{"id":276846,"date":"2025-09-05T14:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/?p=276846"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:51:03","slug":"alec-benjamin-the-knife-in-my-back-new-single-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/alec-benjamin-the-knife-in-my-back-new-single-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Benjamin Returns With \u201cThe Knife in My Back\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Multi-Platinum singer-songwriter\u00a0Alec Benjamin<\/strong>\u00a0returns today with his first new music in nearly a year, the long-awaited fan favorite “The Knife in My Back<\/strong><\/u><\/a>,” available everywhere now via Atlantic Records. The track is accompanied by an official lyric video streaming on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin’s legion of devoted fans have been clamoring for\u00a0“The Knife in My Back”\u00a0<\/strong>ever since he first shared the original\u00a0demo<\/u><\/a>\u00a0over seven years ago. The original YouTube upload has generated\u00a0over<\/strong>\u00a09.5M views<\/strong>, with other fan-created visuals boasting over 20M additional views. In addition, the original sounds have inspired more than\u00a08K creates.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0<\/strong>“I wrote ‘The Knife in My Back’ during one of the most painful chapters of my life \u2013 when a friendship I had long treasured was unraveling because of a betrayal I never saw coming,”\u00a0says Alec Benjamin.\u00a0“Over time, performing it live became a way for me to process those feelings and share that vulnerability with audiences. I’ve workshopped it on stage for a while now, and I’m so excited for people to finally hear the finished version \u2013 the way I always imagined it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to “The Knife in My Back”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n