With his new single “Big Girl,” a rocked-out father-daughter dialogue…John Beyer continues having fun in his new career as a singer, songwriter and producer.

“It’s about a father-daughter relationship, a story that’s been told before, but not in this drama pop, rock ballad way that we have going on here,” he said.

John, of course, sings as the dad in a baritone voice that can easily hit the tenor range:

Gave you everything on a platter

Visions that I had for you

They just shattered

Always wanted to be such a big girl

Mia Gentile rocks out as the daughter:

I needed my own identity

I look in the mirror

And it’s you I see

I had no choice to become a big girl

Both star in the compelling music video.

The song comes from a story he told Benjamin Hey!, his collaborator on the song and in John’s music company, John Beyer Music.

“This is when my daughter was 13, 14 years old, and she was being a teenager, you know, staying out late, and one day she said something very disrespectful.” Anybody with a teenage daughter — can fill in the blanks.

“And then she ran into her room and slammed the door. I said, ‘Open the door.’ And she wouldn’t.”

I broke through the door with nothing but my bare hands.

Almost two decades later, John told this story to Benjamin Hey!, an accomplished singer, songwriter and producer and John’s right hand collaborator in JBM.

“And that story inspired him to write this song based on the feelings that I felt back then. Feelings of anger, disappointment, frustration and disrespect from the father side. But it was also important for Ben to give the daughter in the story a voice as well. So, then we took Ben’s demo and constructed a stronger production.”

We reached out to our guy, Arthur Pingrey, who is a co-producer on the song and a “sick” guitar player I have to add. That’s his guitar playing on “Big Girl.” Arthur has worked with artists such as Sting, Sia, Willie Nelson and Norah Jones.

“And now he’s worked with John Beyer and Benjamin Hey!,” stated John.

John’s formal career is in moving and storage in New York, but he has always loved music. He sang at weddings and was writing a play about addiction (and now is 38 and a half years sober), but needed help. A longtime friend introduced him to Benjamin (also known as The Captain) who is an accomplished singer/songwriter/producer who writes songs daily.

Under the JBM imprint, they also write and produce pitch songs for other artists as well as songs for themselves. They have now released six songs together, 4 under the John Beyer name and two under Benjamin Hey!.

“Almost everything we’ve released was created together. We’re great collab partners!,” John said.

John said his goal is this: “I’d love to be driving down the road and hear JBM songs playing on the radio. I’m looking forward to when that happens.”

He has come close with “Love You More,” a single of his own released last year. It has reached No. 50 on the Mediabase chart and is getting national radio airplay. That is another song to his daughter, who now has a daughter of her own.

It is a pop-rock tune with some vibes from 1950s crooner songs and early ’60s rock.

“Yeah,” he said. “A little Beach Boys sound too.”

“When you look at these songs that we’ve done, they are incredibly varied,” he said. “You have R&B, you have hip-hop, you have pop, you have drama pop, you have some adult contemporary & rock. It’s a very varied group of music, and it’s just what comes out of us.”

He and Benjamin get together and talk about ideas, start bantering back and forth and from that emerges the message, the melody and ultimately the song.

He says that, for him, the concept and the message come first, “and then we build a hook and a rhythm around that.” Fathers and daughter dynamics in “Big Girl” and “Love You More,” addiction and recovery in “Powerless,” a song he wrote for his play that led him Benjamin Hey!

Next up for them is “YOLO FOMO MOFO,” a pop/hip-hop song coming out around the end of the year. They are also planning a showcase in Manhattan next year featuring him and The Captain. Mia Gentile and other artists will also be there.

“”YOLO…” is a short, fun song that talks about how you have to live your life. I live my life with a sense of urgency to accomplish and do great things.”

“Big Girl,” released in the last month, has gotten more streams “out of the gate than any song we’ve done so far.”

John comes from the time of Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Billy Joel and Barry Manilow. The Captain comes from the world of hip-hop, pop and R&B.

“We come from different walks of life, but we have a synergy here, and it’s working,” he said.

Connect to John Beyer on all platforms for new music, videos, and social posts, and help drive “Big Girl” onto the airwaves. It’s worth it.

“Big Girl” 
Website 
Amazon Music 
Apple Music 
Spotify 
YouTube 
TikTok 
Facebook 
Instagram