Jeff Benjamin

2024 Reel 🎬 Message or email to get in touch 💌 • I never put together something like this together, and there's more to add since I had it made, but someone inspired me to do so and here we are — there's even a few #JeffBenjaminSelfie's in there

A new path to blaze: SO happy to share I've teamed up with @beehiiv as part of their new Media Collective to launch a project I've been quietly envisioning for some time. 'The K-Pop Crossover' is a new, upcoming platform for truthful and analytical conversations that will take you inside what's building inside the global expansion of pop music While I will continue to work and create in the usual outlets you're used to seeing my work, having a partner like beehiiv empowers me to have more autonomy over my work and the ability to be more honest than ever while doing so in exploring #TheKPopCrossover Head to the link in bio to become a founding member and stay tuned for special opportunities hitting your inbox to make history as we shake up the traditional systems #NoMoreMediaPlay I hope you'll join our club #XO

SO excited to FINALLY share something we've been working on awhile...these are the conversations I love that have a larger meaning in our increasingly connected global pop world Look out for 'The Crossover Convo' coming to @billboard soon...thank you @dpr_official and DPR IAN for joining

Watching @bini_ph dominate the Coachella 2026 stage — and the post-festival conversation — was a moment that feels so hard-earned and so well-deserved From an unexpectedly lovely lunch in a Brooklyn @ihop with @bgyo_ph in 2022 to our latest chat for @billboard just ahead of @coachella , I've been lucky enough to cross paths with these eight incredible women over the years and every single time, I've walked away thinking how genuine, talented and special they are ...and now the world knows it To @bini_jhoanna , @bini_colet , @bini_gwen , @bini_aiah , @bini_maloi , @bini_stacey , @bini_mikha and @bini_sheena , watching you rise has been so genuinely joyful. You've never taken a single opportunity for granted and it shows in everything you do And getting to be the one to break the news of the full dates and details of your new Signals World Tour on @forbes this past Friday? A huge honor The photos in this carousel are little bookmarks of a journey that's still very much in full swing. Here's to every stage, every country, and every longtime and new BLOOM whose life you've affected Congratulations again, can't wait foe what's next 🇵🇭💗 #BINI #BINICoachella #Coachella2026 #BINIWorldTour

Happy Valentine's Day to the best TV host/stage manager/soldier/tap dancer/singer/performer/partner ❤️

A review of @xtina 's 'Christmas in Paris' from the Christina Crew and even some non-Fighters (though that changed by the end...😌) I asked everyone what they *thought* would be their favorite moment before viewing and what their *actual* favorite part was afterwards. Enjoy the review and happy holidays! ❤️🎁🤍🎄💚💝💙🕎💛 Starring: @jeff__benjamin , @callmejavi , @106th , @napparazzi , @themichaelbernard , @chrisiswhatyoucamefor , #ChristinaAguilera

Love that @hilaryduff brought this back for @allday_project 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #LOOKATME #ADP #hilaryduffchallenge #couldnthelpmyself #itkindaworksright

I know I'm a few days late but wishing @dlstmxkakwldrl a happy birthday for December 14th is a great excuse to share these photos from meeting up in NY during his first world tour 'The Live : Connection.' While of course I've been a @shinee fan for such a long time, I've also immensely enjoyed watching all of the members grow in their solo careers. @onew_griffin took the stage with his with as the centerpiece and it was just as captivating as the flashiest production. I can't wait to see what's coming at his next show Here are some snaps of us in NY! No, I don't know why he wanted us to go back-to-back and serve secret agent style but when a vocal king like Onew hits a pose, you join in 😌 maybe he can explain here, I just love the goofy happy faces of mutual respect where I got to shower him with compliments and thank him for posting my review on his account 🩵💚 Until next time!

I always remembered flipping through @billboard 's magazine and seeing the writers who did these long features inside and wondering if I'd ever get there. Sharing this as part of my efforts to honor and be proud of the work done this year Going behind the scenes — or screens — with a massively huge virtual group like @plave_official was not an obvious or easy story to make such a commitment. I'm so thankful for everyone that came together to make this happen, especially @hannahjasminekarp who heard my wacky idea months prior at a lunch and ultimately brought it all to life Seeing my byline in there was already a big bucket list moment to check off, but doing it with a story I truly believed in made it all the more special. I know there are so many ways for #PLAVE and #VLAST to grow in the future, and I'll be ready to tell that story whenever it's ready In the meantime, here is some cool graphic work you'd see inside Billboard's magazine. Thank you again, everyone

I'm trying to take more time to be proud of my work and I want to highlight one of my favorites from this year. For a story I first began working on in 2024, @plave_official getting a multi-page spread in @billboard magazine was a real dream, and I loved diving into and introducing this truly unique world of virtual musicians Beyond the members who are incredible musicians in their own rights, I found that the leaders at VLAST are true lovers of music as well and showed so much respect to their artists' process as well as the fans behind them. In today's overly accessible world, I also think #PLAVE and #VLAST have managed to create a sense of wonder, magic and mystery in pop music that's so hard to come by these days. And they're selling millions of albums, filling up arenas and could very well represent what the future of music looks like A preview of what the spread looks like in print. Thank you everyone who made it happen but especially Yejun, Noah, Bamby, Eunho, and Hamin

During his #KEYLAND Tour in NY, @bumkeyk confirmed @shinee will make a comeback in 2026 and have already began gathering songs

A blast at my first National Entertainment & Arts Journalism Awards and didn't leave empty handed! I wasn't 1st Place but for some reason I'm so happy and proud of this! Maybe it's being seen alongside the 2025's Print Journalist of the Year @willman.chris and another #NAEJ winner for the night @hollygleason615 — both who I read and look up to. Maybe it's knowing the stress these stories caused me, but were ultimately recognized by my actual peers. Maybe it was wearing my PaPa's vintage tie that I found in his closet on Thanksgiving. Whatever it was, this little plaque meant a lot to me during a difficult year and acted as a reminder that truth, analysis, commentary, communication and arts journalism matter. So thank you, @lapressclub and congratulations on a wonderful event. Thank you Paul Anka for being amazing. And thank you @chase.press.kr for being the best hypewoman, dinner buddy and photographer 💚 In my work, I never set out to provoke anyone. I remember a dinner with my cousin in an LA Mexican restaurant around 2017 when she told me I'm an artist, which I never considered you could be when you're a journalist. But that conversation never left me (even if she's blocked me on Instagram). Neither did this @xtina quote from 2010: "I think what an artist does isn't try to provoke, they just do. I think artists tend to want to explore their own personal boundaries — and for a lot of people it's too much sometimes. But I can't think about that. It's not really on my agenda to really worry about 'What are people going to think of it?' and 'Is it too much for them?' Because then I would be living by their standards and rules; how they would live their life and not mine" I'm sorry if my writing ever made your job more difficult. It's not personal. I've always set out to tell my truth about music and the world in writing, and I'm so blessed to have opportunities to do so. Let's continue the conversations and connections so we can all keep growing as artistically as we can. All it takes is communication and I'm always here to have an honest conversation