''Friends Keep Secrets'' (stylized in

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) is the debut studio album by American record producer

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, released on December 7, 2018. It shares its name with Blanco's imprint of

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, which it was released through. It was preceded by four singles: " Eastside" (with Halsey and

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), "

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" (with

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and

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), and "

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" (with

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featuring

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). A reissue of the album was released on March 26, 2021.

Promotion

On December 6, 2018, Blanco announced on his

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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 * indicates an additional producer. * Disc two of the reissue contains the tracks listed on the original release.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. Musicians *

– keyboards , programming , guitar *

Happy Perez Nathan "Happy" Perez is an American record producer, audio engineer, songwriter and musician. He first rose to prominence for producing Young Bleed's debut album '' All I Have in This World, Are... My Balls and My Word''. He co-wrote and produced ...

– guitar , keyboards , programming * Andrew Watt – guitar, programming *

Cashmere Cat Magnus August Høiberg (born 29 November 1987), known professionally as Cashmere Cat, is a Norwegian DJ, record producer, songwriter and musician. He is best known for producing songs for artists including Kanye West, The Kid Laroi, Selena Gomez ...

– keyboards, programming *

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– vocals *

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– vocals *

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– vocals *

– vocals * John Ryan – background vocals *

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– guitar *

– vocals , additional vocals *

– vocals *

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– additional vocals , vocals * Romy – guitar *

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– vocals *

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– vocals * Sandra Levin – additional vocals * Poor Riley – guitar * Phil Peterson – strings * Victoria Parker – violin Technical * Şerban Ghenea – mixer * Benny Blanco – mixer ,

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, mix engineer * Calvin Harris – mixer, engineer * David Schwerkolt – engineer * Chris Sclafani – engineer * Denis Kosiak – engineer * Chris Messina – engineer * Justin Vernon – engineer * John Ryan – engineer * Happy Perez – engineer * James Royo – engineer * 6lack – engineer * John Hanes – mix engineer , assistant mixer *

Louis Bell Louis Russell Bell (born May 27, 1982) is an American record producer, vocal producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Bell's work includes production for Post Malone, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, 5 Seconds of Summer, T ...

– vocal editing * Alex Layne – assistant recording engineer * Jeremy Simoneaux – assistant recording engineer

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References

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