Bebe Rexha

Bebe Rexha

From Artist Friendly with Joel Madden by Alternative Press

June 10, 2026 · 1h 5m

About this episode

Joel Madden interviews Bebe Rexha about her music career and new visual album.

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Bebe Rexha. Before she signed to Warner in 2013, Rexha was in a short-lived electropop band with Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz called Black Cards, which led to touring with Travie McCoy, multiple solo albums, and a summer on Warped Tour in 2015. Now she’s freshly independent, forming a partnership with indie label and distributor EMPIRE. In a conversation with Joel, they get into pushing yourself forward, turning pain into songwriting, and her new visual album, Dirty Blonde, out Friday (June 12). “I feel like I can always do better — this is the problem with me — but there are some records on there that I’m absolutely so proud of…” she says. “I don’t like being stuck in a box. I grew up on so many different sounds… If I wanna do a classical album next, I’m gonna do that.” ------- Listen to their Artist Friendly conversation on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ------- Follow Artist Friendly! IG: @artist.friendly TikTok: @artist.friendly YouTube: youtube.com/@artist.friendly ------- Host: Joel Madden, @joelmadden Executive Producers: Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Jillian King Producers: Janice Leary, Josh Madden…

People in this episode

Host: Joel Madden

Guest: Bebe Rexha

Topics covered

  • music
  • songwriting
  • independence
  • visual album
  • artist journey

Keywords

  • Bebe Rexha
  • Dirty Blonde
  • music career
  • songwriting
  • independent artist

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Warner, EMPIRE, Fall Out Boy, Black Cards, Travie McCoy, Warped Tour

Books & works: Dirty Blonde

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