Last week we attended one of the most prolific annual events during Grammy week, Amazon Music’s 2026 Lot Party. The event took place at the iconic Culver Studios and brought together artists, creators, executives, media and tastemakers across the music industry.
They had me at Nashville. When I got the invite from Dreamliner to tour their home base in Music City, I didn’t hesitate.
Benson Boone isn’t just the global sensation of the year these days (rocking Coachella, guesting at SNL, headlining covers of too many magazines (and TikTok fan accounts) to count) — but now he’s also been honored with the BMI Champion Award this week as BMI paid tribute to the best in songwriting at the 2025 BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire.