Ten2One, formerly known as Gabe & Benny, have given Emporia State the rights to use their ESU hype song “Right Now” for one year.

The duo, consisting of Benny Bowden, senior digital audio recording major, and Gabe Andrews, senior business administration major, will retain “100 percent copyright rights,” Bowden said.

“It’s an awesome accomplishment,” Bowden said. “We’re just blessed to be able to do it.”

Andrews said the agreement came about when he and Bowden decided to pitch the idea of creating a promotional music video for ESU to university officials last spring. The school is investing $5,000 in the production of the video, and the duo were each awarded a $2,000 scholarship in return for granting the university the rights to the song.

The licensing agreement allows ESU to use the song in whatever “tasteful” way they wish for marketing and promotional purposes, said Gwen Larson, assistant director of Marketing and Media Relations.

“The experience alone is going to be awesome,” Bowden said. “I’m pretty pumped to get ideas flowing for the music video.”

Andrews said nothing is set in stone yet, but the two have been meeting with university officials to brainstorm ideas for the video.

Larson said that Kevin Johnson, general counsel, coordinated the contract signing and even provided a bottle of sparkling grape juice and champagne to toast the event, a tradition Larson said he began when he was in private practice to celebrate occasions when clients came to sign contracts that were “good news.”

Ten2One’s new single, “Make You Feel,” will premiere on Kiss 103.1 at the end of this month, and their album “White Flag” drops Dec. 2 this year.