Alec Benjamin shares the personal story behind 'Jesus in LA'
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“When I moved out to California, I went to college for a few semesters and then I got a record deal,” Benjamin explains, “and I thought, ‘All right, like, this is going to be it. This is going to be my big break.'” However, the singer-songwriter’s “big break” was put on hold when he was suddenly dropped from the record label. “I lost all the songs I had been working on for years,” recalls Benjamin.
Benjamin describes how he knew the song’s title before the rest of the lyrics followed. “Sometimes I write out 50, 60, 100 titles on a piece of paper,” Benjamin says of his writing process. “Jesus in LA” was one of them. “I thought it would be cool to tell the song through a story about me meeting the devil and looking for my savior,” he says.
While the lyrics strongly relate to Benjamin’s own life, he was also influenced by someone close to him caught up in the party scene and struggling with drinking. Benjamin remembers being told, “You’re not gonna find your happiness out there doing that.” This piece of advice inspired him to write the chorus, which he launches into on acoustic guitar, singing: “You won’t find him down on Sunset / Or at a party in the Hills / At the bottom of the bottle / Or when you’re tripping on some pills.
Though Jesus and the Devil are central figures in the lyrics, Benjamin insists it’s not a religious song — even though those who don’t listen closely may mistake it for one. He reflects on how this has fueled his self-doubt. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh man, maybe it was a mistake to put out a song that has Jesus in the title.'” But he doesn’t dwell on this for long. “Lyrically, it’s nice to take risks sometimes.
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