benny blanco is a record producer, songwriter, artist, actor, record executive, and cookbook author. blanco has contributed to the sale of hundreds of millions of albums worldwide through his work with artists including Ed Sheeran, SZA, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Katy Perry, The Weeknd, Maroon 5, Juice WRLD, Sia and many more. His two albums as an artist—Friends Keep Secrets and Friends Keep Secrets 2—have been streamed more than 11 billion times to date and spawned multiple multiplatinum hits. blanco made his TV debut playing a fictionalized version of himself on the FXX series Dave with Lil Dicky which has become the #1 comedy on FX and FXX. His longtime friendship with acclaimed chef Matty Matheson has spawned two massively viral online food series, Matty & Benny Eat Out America and Stupid F*cking Cooking Show. Open Wide is his first book.