Listening to her two most recent E.P.s had caused me to raise Expectations when it came to her debut. I had her pigeonholed, and like Rita Ora and Dev, I counted her out before I found out she was more of a Pheonix, or in her case, a "Ferrari." I still recommend Dev's The Night The Sun Came Up, which took you through unexpected avenues, and although I only heard it once, it was enough of an impression.
There are two songs that made the debut cut, " I Got You" and the sign that told Rexha this path was "Meant to Be." "I'm a Mess," I know, but when you can sense that you were meant for more, yet cannot find what it is, and struggle in the belief of its truth, it can leave you a tad unhinged.
Love can be the same way, for all the good it has done, can do, and will do, it can also be the sole entity that can cause as much destruction as it can repair, especially unrequited love; all those questions we know the answer to, the signs that tell us to stay away, yet we keep striving to be with that person. "Self Control" is another song that finds the songstress vulnerable, and sounds like a sister song to the aforementioned, and both sound like the object of affection is the wrong type for Ms. Rexha.
I can say that the wrong person can bring us to our "Knees," yet that doesn't mean they are bad, but just bad for us, and Rexha realizes this as she begs for release from a stagnant relationship.
Imagine finding that person that is everything you have ever wanted to find in a significant other, and does everything right, yet your heart and your conscience tells you that you do not deserve it. What do you do? You handle the situation with "Grace."
The song is a slower number that does tug at your heartstrings, even if not everyone has been in that scenario, it can still hurt to find the right one, to be the wrong one for you.
Well, if this hasn't made you feel a tad bit 'o "Sad," I cannot say that this one will. Lyrically, it sounds like a recipe to drive you mad, yet after you acclimate to the depths of despair long enough you accept it because it is all you have known, apathy sets in, and if you rip away that familiarity, you lose your shot at surviving the whole ordeal until you can find the solution to free you from it.
The signs warn you "Don't Come Any Closer," yet the piece of the puzzle you see beckons your soul to plunge into their darkness, to release them from their own insecurities and demons, and still save yourself from the damage they may cause to your spirit; sounds like of trope of teen drama television. CW? I'm sure there are more than few stations, but it sounds like the martyr lives up to the label of "Shining Star."
While the majority of songs on the album seem to focus on the negative perspective that relationships can provide, at the least it was "Steady" in its delivery, its funny to me that all of the collaborations offer a positive perspective of relationships. Even with its simplicity "2 Souls on Fire" speaks to me, yet I cannot decide if I like it better than the Tory Lanez collabo?
Yet, "I Got You" depicts Bebe as a strong young woman willing to give what she has to help another ailing heart in need; pain is a powerful teacher, and you can sing about heartbreak and feeling hopeless and co-dependent and still be a strong person with love left to give.
"Ferrari" is where the music of Bebe and Gotye intersect, right after she pulls off on Mulholland Drive, merging on the highway of life, she sings like her heart's a mess, yet she has all of the freedom to express and soon to live a life of excess, yet I digress; what is the commentary of a clunker to a budding superstar songstress?
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