Bebe Rexha and David Guetta. Jerritt Clark/Getty Photos for Bebe Rexha
Bebe Rexha delivered an electrical efficiency of her and David Guetta‘s songs on the 2023 Billboard Music Awards.
Rexha, 34, and Guetta, 56, introduced their 2022 hit, “I’m Good (Blue)” — which is nominated for High Collaboration, High Billboard International Tune and High Dance/Digital Tune — and its 2023 follow-up, “One in a Million,” to the Sunday, November 19, awards present. “I’m Good (Blue)” notably spent 55 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Scorching Dance/Digital Songs chart, making it the second longest-running No. 1 tune within the chart’s historical past after “Happier” by Marshmello and Bastille at 69 weeks.
The efficiency began out with Rexha surrounded by an orchestra as she sang a slowed down model of “I’m Good (Blue).” Because the tune transitioned into “One in a Million,” she modified out of her ballgown into darkish leggings with a corset prime and glowing boots as she joined dancers on a stage surrounded by followers.
Following the efficiency, Rexha accepted the award for High Dance/Digital Tune. “It’s been such an unbelievable journey … we didn’t assume it was going to grow to be such a worldwide anthem. We wished to simply flip a enjoyable tune from again within the day, I simply can’t consider how far the tune has gone,” she gushed whereas thanking her followers.
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Guetta shared his acceptance speech from one other location. “Thanks so, a lot. That is unbelievable,” he stated. “Bebe, I really like you. Thanks for being part of my life. I believe we convey luck to one another. I’m so happy with you. I noticed you beginning as a songwriter to being a celebrity proper now.”
Rexha and Guetta wrote “I’m Good (Blue)” in 2017 however initially shelved the monitor. Years later, she was shocked to listen to a bootleg model of the recording on social media. “I used to be simply scrolling on TikTok and I heard a lady singing on a remix of ‘Blue,’” she informed Variety in October 2022, referring to Eiffel 65’s 1998 tune “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” that impressed her collaboration with Guetta. “I used to be like, ‘Rattling, David and I had an concept to try this again within the day.’”
Rexha solely later realized, after sending the video to her social media supervisor, that she was listening to her own song. “I am going to YouTube and it has 30 million views,” she recalled. “I used to be informed it pops up on YouTube yearly, goes viral after which will get pulled down.”
Bebe Rexha. Brittany Lengthy/WireImage
When Rexha found the unreleased tune’s reputation, she rerecorded her vocals and inspired Guetta to complete producing it so they might drop the official rendition. Upon its launch, the monitor turned a chart-topping hit. “It’s unbelievable,” Guetta stated. “It’s refreshing that we live in a time when actually individuals are selecting what they wish to take heed to.”
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As for the explanation behind the tune’s success, Rexha pointed to the familiarity of its sound. “Folks love nostalgia and the ‘00s are again in full power in the case of trend and music,” she defined. “I additionally assume individuals have been cooped up for 3 years and they just want to be happy and really feel good.”
Guetta, in the meantime, believed the reply was simpler. “Generally once you handle to precise a easy emotion, individuals actually relate to that,” he famous. “Doing one thing easy that doesn’t really feel tacky may be very troublesome. Generally it really works, generally it doesn’t. However this time it labored higher than we might ever think about.”
