Nathan Dawe releases epic collab 'Heart Still Beating' with Bebe Rexha
Another bop to add to his collection!
'0800 Heaven' DJ Nathan Dawe has done it again, this time teaming up with Queen of EDM Bebe Rexha on their brand new track 'Heart Still Beating'. The pair have been teasing their new collab for a while, but after confirming the release date earlier this month, fans have been counting down the days.
Nathan released the track today (27th October), dropping the lyric video on his official YouTube channel. The lyric video plays the track as the lyrics to the song surround three metallic, beating hearts. Very apt.
LISTEN: Nathan Dawe and Bebe Rexha - 'Heart Still Beating':
Nathan took to his socials earlier this month to reveal the release date, captioning a video: 'HEART STILL BEATING W/ @beberexha OUT THIS FRIDAY ❤️‍🩹'. (sic)
In the video, Nathan told his fans: "Right, we've just been sent the final version of our brand new track, we've never heard this song before..."
Before Bebe corrects him: "Well, we've heard this song, but we've never heard it mixed."
Fans had been speculating about the collab for a while after Nathan took to his socials to share a text conversation between him and his manager, where he revealed that someone had reached out wanting to 'jump on' an instrumental.
This tease was followed up by a DM from someone saying they loved the instrumental. đź‘€
Following a few Stories showing Nathan on his way to Los Angeles, he later took to Instagram to share a photo alongside Bebe Rexha, holding an Aston Villa football shirt, with Bebe's name written on it.
The second slide featured a short preview of their song, with a third slide showing Bebe wearing her new shirt.
Nathan then revealed the name of the song is 'Heart Still Beating' in an Instagram Story leaving fans very excited. One fan wrote: 'Now it’s really getting REAL!!!! Let’s gooooooo ❤️🔥🙌🙌🙌', (sic), with another commenting: 'you got thee queen of edm music on this!! a hit 🔥'. (sic)
What is Nathan Dawe and Bebe Rexha's new song called?
The song is called 'Heart Still Beating'.
When is 'Heart Still Beating' out?
'Heart Still Beating' is out now, after being released on 27th October 2023.
This song is the first time the pair have collaborated, however both singers are known for their collaborations with other artists. This year, Nathan has collaborated with Joel Corry and Ella Henderson with '0800 Heaven', while Bebe Rexha has worked with dance legend David Guetta on 'One In A Million', and their massive hit 'I'm Good (Blue)' last year.
You can hear songs by Nathan Dawe and Bebe Rexha on Hits Radio.
Check out who Bebe Rexha has written songs for:
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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