Friends Keep Secrets all caps ) is the debut studio album by American record producer Benny Blanco , released on December 7, 2018.[ 1] Interscope Records ,[ 2] [ 1] Eastside ", "I Found You ", "Better to Lie ", and "Roses ". A reissue of the album was released on March 26, 2021. It features guest appearances by Halsey , Khalid , Juice Wrld , Brendon Urie , Jesse , Swae Lee , Ty Dolla Sign , 6lack , Ryan Beatty , Justin Bieber , 6 Dogs , Gracie Abrams , Vance Joy and Omar Apollo .
Friends Keep Secrets Released December 7, 2018 (2018-12-07 ) Genre
Length 21 :43 Label Producer
Friends Keep Secrets Friends Keep Secrets 2
"Graduation " "Lonely " "Real Shit " "You " "Unlearn"
On December 6, 2018, Blanco announced on his Instagram story that he was "releasing an album Friday", later posting that he was "still working on the track list" as he had just finished.[ 3] [ 3]
Friends Keep Secrets 2 disc one tracklistTitle Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Lonely " (with Justin Bieber ) 2:29 2. "Lost" (with 6 Dogs ) Levin Henry Kwapis Jack Karaszewski Høiberg Ronald Chase Amick Blanco Cashmere Cat Henry Kwapis Jack Karaszewski 3:27 3. "Unlearn" (with Gracie Abrams ) Blanco Blake Slatkin Cashmere Cat Kwapis Karaszewski 2:34 4. "Real Shit " (with Juice Wrld) Blanco Cashmere Cat Dylan Brady Kwapis Karaszewski 3:03 5. "You " (with Marshmello and Vance Joy ) Blanco Marshmello Slatkin[a] 2:49 6. "Graduation " (with Juice Wrld) 2:57 7. "Care" (with Omar Apollo ) Blanco Slatkin Kwapis Karaszewski 4:50
Friends Keep Secrets 2 – Apple Music bonus videos tracklistTitle Director 15. "Lonely" (with Justin Bieber) Jake Schreier 2:37 16. "Unlearn" (with Gracie Abrams) Schreier 2:36 17. "You" (with Marshmello and Vance Joy) William Child 2:50 18. "Graduation" (with Juice Wrld) Schreier 4:06 19. "Eastside" (with Halsey and Khalid) Schreier 2:53 20. "I Found You" (with Calvin Harris) Schreier 3:13
Note
^[a] Disc two of the reissue contains the tracks listed on the original release.
Credits adapted from Tidal .[ 4]
Musicians
Benny Blanco – keyboards (1–3, 6, 7) , programming (1–3, 5–7) , guitar (5) Happy Perez – guitar (1, 3, 5, 6) , keyboards (2, 5) , programming (1-3, 5–7) Andrew Watt – guitar, programming (1) Cashmere Cat – keyboards, programming (1–3, 5–7) Khalid – vocals (1) Halsey – vocals (1) Brendon Urie – vocals (2) Juice Wrld – vocals (2) Francis and the Lights – vocals (3) Justin Vernon – vocals (3) Calvin Harris – vocals (4) John Ryan – background vocals (5) Ammar Malik – guitar (5) Jesse – vocals (5) , additional vocals (6) Swae Lee – vocals (5) Ryan Beatty – additional vocals (6) , vocals (7) Romy – guitar (6) 6lack – vocals (6) Ty Dolla Sign – vocals (6) Sandra Levin – additional vocals (7)
Poor Riley – guitar (7)
Phil Peterson – strings (7)
Victoria Parker – violin (7)
Technical
Serban Ghenea – mixer (1, 5) Benny Blanco – mixer (2, 3, 6, 7) , engineer (1–3, 6, 7) , mix engineer (2, 3)
Calvin Harris – mixer, engineer (4)
David Schwerkolt – engineer (1, 2)
Chris Sclafani – engineer (1)
Denis Kosiak – engineer (1)
Chris Messina – engineer (3)
Justin Vernon – engineer (3)
John Ryan – engineer (5)
Happy Perez – engineer (6, 7)
James Royo – engineer (6)
6lack – engineer (6)
John Hanes – mix engineer (7) , assistant mixer (1)
Louis Bell – vocal editing (1) Alex Layne – assistant recording engineer (2)
Jeremy Simoneaux – assistant recording engineer (6)
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