Celebrity Celebrity Relationships Celebrity Breakups Benny Blanco Once Accidentally Kissed Beyoncé in Front of JAY-Z: 'My Life Flashed Before My Eyes' “I look at Jay and I’m like, ‘Oh, okay. I’m dead. My life is over. It was great. Nice knowing you guys,’” Benny Blanco recalled thinking during the mishap By Naledi Ushe Naledi Ushe Digital News Writer, PEOPLE People Editorial Guidelines Published on March 24, 2021 09:34PM EDT Photo: getty images (2) Benny Blanco is kissing and telling. The "Lonely" producer, 33, once thought he was going to be "dead" after he accidentally kissed Beyoncé on the mouth in front of JAY-Z. Blanco revealed on Apple Music's The Zane Lowe Show Wednesday that about a decade ago, he was invited to Beyoncé and JAY-Z's Hamptons home along with other producers for a beat battle. "I'm playing beats, and JAY-Z is there and we're just drinking, chilling. He comes up to me and he's free-styling in my ear. And I'm like, 'JAY-Z is sitting here, getting drunk with me while Beyoncé is singing little riffs, and he's free-styling in my ear. And we're about to all go in the pool after,'" the producer recalled of the party. "It's these moments, I'm like, 'How is this my life?'" Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Beyoncé Makes History with 28th Grammy Win, Becomes the Most-Decorated Female Artist of All Time At the end of the night, Blanco said he planned to give Beyoncé, 39, a goodbye kiss on the cheek — but the farewell didn't go as planned. "I went to do like, kiss on the cheek, and I guess we just missed a little bit. And just like, I definitely hit the corner of some sort of lip. I'm like, 'Oh my God. This is the worst thing in my life,'" the "Eastside" producer said. "And I'm sitting there, and as I'm doing it, out of the corner of my eye, JAY-Z is right there looking at me. And I'm just like, 'My lip is here. Hers is there, and there's definitely some corner things are happening.' And I look at Jay and I'm like, 'Oh, OK. I'm dead. My life is over. It was great. Nice knowing you guys.'" Beyonce and Jay-Z. PictureGroup/Shutterstock Blanco said he thought he was going to "be in a coffin" the next day, adding, "my life flashed before my eyes." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "No one noticed, she didn't," he said, adding that he was eventually able to sigh an exhale of relief. Beyoncé and JAY-Z tied the knot in April 2008 and have since welcomed daughter Blue Ivy (who recently won her first Grammy), 9, and twins Rumi and Sir, 3.