Bebe Rexha shares aftermath of her injuries after man threw phone at her face
The man has been arrested
Bebe Rexha has shared images of her injuries after being struck by a phone during a concert in New York City on Sunday (18th June). The 33-year-old 'I'm Good' hitmaker was performing on stage when she was hit by a phone that had been thrown from the audience.
The singer had to stop her performance to be treated by medics after collapsing to the floor in pain. She was later taken to hospital, where she received stitches above her left eye. Taking to Instagram, Bebe shared a picture of her injuries with fans along with an update on her condition.
Posting images of her bruised eye and stitches, Bebe simply wrote: 'Im good.' (sic) The post was met with an outpouring of support from fans and fellow musicians, with Demi Lovato commenting: 'Love you girly.. I'm so sorry this happened to you.'
Leona Lewis wrote: 'Sending love.' One fan said: 'Love you so much Bebe, you're show in NYC was incredible. I hope you have a fast recovery, the rexhars love you so much.' (sic)
Police have since confirmed that a 27-year-old man from New Jersey has been arrested after the incident. According to the Manhattan District Attorney's office, he told a police officer at the scene that he purposefully tried to hit Bebe as he thought "it would be funny."
Take a look at some of the songs Bebe Rexha has written:
Selena Gomez - 'Like A Champion' (2013)
Having already been working in the music industry for a couple of years, Bebe's songwriting talents were starting to get noticed. Although she wrote songs for a handful of other artists prior, Bebe then penned 'Like a Champion' which was chosen for Selena Gomez to record for her 2013 album, 'Stars Dance'.
Listen on YouTube,
Eminem featuring Rihanna - 'The Monster' (2013)
Bebe got her big break in 2013 when she wrote 'The Monster', which was later recorded by Eminem featuring Rihanna on their fourth collaboration together, and appeared on Eminem's album 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2'. 'The Monster' went to Number 1 around the world in many countries, including the UK, the US, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland and plenty of others. It's even been certified 3x Platinum by the BPI, translating to over 1.8 million sales in the UK! Bebe has said in interviews that she wished she'd been able to keep her vocals on this song, telling a US radio station: "It really resonated with what I was going through in my life, I had just gotten dropped from my first record deal so I was like in a super dark place."
Watch 'The Monster' on YouTube - WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT!
Bella Thorne - 'Jersey' and 'One More Night' (2014)
Bebe wrote two songs for Disney star Bella Thorne's debut EP 'Jersey' - one was entitled 'Jersey' and the other was called 'One More Night'.
Listen on YouTube to 'Jersey' and 'One More Night'.
Iggy Azalea - 'Team' (2016)
In 2016, Bebe co-wrote 'Team' with Iggy Azalea, which didn't appear on an album but went to Number 12 in the UK Hip Hop charts. Iggy spoke about working with Bebe on the song to a US radio show in 2022, explaining that her dresser Alejandra was good friend's with Bebe's manager and that's how they came together to write together with Bebe's writing partner Lauren Christy: "We all got together after I'd had like five attempts at it. Bebe wrote the melody but then had to leave to promote her song with G-Eazy ('Me, Myself and I'), so it was two weeks with no Bebe to finish this song, and I was like, 'I just can't wait!' I had to finish the song! So I'm just gonna write to the melody, and then she came back, and I was like, 'I'm sorry, I'm keeping it!' So it worked out very organically." She added that she'd had "such a good time" writing with them and that they wrote a couple of other songs: "I just really like Bebe, I think that's someone I would be friends with even if neither of us were musical, just personality-wise I really get along with her and we had a really good vibe in the studio," adding that she felt really relaxed in the studio.
Watch the 'Dance' version of the music video on YouTube - WARNING EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!
Nick Jonas - 'Under You' (2016)
Bebe wrote 'Under You' for Nick Jonas' third album 'Last Year Was Complicated', released in 2016. Speaking to the Official Charts, Bebe explained that the song was originally written for Rihanna five years before it was released by Nick! She said: "I remember pitching this song called 'Under You' for Rihanna, but they decided it was too low in the key, so I passed it on to Usher to cut it. A year later Usher hadn't cut the track because he'd decided he didn't want to put new music out, so I sent it to Nick Jonas, who ended up putting it out on his album."
She added about why there was such a gap: "There's this etiquette in the industry, where you need to be respectful to the artist and only send the song to one person at a time otherwise it might hurt the artist's feelings. You also want to make sure the song feels right for the artist. It's more so than just how the voice feels on it or whether you personally connect to the artist as a writer." She later supported Nick and his brothers Joe and Kevin on their Jonas Brothers reunion tour.
Watch 'Under You' on YouTube.
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