Singer Bebe Rexha has hit out at the music industry for allegedly “silencing” her.
The pop star wrote a decidedly angry message on Twitter: “I could bring down a BIG part of this industry. I am frustrated. I have been boycotted. I have been silent for a long time. I did not see the signs, even though they were SO OBVIOUS. And when I spoke up I was silenced and PUNISHED by this industry. Things need to change,” she added, threatening to speak “all my truths.”
I could take down a BIG chunk of this industry. I AM frustrated. I HAVE BEEN UNDERMINED. I've been so quiet for the longest time. I haven't seen the signs even though people are constantly bringing them up and they have been SO OBVIOUS. And when I spoke up I was…
— Bebe Rexha (@BebeRexha) July 2, 2024
Responding to a fan comment that read, “No one should be forgiven for the time they took your name off ‘Hey Mama,” Rexha wrote, “‘My love. This? Compared to all the other things you don’t know? This is child’s play.’”
The fan is referring to Rexha who appeared in David Guetta's 2015 hit, Hey Momalong with Nicki Minaj and Afrojack; however, she was initially not credited correctly.
Months later, after speaking with Guetta and involving his lawyer, the credit was properly entered. “Things need to change,” Bebe Rexha said of the music industry. Some accused her of writing these tweets to promote the single I'm the drama. “Marketing? I don’t have the budget for that. I’m tired.” In a later post, Rexha clarified that “it’s not just anger. It’s sadness.”
“I’m sitting in my hotel room in London and crying my eyes out. I’ve felt hopeless for a long time. I’ve walked around this city a lot and met fans and it’s really sparked something inside of me,” Rexha wrote. “You all have honestly given me strength.”
This is not just coming from a place of anger. It's sad. I'm sitting in my hotel room in London Crying my eyes out. I've felt hopeless for the longest time. I've been walking a lot through this city and meeting fans and they have really ignited something inside me.
— Bebe Rexha (@BebeRexha) July 2, 2024
It’s unclear what prompted Rexha to write these tweets, but it’s not the first time the pop star has spoken out against a “toxic industry.”