"Find an Island" is a song by New Zealand musician

Benee Stella Rose Bennett (born 30 January 2000), better known as Benee (stylised in all caps; pronounced ) and formerly Bene, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter from Auckland. In both 2019 and 2020, she consecutively won Single of the Year, Bes ...

. It was released as a single on 11 October 2019 as the lead single from Benee's second extended play ''

Stella & Steve ''Stella & Steve'' is the second extended play by New Zealand singer Benee, released on 15 November 2019 by Republic Records. It was supported by three singles; " Find an Island", "Monsta", and " Supalonely", featuring Gus Dapperton, which th ...

''. The song peaked at number 83 on the Australian

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, becoming her first charting single in that territory. About the song, Benee told Coup de Main magazine "The song is about a tiny little argument I had with my guitar player Tia. We had some weird little bicker, and you know when you’re having a petty argument with a friend you don't want to swear at them or put them down or anything, but I was like, 'What would I say?' It'd be like, 'Find an island, go somewhere else'."

Critical reception

Helen Ehrlich from Culture Affinity Magazine said with "Find an Island" Benee continues her pattern of dropping poppy and punchy songs". Ehrlich said "'Find An Island' is swinging and sultry song about removing negative people from your mind and life." Andrew Drever from

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called the song a "tropical slow-burner". In the EP review, Nathan Gunn from Tone Deaf described the song as "a cruisy summer track".

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References

{{Authority control 2019 singles 2019 songs Benee songs Republic Records singles Songs written by Benee Songs written by Djeisan Suskov Songs written by Josh Fountain Song recordings produced by Josh Fountain