New Music Friday: Bebe Rexha delivers a straight-up therapybanger

July 4, 2018 2

Notes on this week’s new releases:

I’m A Mess is Bebe Rexha‘s best song since 2015’s I Don’t Wanna Grow Up EP. The pre-chorus is a blinder — “everything’s gonna be alright, everything’s gonna be okay, it’s gonna be a good, good life, that’s what my therapists say” — but it’s the verse two line “nobody shows up unless I’m paying” that really hits the life-as-a-popstar nail on the head. Justin Tranter pops up in the writing credits.
Baby Ariel‘s Gucci On My Body is like Charli XCX from another dimension. Credits on this one include Kloe and Lauren Aquilina, a really exciting and creative pop songwriting partnership that’ll likely be 2019’s Tranter & Michaels.
Dotter continues to be amazing.
Four Of Diamonds‘ Name On It is 7x better than any launch single for an 8th place X Factor 2016 girlband has any right to be. We had a chat with Sophia from the band, which you can read here.
In ‘fucking hell let’s have some attention to detail’ news, Rita Ora and pals’ Girls has been remixed by a man because apparently there aren’t any women capable of doing remixes.
Bottom of the pile this week is Maroon 5. They’ve covered a Bob Marley song.