Alec Benjamin gives you his heart, soul, and all the wit and charm that’s trapped in his head (see: “Mind Is a Prison”) with candid pop tunes that run like cathartic diary entries. The Phoenix-born singer/songwriter first wiggled his way into the pop consciousness with his 2018 mixtape Narrated for You, which brims with heartfelt admissions (“Let Me Down Slowly”) and dark confessions (“If I Killed Someone for You”). Since then, it seems the deeper he dives into his own shadow (like on “Demons,” from his 2020 debut, These Two Windows), the sweeter his melodies get—partially thanks to that boyish, buttery voice.