Why the Philly Soul Love Ballad Still Matters to Benz Abino's Every Beat Of My Heart
An AI-Assisted Love Song Built on the Sweet Soul Ballads of 1970s Philadelphia
Every beat of my heart is you, runs the chorus of Benz Abino‘s new single. The line is as plain as the soul ballads it descends from. Benz Abino, a songwriter based in Las Vegas, United States, released Every Beat Of My Heart on 28 October 2026. Its shape goes back to Philadelphia in the early 1970s, though it was made with newer tools.
Benz Abino’s single is in the playlist below, and the coverage of this songwriter across our titles now sits on the Benz Abino profile. Every Beat Of My Heart reached this desk through PopHits.Co Music Charts, which verifies independent artists and places their releases across its network of music news titles. Press play, then read on for the songbook it comes from.
Philadelphia Taught the Love Ballad to Sound Grown Up, and Every Beat Of My Heart Follows That Line
That shape has a history. At the turn of the 1970s, the Philadelphia writers and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff built a soul sound around love songs for adults, with the arranger Thom Bell. Gamble and Huff launched Philadelphia International Records in 1971. Their house band, MFSB, cut the label’s records at Sigma Sound Studios.
The songs from that circle were rarely about a first crush. They were about staying: the partner who rescued you, the years already put in, the home you mean to keep. The arrangements were lush, but the lyrics were plain.
Detroit had its own version a few years earlier, as Motown’s writers turned out ballads for the radio. Between the two cities, American soul set the template for the grown-up love song. Adult contemporary radio has carried it ever since.
The new single belongs to that template by subject first. The lyric moves from loneliness to settled devotion in five sections. In the first verse the narrator wanders through empty days, chasing shadows, until every road leads to one person. By the bridge the plans are domestic: a little house, morning coffee, late-night talks and slow, steady walks into old age.
Benz Abino Wrote the Words of Every Beat Of My Heart and Used AI to Shape the Music
That is where Benz Abino fits: a lyricist first, writing in an old tradition with new tools. Benz Abino, credited as Benjamin Abino Abino, wrote the lyric and composed the song with AI assistance, and the musical arrangement is AI-assisted too. The artist is open about it on the song’s YouTube lyric video.
The video went up on 10 October, more than two weeks before the single reached streaming services. Its tags also place the artist culturally. Benz Abino marks the song as OPM, Original Pilipino Music, and as the work of a Bicolano artist, from the Bicol region of the Philippines.
The lyric itself carries the song. Its second verse is built from small physical details, a head on a shoulder and fingers laced together, rather than big claims. The chorus states the whole idea in four short lines. Then the outro closes on a promise to keep choosing the same person for life.
It pairs a warm lead vocal with rich instrumentation in the Philly soul and Motown manner. The words, though, are what keep the old ballad’s promise of permanence.
The Stylistics, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and Smokey Robinson Show Where Benz Abino’s Song Comes From
Three older records show where the song comes from, each through its lyric.
The Stylistics are the closest match for the first verse. Thom Bell and Linda Creed wrote You Make Me Feel Brand New for the group in 1974. It is a thank-you to the person who rescued the singer from a bad run. Benz Abino’s opening, empty days ended by one look, makes the same turn.
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes fit the bridge. Gamble and Huff gave them If You Don’t Know Me by Now in 1972, with Teddy Pendergrass singing about a couple long past the early days. Benz Abino’s plans for growing old sit in that same long-haul frame.
Smokey Robinson is the model for the chorus. He co-wrote My Girl for The Temptations in 1964, a song that says what it means in the first line and never hedges. Every beat of my heart is you works the same way: one image, repeated until it sticks.
Why Benz Abino’s Plain Words Still Travel, and Where to Hear Every Beat Of My Heart
That directness is why the form still matters. A love song built on plain words travels between decades and between tools. Every Beat Of My Heart shows an independent lyricist picking it up in 2026.
BlackSounds.News curator team: “We would file Every Beat Of My Heart with the wedding-season love songs, and we like that Benz Abino is upfront about how it was made.”
Stream Every Beat Of My Heart on Spotify and Apple Music, and follow Benz Abino on their YouTube channel, Instagram and Facebook.
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