Ben Platt is best known for his Tony-winning performance as the title role in the musical Dear Evan Hansen. Platt also has credits in the Pitch Perfect series as Benji Applebaum, Book of Mormon as Elder Cunningham, and has portrayed other theater roles. On September 7, 2017, it was announced that Platt signed a record deal with Atlantic Records.

On March 29th, 2019, Platt released his first solo album Sing To Me Instead. The first four songs had an early release, in which he also came out to his audiences as being part of the LBGTQ+ community.