering synths and a rhythm section that feels like it’s moving underwater. BENEE’s vocal delivery here is restrained but achingly expressive, every syllable dripping with genuine feeling.
The song explores themes of emotional distance and longing in that very BENEE way: not overwrought, not dramatic, just quietly devastating. “Soaked” introduced listeners to the atmospheric side of her artistry, proving early on that she wasn’t simply another quirky pop act but a genuine songwriter with a distinctive emotional palette. It still sounds timeless playing through a pair of quality headphones late at night.
UH OH! – A Punchy, High-Energy Standout
“UH OH!” from the 2022 Hive EP delivers one of BENEE’s most energetic and confident performances to date. The track is built around a propulsive, almost euphoric production bed, with layered vocals and a chorus that absolutely demands movement. This is BENEE in a more bold, assertive register — less introspective melancholy, more unbridled fun — and she wears it brilliantly.
What makes “UH OH!” especially exciting is how it demonstrates BENEE’s growth as a pop artist. The production is sharper, the mix more polished, the hooks sharper than anything she’d released before. It’s the kind of song that would absolutely destroy on a festival stage, all kinetic energy and crowd-pleasing dynamics. The Hive EP as a whole showed her maturing rapidly, and “UH OH!” is its crown jewel.
Afterthought – The Collaboration That Elevated Everything
BENEE’s collaboration with Billie Eilish on “Afterthought,” released under Nectar in 2020, stands as one of the most memorable indie-pop moments of that year. It is a testament to how BENEE’s artistic credibility had grown that Billie herself came on board, and the two artists complement each other immediately and hauntingly well.
The two artists complement each other hauntingly well, their vocals weaving around a sparse, melancholy arrangement that feels intimate and almost skeletal. The production strips everything back, letting the emotional weight of the lyrics breathe. “Afterthought” is a slow-burn masterpiece — the kind of track that rewards close listening on earbuds, where every subtle vocal inflection reveals itself in stunning detail.
Glitter – Pure Pop Perfection
Featured on the 10’s Best Of 2021 compilation, “Glitter” is one of those BENEE tracks that catches you completely off guard with how immediately it lodges itself in your brain. The production is bright and tactile, all sparkling synth textures and a hook that shimmers exactly as advertised. BENEE’s vocals carry a playful lightness here, riding the melody with effortless ease.
What sets “Glitter” apart from more straightforward pop fare is its underlying emotional complexity — there’s something bittersweet beneath the shiny surface, a longing that gives the song genuine depth. Josh Fountain’s production craft is evident in every layer of the mix, ensuring the track translates beautifully whether you’re streaming it through speaker or a set of premium earbuds.
Green Honda – A Nostalgic Trip with a Modern Edge
Released as a standalone single in 2023, “Green Honda” is one of BENEE’s most narratively specific and emotionally vivid songs. The track is built around an image — a green Honda, a very particular memory — and BENEE uses that concrete detail to anchor an entire emotional universe of nostalgia, loss, and the passage of time. It’s a songwriting technique that great writers use, and she pulls it off with maturity well beyond her years.
The production on “Green Honda” leans into a warm, sun-faded aesthetic, with acoustic elements sitting comfortably alongside subtle electronic textures. The song proves that BENEE can write from an intimate, personal place and make it feel universal. This is quiet-car-drive music at its absolute finest.
Find an Island – Escapism in Musical Form
From the 2022 April Showers EP, “Find an Island” encapsulates the escapist fantasy that runs through so much of BENEE’s best work. The song floats on a dreamy, almost tropical-tinged production, and BENEE’s vocals have a weightlessness to them that makes the premise — simply wanting to disappear to somewhere beautiful and uncomplicated — feel entirely achievable while listening.
The track’s arrangement is cleverly restrained, resisting the urge to pile on layers in favour of space and atmosphere. “Find an Island” is the kind of song that sounds incredible on a long flight or a quiet Sunday morning, transporting you somewhere far from wherever you actually are. It’s escapism done right.
Same Effect – Understated and Gorgeous
“Same Effect,” from the Hey U X EP (2020), is one of BENEE’s quieter gems and arguably one of her most perfectly constructed songs. The production is intimate and hushed, with a delicate guitar line and subtle electronic accents that never overwhelm the emotional core of the track. BENEE’s vocal performance is exceptional here — unguarded, direct, and genuinely moving.
Lyrically, the song explores the desire to affect someone the way they affect you, a universal romantic longing rendered with complete specificity and honesty. “Same Effect” rewards repeated listening because each pass through the song reveals new sonic details and emotional nuances. It’s the kind of track that makes you want to send it to someone without any context, just knowing they’ll understand.
Beach Boy – Summer Melancholy Done Right
“Beach Boy,” from the 2022 Lychee EP, rides that delicious tension between sun-drenched production and emotionally complicated lyrics that BENEE navigates better than almost anyone in contemporary indie pop. The track has a breezy, summery feel on the surface — gentle rhythms, warm synth tones — but underneath lies something more complex and achingly wistful.
This contrast is a BENEE signature move, and “Beach Boy” executes it brilliantly. The song feels like a memory of a summer that was both wonderful and somehow painful in its impermanence. It sits alongside the best indie pop songs of recent years without question.
Evil Spider – Halloween Vibes, Unexpected Delight
Released as part of Halloweeni Buli in 2020, “Evil Spider” is a playful curveball in BENEE’s catalogue that demonstrates her sense of humour and her willingness to have fun with the form. The production takes on a slightly eerie, quirky character in keeping with its Halloween context, but BENEE’s charm keeps everything from veering into gimmick territory.
“Evil Spider” is genuinely enjoyable as a piece of pure pop entertainment — it’s catchy, it’s weird in the best way, and it reveals a side of BENEE’s personality that the more introspective songs don’t always showcase. Sometimes great music is just about having a really good time with it.
DO IT AGAIN – A Global Stage Moment
“DO IT AGAIN” holds a unique place in BENEE’s discography as the official song of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, landing her on one of sport’s biggest global stages. The track was built to soundtrack triumph, and it delivers exactly that — an anthemic, energetic pop production that carries real emotional weight and a sense of collective joy.
What’s impressive is that BENEE didn’t simply deliver a generic sports anthem. Her personality and sonic fingerprints are still evident throughout the track, making it feel like a natural extension of her artistry rather than a commercial detour. It’s exhilarating to imagine stadiums full of fans with this song filling the air.
Wishful Thinking – Quiet Longing, Big Emotional Impact
Featured on Trending Now Volume 23 in 2021, “Wishful Thinking” is one of those BENEE deep cuts that long-time fans hold especially close. The track operates in that reflective, bittersweet space she navigates so well, with production that is gentle but emotionally charged and a vocal performance that feels entirely unfiltered.
The lyrical content deals with that particular ache of wanting things to be different — not dramatically, not in a world-ending way, just in the quiet way that everyday regret tends to feel. “Wishful Thinking” doesn’t demand your attention; it earns it slowly, and then stays with you for days.
Somebody That I Used to Know – A Cover That Becomes Her Own
BENEE’s take on the Gotye classic, from Somebody That I Used to Know (2021), is a fascinating exercise in artistic reinterpretation. Rather than trying to replicate the original’s sparse intensity, she brings her own textural sensibility to the song, filtering that familiar emotional narrative through her own sonic language.
The result is a version that feels contemporary and distinctly BENEE without being disrespectful to the source material. It’s a reminder that a great song can live in many different sonic universes, and that BENEE has the interpretive instincts to find new emotional truth in material she didn’t write.
Kool – Lo-Fi Warmth at Its Best
“Kool” from Hey U X (2020) is exactly what it sounds like — an easy, warm, effortlessly cool piece of indie pop that doesn’t try too hard and is better for it. The production has a laid-back groove that sits just right, and BENEE’s vocals feel genuinely relaxed and comfortable, like she recorded this one in a single golden afternoon take.
The song’s appeal is its simplicity. Not every great track needs to be emotionally complex or sonically ambitious — sometimes the perfect song is the one that makes you feel good in an uncomplicated way, and “Kool” does exactly that.
Marry Myself – Self-Love as a Pop Statement
From the Lychee EP (2022), “Marry Myself” is BENEE at her most tongue-in-cheek and self-assured. The concept is delightful — a declaration of self-sufficiency and contentment in one’s own company — and the production matches the mood with a playful, slightly theatrical energy that perfectly frames the lyrical sentiment.
BENEE has always had a gift for making deeply personal emotional territory feel relatable and even funny without trivialising it, and “Marry Myself” is a perfect example of that skill. It’s a pop song about self-acceptance that genuinely earns its feel-good credentials.
Winter – Cold Season, Warm Production
“Winter,” from the Hey U X EP (2020), brings a chilly atmospheric quality to BENEE’s sonic palette that she doesn’t always explore. The production has a muted, frost-edged quality to it — subtle but evocative — and the song’s emotional tone matches perfectly, capturing the introspective quietness that winter often brings.
This is BENEE in more contemplative mode, and she’s completely at home in this space. “Winter” rewards close listening — ideally through good headphones on a genuinely cold day — when the full emotional texture of the production opens up in the most rewarding way.
Doesn’t Matter – Lychee’s Emotional Anchor
From the Lychee EP (2022), “Doesn’t Matter” serves as one of the project’s emotional anchors, a track that takes the classic BENEE template of surface brightness over deep emotional complexity and executes it with particular precision. The production is smooth and enveloping, and her vocal performance carries a mature resignation that hits harder with each listen.
The Lychee EP as a whole represented a creative step forward for BENEE, and “Doesn’t Matter” is a prime example of why — it’s the work of an artist who has found her voice completely and knows exactly how to use it.
Don’t Let Me Down – 2023 Growth in Real Time
From Henge (2023), “Don’t Let Me Down” marks BENEE’s continued evolution as a songwriter and producer collaborator. The track carries an emotional urgency that feels slightly rawer than some of her earlier work, with production that pushes into slightly more textured territory without losing that signature warmth.
It’s a song about vulnerability and the specific anxiety of trusting someone not to disappoint you — familiar emotional territory rendered with fresh sonic detail. “Don’t Let Me Down” suggests that BENEE’s best work may still be ahead of her.
Want Me Back – Fire on Marzz Foundation
“Want Me Back” from Fire on Marzz (2019) is one of the building blocks of the BENEE sound — a track that shows all the elements that would eventually come together so brilliantly in later work. The production is characteristically warm and slightly melancholy, the vocals unaffected and genuinely emotive, the lyrical perspective clear-eyed about romantic disappointment.
Listening back to “Want Me Back” now, it’s remarkable how fully-formed BENEE’s artistic identity already was at this early stage. The Fire on Marzz era laid the foundation for everything that followed, and this track is one of its finest moments.
Blu – Where It All Began
Closing out this greatest hits journey with “Blu,” another standout from the Stella & Steve EP (2019), feels right. The track is a gorgeous slice of late-night indie pop — melancholy but not wallowing, introspective but not self-indulgent — that captures everything that makes BENEE special in just a few minutes of music.
“Blu” has an almost cinematic quality, the kind of song that feels like the closing scene of a film you want to watch again immediately. It’s a reminder that BENEE arrived fully formed in many ways, and that even her earliest releases hold up completely against her more polished later work. An essential listen for anyone beginning their BENEE journey.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is BENEE’s most popular song?
“Supalonely” featuring Gus Dapperton is undoubtedly BENEE’s most popular song, having gone viral on TikTok in 2020 and accumulating over a billion streams on Spotify. Released in 2019 as part of the Stella & Steve EP, it remains her signature track and the one most likely to introduce new listeners to her music.
What genre is BENEE’s music?
BENEE’s music primarily falls under indie pop with strong influences from lo-fi pop, dream pop, and bedroom pop. Her sound is characterised by warm, intimate production (frequently with producer Josh Fountain), conversational vocal delivery, and emotionally honest songwriting that blends melancholy with playfulness.
Where is BENEE from?
BENEE — whose full name is Stella Rose Bennett — is from Auckland, New Zealand. Her New Zealand roots and independent, DIY aesthetic have been central to her artistic identity and helped her develop a distinctive sound that stands apart from mainstream pop production.
Who produces most of BENEE’s music?
Josh Fountain has been BENEE’s primary collaborator and producer throughout much of her career, producing many of her most beloved tracks including “Supalonely,” “Soaked,” and various songs across her EPs. Their creative partnership has been central to the development of her signature sound.
Has BENEE won any awards?
Yes — BENEE has received significant recognition in New Zealand and internationally. She has won multiple New Zealand Music Awards, and “Supalonely” brought her global attention that resulted in features, chart success, and collaborations with major international artists including Billie Eilish.
What is BENEE’s best album or EP?
Many fans and critics point to the Hey U X EP (2020) and the Lychee EP (2022) as her strongest projects, demonstrating her artistic range and emotional depth most completely. The Fire on Marzz EP (2019) also holds a special place as the project that established her signature sound.
Is BENEE still making music?
As of 2024-2025, BENEE has continued releasing music and developing her artistry. Tracks like “Green Honda” (2023) and “Don’t Let Me Down” (2023) confirm she remains actively creative and continuing to grow as a songwriter and recording artist.
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