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Songland Greg Scott and Anna Graceman on Bebe Rexha’s episode.
The newest episode of Songand featured Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Bleta “Bebe” Rexha, who has had a string of hits since bursting onto the music scene in 2015 along with her EP I Don’t Wanna Develop Up.
Her singles “Me, Myself & I” with G-Eazy), “Meant to Be” with Florida Georgia Line, “Take Me Residence” with Money Money, “Hey Mama” with David Guetta, Nicki Minaj, and Afrojack, and “Within the Identify of Love” with Martin Garrix have all charted within the High 10 in numerous nations — she actually is a world star.
And since she’s a world star, Rexha was tapped to carry out for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which is what her Songland episode was imagined to be for — discovering a tune to carry out on the Olympics. Nonetheless, as a consequence of COVID-19, the Olympics have been postponed till 2021. This episode was taped earlier than that occurred, however NBC is airing it as-is.
Under is a rundown of her Songland episode, together with the successful tune and learn how to obtain it, however be warned of spoilers.
Contestants
Throughout her intro package deal, producer Ryan Tedder delighted in speaking about how Rexha took down fellow producer Shane McAnally’s report on the nation music charts.
“At her core, she’s like alt-pop, however Bebe truly broke Shane McAnally’s report at nation radio with probably the most weeks at No. 1 on the nation chart with Florida Georgia Line,” mentioned Tedder.
“She’s a songwriter herself … she’s a celebrity,” mentioned producer Ester Dean.
“I believe the type of tune that might be excellent for the Olympic Video games can be one thing that has excessive vitality, makes you are feeling like you’ll be able to accomplish something, one thing that simply makes you are feeling like you’ll be able to tackle the world,” mentioned Rexha of what she’s searching for in a winner, including, “I haven’t finished something at this degree, the Olympics is huge. No stress!”
The 4 contestants who carried out for Rexha have been:
- Greg Scott, Chico, California, “Miracle”
- Alyssa Newton, Las Cruces, New Mexico, “Made for One thing”
- Anna Graceman, Juneau, Alaska, “Gold”
- Josh Vida, Covina, California, “Loopy Sufficient”
The three artists chosen to advance have been Scott, who was assigned to producer Tedder; Graceman, who was assigned to producer McAnally; and Vida, who was assigned to producer Dean.
The Profitable Track
After the second performances, Rexha mentioned, “What I’ve in my head is gonna be a mind-twister. Like one thing no person will likely be pondering of, I simply hope it really works,” then she began combining “Bones” (which is what “Gold” was renamed) and “Miracle” proper there on the spot.
“That’s the type of next-level songwriting that solely somebody like Bebe might actually pull off as a result of she might hear the way in which they may lay over one another,” mentioned McAnally.
Earlier, Rexha had commented about how a lot she preferred the verses of “Bones” however most popular the refrain of “Miracle.”
“The refrain is A-plus … so good,” Rexha mentioned of “Miracle,” however she added, “The melody is every part. I might utterly ex that and begin from scratch, however the one factor that I believe is unimaginable is the hook, so you could have the inspiration of the tune.”
As for “Gold,” Rexha mentioned, “The melodies on the verse, the primary verse and pre-chorus, have been — I liked no matter that was. It felt good to me … however the hook, in addition to the idea, it simply didn’t give that [punch], it didn’t knock me within the face. You type of misplaced me there.”
In order that’s what grew to become the successful tune, known as “Miracle.”
You possibly can hear the complete songs on Songland’s and Rexha’s YouTube channel and obtain them now on iTunes and Spotify.
Songland airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.
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