Clara Benin

Clara Benin
Born (1994-02-19) February 19, 1994
Genres
  • Indie
  • folk
  • acoustic
Occupation(s) Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Instruments Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards

Clara Benin (born February 19, 1994) is a singer and songwriter from the Philippines. Her debut album, Human Eyes, was independently released in March 2015. In November 2015, Clara released the EP titled Riverchild that she produced, wrote, and mixed.

Life and career

In 2012, Clara enrolled in MINT College to study Music Business Management, where a video of her original composition “Closure” became a college hit.

In 2013, she was accepted, in the same batch with fellow artists Reese and Vica and Sitti, into the Philippines' highly esteemed Elements National Music Camp. Here she was mentored by the likes of Ryan Cayabyab, Joey Ayala and Noel Cabangon, among others.[1]

In January 2014, she became the voice behind McDonald's popular jingle, Hooray for Today. She then participated with Mcoy Fundales at the third Philippine Popular Music Festival to interpret the song entry “Kung Akin Ang Langit”, written by Chi Datu-Bocobo and Isaac Joseph Garcia. The song won the Spinnr People’s Choice Award.[2]

Later on that year, Clara wrote and recorded the theme song ("Araw't Gabi") for the independent film Red.

Discography

EPs

  • Riverchild (2015)
  1. December
  2. Smile
  3. Tila
  4. Riverchild
  5. I've Been Looking All over the Place for You

Albums

  • Human Eyes (2015)
  1. Be My Thrill
  2. Blameless
  3. Cigarettes & Lighters
  4. Closure
  5. Dust
  6. Easy
  7. Find Me
  8. Human Eyes
  9. Kingdom Come
  10. Naked

Movie Theme Songs

  • "Araw't Gabi" (from Red)

Singles

  • Parallel Universe (2017)
  1. Parallel Universe
  2. Wrestle (demo version)

References

  1. ↑ http://elementsmusiccamp.com.ph/index.php/campers/benin-clara/
  2. ↑ "Philpop - News and Events". www.philpop.com.ph. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
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