Pop singer Bebe Rexha may have built a career filled with hit records and songwriting wins, but she’s still chasing that elusive next-level breakthrough — and in her own playful way, she thinks Taylor Swift might be the perfect person to help make it happen. In what fans quickly dubbed Bebe Rexha Seeks Taylor Swift’s Support to Revive Her Struggling Album, the Brooklyn-born artist recently sparked buzz with a series of humorous and self-aware posts on X.
Rexha jokingly referred to herself as being stuck in the so-called “khia asylum,” a piece of online slang often used to describe artists who struggle to stay in the pop-culture spotlight. While the phrase has drawn criticism for its undertones, Rexha leaned into the meme for laughs. She shared a viral image of the Grim Reaper “releasing” artists like Sabrina Carpenter, Charli xcx, and Zara Larsson, writing, “Guys please help me. It’s so lonely in here.”
Taking the joke even further, she uploaded a tongue-in-cheek voice note, poking fun at her situation. “I heard Sabrina got out. Zara, Charli — they left and never looked back,” she said. “And my fat a–, flop a– is still in here.”
When a fan suggested she reach out to Taylor Swift — even jokingly — to help manage her career, Rexha loved the idea. “That’s actually genius,” she replied, fueling the narrative that Bebe Rexha Seeks Taylor Swift’s Support to Revive Her Struggling Album, even if it was all meant in good humor.
Behind the jokes, however, Rexha’s résumé tells a very different story. Over more than 15 years in the industry, she has earned 13 Billboard Hot 100 entries as a credited artist and picked up four Grammy nominations along the way — accomplishments most artists can only dream of. Still, she has openly acknowledged that she hasn’t quite reached the same level of mainstream cultural dominance as some of her peers.
Now, a fresh chapter is beginning. On Jan. 11, Rexha revealed she has parted ways with Warner Records and signed with Ghazi’s company, Empire. The move marks her first step into independence, and she sounds energized about the future. “I actually just went independent,” she wrote on X. “THEY BELIEVE AND ARE AMAZING.”
With a new label, renewed confidence, and a viral moment that has fans talking, Rexha seems ready to write her next act — whether or not Taylor Swift ever gets that playful call. 🎶
