Bebe Rexha is stepping into a brand-new era on her own terms, and it feels huge. Dirty Blonde is not only her fourth studio album… it’s her first ever visual album, and her first major project as an independent artist.
After closing the chapter on her 2023 self-titled album Bebe, she’s coming back with something riskier, bolder, and way more personal. This isn’t just a rollout, it’s a statement: she’s calling the shots now.
Announced with a 13-second teaser across her socials, the reveal was short, cryptic, and so her: just the title, quick flashes of imagery, and then the tracklist, like a little wink to the fans who’ve stuck beside her.
No label hype machine, no bloated campaign, just Bebe dropping a bombshell and letting the work speak for itself. For an artist who’s written hits for half the industry and fought tooth and nail for her own space in pop, there’s something incredibly satisfying about seeing her make this kind of move independently.
As a visual album, Dirty Blonde means every single song is getting its own music video: a full, interconnected world built around the tracklist. The tracklist is already telling a story on its own…
- “Çike Çike”
- “$hit”
- “Tokyo”
- “Hysteria”
- “New Religion”
- “Time”
- “I Like You Better Than Me”
- “Nobody’s There”
- “The Way I Want You”
- “Drink and a Little Love”
- “Nightfalls”
- “One Day”
- “Sad Girls”
From the jump, “Çike Çike” hints at her Albanian roots front and center, which is such a flex for an artist who’s always woven pieces of her identity into her work but is now putting it right at Track 1.
Then you’ve got titles like “$hit” and “Hysteria,” which scream unfiltered, zero-PR-notes energy; “Tokyo” and “New Religion,” which sound like late-night, neon-coded chapters; and songs like “Nobody’s There,” “One Day,” and “Sad Girls” hinting at the kind of emotional gut-punches she does better than most. It reads like a full arc: chaos, glam, vulnerability, and survival.
What makes this moment so special is knowing she’s doing it independently. No label gatekeeping, no second-guessing what’s “radio-friendly,” no being boxed into the “I’m Good (Blue)” streaming machine forever. This is Bebe betting on her own taste, her own vision, and the fans who’ve been loud about wanting more of her and less compromise.
A full visual album takes serious planning, money, and stamina, and the fact that she’s chosen to do that now, free and on her own, is beyond legendary. If you’ve ever rooted for Bebe, this is the era to show up!
Dirty Blonde: The Visual Album isn’t just another release; it’s her planting a flag in the ground and saying, “I’m still here, I’m still weird, I’m still pop, and I’m doing it my way.”
Light a candle, queue the teaser, and get ready… our girl did not fight her way out of the Khia asylum to give us anything less than a full cinematic reset!
XO Diva D 