![]() It is both a personal account, and a look at the world in a larger scale. ![]() It all started with a quote present in his American visa, describing him as ‘An alien of extraordinary abilities.’ From there, Benjamin started dissecting the concept of wandering, moving forward. While the storytelling on At Least was strikingly personal, Benjamin’s latest album, I Tell a Fly, sees him turn his insightful gaze to the external world. His first album, the Mercury award-winning At Least For Now, came out in 2015, and gripped the music world with a level of poetry and unique voice that demanded people to sit down and listen. At the age of 16, he left the house he grew up in, and at 18, he was in Paris, busking on trains and finding his own voice. An autodidact, he consumed copious amounts of books, ranging from poetry to dictionaries, in lieu of going to class. ![]() When he speaks, it’s almost in a whisper – a direct contrast to the spellbinding strength of the voice heard in his eerie, soulful musical creations.īenjamin grew up in Edmonton, North London, in a strict Christian household. He is tall, with strong cheekbones, his hair in a signature pompadour style. On his latest album, I Tell A Fly, the self-taught London musician turns his unique gaze to the events of today, singing about love, being an alien and belonging.īenjamin Clementine is, all in all, a remarkable person.
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