Better Mistakes
| Bebe Rexha
Better Mistakes
Better Mistakes is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha, released on May 7, 2021, by Warner Records. It serves as the follow-up to her debut studio album, Expectations (2018), and contains guest features from Travis Barker, Ty Dolla Sign, Trevor Daniel, Lil Uzi Vert, Doja Cat, Pink Sweats, Lunay and Rick Ross. The album was preceded by the singles "Baby, I'm Jealous", "Sacrifice", "Sabotage", and "Die for a Man". -Wikipedia
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EW
If there's a through-line on Mistakes, it's a sort of dear-diary fatalism invariably sweetened by pop sheen; crippling anxiety and self-sabotage, but make it slappy. (The singer has essentially said as much in recent interviews.) With her baby-woman rasp and hiccuping hooks, Rexha often sounds, to borrow the references of another era, like a Britney wrapped in the rebel-yell poses of an Avril or Pink. For all Better's stark confessionals, It's that mutability maybe that makes her still somehow unknowable — even as the hits keep coming.
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Clash Magazine
Bold and emphatic, ‘Better Mistakes’ is that rare thing: a pop record that truly exists in its own universe.
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Vinyl Chapters
Better Mistakes by Bebe Rexha is a weirdly frustrating album because there are some things to genuinely really appreciate about it. It’s unapologetically pop and chaotic in its instrumental choices, but its flow is so off-putting and strange to listen to. Expectations was a better album, sadly. And a head’s up for Rexha fans, when it comes to Better Mistakes, keep your expectations in check.
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All Music
The self-deprecation and confessional spirit of Better Mistakes make it an immensely relatable and honest point of view from a pop star, which longtime fans should appreciate.
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Exhale
Better Mistakes has served its very own purpose to confess Rexha's hardships as an artist, lover and woman — albeit the lack of stronger material. However, with the trap-oriented sound of the current pop music, producing an album with the similar influence could be dire-hit. And Better Mistakes shows the inevitable misstep of going to the trend, as it only has a few prominent and alternative tracks to compel its listeners.
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The Young Folks
It’s the perfect example of Rexha’s capacity to creatively express themes and paint her music with a multi-colored brush, interweaving genres and styles and melting them together. It’s an expansive album driven by and anchored in the Albanian-American singer’s excellent voice and song-writing nous.
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Spectrum Culture
More commercially focused than her debut, it continues Rexha’s illuminating exploration of mental illness and femininity.
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