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I'll be paying attention to this girl (Bibi Bourelly). She has natural talent. The hook Bitch better have my money is genius. It's a pretty good song. And she's only 20. Hopefully we hear more about her.

Video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oQW2FFt3-A8

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/meet-the-20-year-old-girl-who-wrote-rihannas-bitch-better-have-my-money

I’m in... [silence] LA. That was hard for me to say for some reason.

Whenever I start talking at the moment, it feels like I’m beginning to say the words “Bitch better…”
Awesome! Well, it’s an important line... Cos niggas don’t be having yo’ money.

How did you write that song?

We were just vibing with Deputy in one of the local studios I record out of. It was back when I was into writing to beats, which I don’t do anymore. He played me it, I went in and started saying something like “BITCH BETTER HAVE MY MONEY!”, because I was feeling ratchet that day. We got that [naughty word removed] done in three hours, then Dep went home and worked on it some more. It came out the way it did, and people seemed to like it.

It always bends my mind when I hear about massive tracks that were written in less than half a day.
An hour can change your life. I’ve only been in the industry for a year and a half, so it’s even more crazy for me. It’s weird, but I just feel lucky. All of this [naughty word removed] happened so fast. I am grateful.

So you were commissioned specifically to write this song for Rihanna
Hmm, we actually wrote it for fun because we thought, let's try to write a song for Rihanna. We had no idea she would actually ever hear it or do it; we just decided. It took us forever to get it to her, and when she did hear it, she thought it was cool. I’m an artist first and foremost, you see? The only songwriting projects I’ve ever had are Rihanna. And, to be honest, she’s the only person I really cared about writing for. She liked my songs and the things I was doing, because I love to make music. And she picked them.

Looking at your Instagram, I see you chilling with Kanye, Usher, Pharrell. Even if most of us didn’t know who you were it seems like everyone that matters did?
It has been weird having that contrast.

Have you worked with any of those three?

I’ve worked with Kanye. He heard “BBHMM” and loved it. He was there when we played it for the first time. Then he brought me out to meet Rihanna and she loved it too.


So what’s your story Bibi? I feel like a lot of people are gonna want to know.

My dad is a professional musician. I grew up with bass players from Senegal and Ghana in my kitchen talking about conspiracy theories. I got to tour with my dad at an early age too. So it’s in my genes. It’s what I do. I didn’t wake up one morning and decide to. I always have. I’ve written songs for 16 years, and I’m 20. It’s my way of communicating.

Am I right in thinking you were actually born in Berlin?

Yeah, I’m German. Berlin is who I am. Berlin is my music, the way I dress, the way I talk. I grew up running around the subways and streets of that city. Tagging, listening to cool music, sitting on the rooftops of abandoned buildings and not going home enough. Then I got in trouble and went to America.

What kind of trouble?

I was about to fail fucking high school, I had to go to summer school, and I didn’t graduate on time. I was that kid who was fucking belligerent. I was not ever trying to be there, because I realized at a certain age that I knew myself, better than a lot of other kids my age did. I knew what I loved—in fact, [naughty word removed] what I loved—I knew what defined me, and that was music. I said [naughty word removed] school, and I packed my bags in Berlin and moved to LA. I said I was gonna do it, I was gonna do music, and I did it. A year later, I have a Rihanna single.

You can’t really argue with those results.

I know how much work I’ve put into music as a child, and I know how well I know music. So, not working wouldn’t even be a rational thought to me. Some people think doing music or art is an unrealistic goal, but for me music is my reality. In my mind, going to college is what’s unrealistic, that didn’t make sense to me. I knew this would eventually pay off. It’s about trusting yourself enough to be yourself.

Am I right in thinking you’ve also written the song “Higher” for Rihanna’s album?

Yeah, that is a really big song, and really dear to me, and she killed it. “Higher” is more like what I would do in my own stuff.



When you started working with her was it hard sometimes to decide what to keep for yourself and what to let go?

Everything happens for a reason. Working with Rihanna has changed my life. The 20 minutes it took me to write “Higher” is actually what changed my life, because, even though we wrote “Bitch Better Have My Money” first, she heard that one first.

How do you feel about the extra attention you’re inevitably going to get?

At first, I was scared of the excess attention and what that would bring to me. But I’ve become more sure of myself, and I understand that in order to achieve great things, you have to sacrifice yourself to some extent. I’m grateful to do what I love. As long as my songs help kids have a better day at school, or a good day at work or whatever.

What else is coming?

People have not seen anything at all yet. I have some new music. Very soon.

People are going to see you as a songwriter until your stuff comes out. Does that bother you?

I’m an artist not a songwriter. Mentally, at heart. I don’t write songs to be on a record, I don’t write songs to be sold. I do it to pour my heart out, whether I’m in pain or totally happy. You know they say it takes 10,000 hours to become a master of something? I’ve practiced that, I’ve done that, and it didn’t even feel like 10,000 hours, because I love it. The same way a football player loves to play football. When you’re meant to do something, it embodies you. It’s the most overwhelming feeling in the world. I don’t do anything else other than music. It’s a high; it’s an addiction; it’s psychotic; it’s sick; it’s an obsession

Controversy already.'they sound very similar. Shiiiii

http://www.idolator.com/7587869/rih...riter-addresses-plagiarism-bibi-bourelly

Rihanna’s new single “Bitch Better Have My Money” came under fire last week when multiple sites suggested that it sounds a little too similar to Just Brittany’s 2014 bop “Betta Have My Money.” The R8 diva refused to comment on the ensuing controversy, but Bibi Bourelly — one of the track’s four credited songwriters — (kind of) addressed the plagiarism claims in an interview with Vibe.

“It’s like you dedicate [your] entire life to something, you know?,” the 20-year-old stated. “You fight for something and actually put the work in, and sacrifice time, like your parents told you to do in order to be ‘successful,’ just so when you finally reach a victory and it’s time to celebrate, some obstacle is there to pull you back down again.” While it’s unfortunate that copyright infringement ruined Bibi’s moment, the Moroccan/Haitian songwriter doesn’t actually address the similarities between the tracks. Instead, she simply laments: “That’s life, I guess.”

Not that the Berlin-based hitmaker is letting the drama bring her down. “I don’t want to bash anybody or be bitter or mean, I just want to be able to celebrate our victory,” Bibi continued. “A lot of things change when one is granted success, random people pop up, and a lot of the adjustments are rough. My way of coping with them is through focusing on the things that I have accomplished and the things that are yet to come.”

Listen to both tracks below and decide for yourself if Bibi is getting a raw deal.

Oh for Christ sake. At least have a melody to talk about it being stolen. Im not sure whats stolen the lyrical line?

I think a song is needed for a song to be stolen!

Go [naughty word removed] on someone elses thread. This is also music.

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