Friends Keep Secrets

Friends Keep Secrets (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American record producer Benny Blanco, released on December 7, 2018. It shares its name with Blanco's imprint of Interscope Records, through which it was released. It was preceded by four singles: "Eastside", "I Found You", "Better to Lie", and "Roses". A reissue of the album was released on March 26, 2021. It features guest appearances by Halsey, Khalid, Juice Wrld, Brendon Urie, Jesse, Swae Lee, Ty Dolla Sign, 6lack, Ryan Beatty, Justin Bieber, 6 Dogs, Gracie Abrams, Vance Joy and Omar Apollo.

Promotion
On December 6, 2018, Blanco announced on his Instagram story that he was "releasing an album Friday", later posting that he was "still working on the track list" as he had just finished. He also announced his intention to host a "really small BBQ for fans in the LA area" to play his album.

Track listing
Note
 * $undefined$ indicates an additional producer.
 * Disc two of the reissue contains the tracks listed on the original release.

Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.

Musicians


 * Benny Blanco – keyboards (1–3, 6, 7), programming (1–3, 5–7), guitar (5)
 * Happy Perez – guitar (1, 3, 5, 6), keyboards (2, 5), programming (1-3, 5–7)
 * Andrew Watt – guitar, programming (1)
 * Cashmere Cat – keyboards, programming (1–3, 5–7)
 * Khalid – vocals (1)
 * Halsey – vocals (1)
 * Brendon Urie – vocals (2)
 * Juice Wrld – vocals (2)
 * Francis and the Lights – vocals (3)
 * Justin Vernon – vocals (3)
 * Calvin Harris – vocals (4)
 * John Ryan – background vocals (5)
 * Ammar Malik – guitar (5)
 * Jesse – vocals (5), additional vocals (6)
 * Swae Lee – vocals (5)
 * Ryan Beatty – additional vocals (6), vocals (7)
 * Romy – guitar (6)
 * 6lack – vocals (6)
 * Ty Dolla Sign – vocals (6)
 * Sandra Levin – additional vocals (7)
 * Poor Riley – guitar (7)
 * Phil Peterson – strings (7)
 * Victoria Parker – violin (7)

Technical


 * Şerban Ghenea – mixer (1, 5)
 * Benny Blanco – mixer (2, 3, 6, 7), engineer (1–3, 6, 7), mix engineer (2, 3)
 * Calvin Harris – mixer, engineer (4)
 * David Schwerkolt – engineer (1, 2)
 * Chris Sclafani – engineer (1)
 * Denis Kosiak – engineer (1)
 * Chris Messina – engineer (3)
 * Justin Vernon – engineer (3)
 * John Ryan – engineer (5)
 * Happy Perez – engineer (6, 7)
 * James Royo – engineer (6)
 * 6lack – engineer (6)
 * John Hanes – mix engineer (7), assistant mixer (1)
 * Louis Bell – vocal editing (1)
 * Alex Layne – assistant recording engineer (2)
 * Jeremy Simoneaux – assistant recording engineer (6)