‘Growing up, you couldn’t play Bon Jovi – that’s what our parents listened to’: Bebe Rexha’s honest playlist

The first song I fell in love with

When I was five or six, my mom got me the VHS of The Little Mermaid, and I would watch it over and over again. I was obsessed with the moment Ariel sings Part of Your World. There was something about wanting more, wanting a different life – even as a kid, I felt that.The first single I bought

I remember going to a record store in Times Square, New York and my aunt buying me What a Girl Wants by Christina Aguilera on cassette tape and it was really exciting. Then the first CD that I bought myself was Just Dance by Lady Gaga which felt like a real moment of independence.The song I inexplicably know every lyric to

Ready Or Not by Fugees. I love doing all of Lauryn’s parts, although I don’t remember learning it, I just know it.The song I do at karaoke

At Last by Etta James, because it’s so iconic, you can really go for it. Or, depending on my mood,No Scrubs by TLC, because everyone starts singing and it goes off.The best song to play at a party