So I guess I should start from the beginning then, huh? Earlier this week I entered a local radio stations contest to tweet and win tickets to a private performance/ meet and greet with Bebe. Me being the extremely unlucky person I am did not think about winning. A few days later I was relaxing with friends when I got the familiar beep of a Twitter bird calling my name. I looked down at my phone screen, and to my surprise... I WON! I couldn't believe it! So immediately I reply with, "What's the next step?". Unfortunately I had to wait for that answer. The next day I receive a message from the station giving me the address and the date and time of the private concert. Once again I was just in utter shock, I mean I didn't even win dinky little school contests.
After a few boring days of class and work, it was finally Thursday. The day! Since I was allowed a plus one my friend Alicia tagged along. Once I had told her who this artist was she was just as thrilled as I! We had a little trouble that day though. You see Alicia had gotten her wallet stolen just hours before we were suppose to leave. In a frantic search with no prevail we ended up leaving almost an hour behind what we needed to. A mad dash and an hour and a half trim cut to forty minutes we managed to make it there just a short 14 minutes late. Since we were late we had to have someone take us back, and walked in during her first song. Luckily for us Ms. Bebe is a PROFESSIONAL she just kept on singing!
Bebe's first song just so happened to be the one she co-wrote with Eminem, "Monster Under My Bed". It was amazing to hear the original version performed by someone who has such raw power in her voice. After the song she told us about how when she performs that song people always comment on how well she sings the high notes and how she sounds just like the song on the radio. She then explains how on the song it really is her singing the high notes because Rhianna couldn't hit them. Of course she felt bad because of the way that sounded and immediately apologized.
Between each song she gave a little bit of history about herself and about the songs she was either going to perform or had just performed. It was a very cool experience to hear about all the neat things that went into these songs she writes. Bebe told us she never writes music for other people, that she writes for herself but if it doesn't quite fit her style she will then pass it off to someone else like Usher,or Pitbull (whom she will have a single out with soon).
Bebe's final song was her hit single "I Can't Stop Drinking About You". I am a huge fan of this song and was SOOOO pleased to hear it live!
Afterwards we got to have a little Q and A sesh, were I got the chance to ask Bebe the question I had being dying to know the answer to since I first heard the song. That question was "Where did you get the inspiration for the song?". She told me the story of how the first time she fell in love, the guy basically broke her heart and how this song isn't so much about drinking, that it's more about the hurt that comes from knowing that someone doesn't have feelings for you. Not only was that answer everything I had hoped, I knew exactly how she felt and that was why I loved the song so much.
After the Questions had been answered we all got to take some selfies and a group picture, as well as receive a signed poster of Bebe.
Overall I have a new found respect for Bebe and can now say I'm a loyal fan forever!
P.s- If you wanna check out her singing her single you can find it on my YouTube channel YouTube.com/tylerslatera
