Bebe Rexha was joined by Rita Ora at her Women In Harmony event in London on Tuesday night (25.09.18) with both stars vowing to support their fellow female artists in the music business.
The pop pair teamed up for Rita’s single ‘Girls’ and they joined together again to bring awareness to Bebe’s project which she hopes will encourage women in the industry to help and support each other, especially those girls at the beginning of their careers.
Bebe got the idea to create Women In Harmony from her own experiences in the business when she was starting out aged 19, as she wishes she could have a female mentor to help her deal with the hardships.
The 29-year-old American singer said: "I started Women In Harmony because when I entered the commercial music business, at the tender age of 19, the one thing I wish I could have had was a female mentor, who could help me through the hardships and help me figure out the business and guide me. ‘Women In Harmony’ is a celebration of the success of women in the creative field of the music business, and crucially it’s an environment where women can feel safe being vulnerable and where they can find support emotionally in this very competitive cutthroat business."
And Rita, 27, wanted to get involved with her friend Bebe’s project because she can recall feeling lost when began her career at the age of 18.
The British starlet said: "I signed my first record deal when I was 18, and like many of the successful creative women and artists in the business, the opportunity that presented itself to me required me to move to New York. It was lonely and very scary at times, even though I had a pretty much all female management team to support me, I lacked the friendship and mentorship of female creatives. When I heard from Bebe about her idea for Women In Harmony, and my friends told me about her event in LA, I thought it was a brilliant initiative and I wanted to get involved and help support Bebe.
"As women in this industry, it is important that we support each other and stick together. I told Bebe that when she next come to London, I would love to host a dinner for her to support her initiative. So here we are. I’m so proud of Bebe and all the women here. Bebe has told me her plans for Women In Harmony and she can count of me for my support. I’m so happy to be here tonight."
Bebe and Rita were joined on the night by a host of other female musicians, including Ray BLK, former Girls Aloud member Nicola Roberts, Kara Marni, Nadine Samuels, Amy Wadge and Lucy Pawws among others.
Bebe has big plans for the initiative and her long-term goal is for Women In Harmony is for it to include females who work in all different parts of the music business, not just artists and creatives.
The ‘In The Name of Love’ hitmaker said: "Right now, it’s a baby organisation supporting my community but eventually I would like to branch it out to include other women who play different roles in the business. I want to combine women just starting out with those of us who have had some success so that newer song writers, singers, producers, engineers can be supported and inspired through the challenges they will face. Primarily though tonight is a celebration, it’s a night built on supporting each other, unity, networking, writing songs and music. We are a community! A community of strong women in the creative music business."
Bebe Rexha and Rita join forces for Women In Harmony
