Bebe Rexha’s new video
Bebe Rexha released a new video for “Hysteria” on April 8, continuing a steady run of visual releases from established pop songwriters. (femmusic.com)
Bebe Rexha didn’t just drop a song and move on. She put out the “Hysteria” single on April 3 and followed it with the video on April 8, turning a five-day gap into the next step of her album rollout. (pmstudio.com) (femmusic.com) “Hysteria” is tied to *Dirty Blonde*, which multiple music outlets describe as Rexha’s fourth studio album and a June 12, 2026 release. That makes the video less like a one-off and more like one chapter arriving on schedule. (celebmix.com) (thestardustmag.com) The album plan is unusually visual. *The Stardust Mag* reports that *Dirty Blonde* is being framed as a visual album, with each song paired to its own music video so the full record plays like a connected film instead of a stack of audio files. (thestardustmag.com) “Hysteria” is also not the first breadcrumb. Coverage of the release says it follows earlier *Dirty Blonde* songs including “New Religion,” “Çike Çike,” and “I Like You Better Than Me,” so Rexha has been building the album in pieces instead of waiting for one big release day. (pmstudio.com) (thestardustmag.com) One part of this rollout is business, not just music. *The Stardust Mag* says *Dirty Blonde* will be Rexha’s first full-length album as an independent artist through EMPIRE, after years of major-label releases. (thestardustmag.com) That shift helps explain why the video cadence is so tight. The official “Hysteria” audio on YouTube is credited to “Bebe Rexha Music LLC / EMPIRE” with a release date of April 3, 2026, showing the project is being issued through her own company structure alongside EMPIRE distribution. (youtube.com) The song itself is being pitched as a dance record, not a ballad detour. Yahoo’s April 4 roundup said Rexha brings “Hysteria” “to the dance floor,” which lines up with the fast-turnaround video strategy pop artists use when they want a track to live on streaming, short clips, and YouTube at the same time. (yahoo.com) So the April 8 video is really a progress marker. In less than a week, Rexha moved “Hysteria” from single to full visual, and if the reported *Dirty Blonde* format holds, more songs are likely to arrive the same way before June 12. (femmusic.com) (thestardustmag.com)