Shadrack Bentson is an emerging Greenville, SC-born, Atlanta-based singer/songwriter, who can trace much of the origins of his career to his childhood: Back in Greenville, he was heavily involved in his school’s music programs, participating in marching band, jazz band and concert band, Greenville County Youth Orchestra, playing trombone, as well as summer arts programs, where he helped to write and perform some of the music used in the final production performed at the end of the study.

After school, Benson continued to write poetry. And his debut single “Hate to Miss You” sees him exploring the possibility of transitioning his poetry into song lyrics paired with slow-burning, 90s Quiet Storm/neo-soul-like production. The song is simultaneously rooted in nostalgia and earnest, heart-worn-on-sleeve lyricism that feels lived in yet universal — and timeless in a way that’s endearing.