Teen Vogue is excited to share our music issue — Pass the Mic. In our June cover package, we profile young women disrupting the music industry, how they are doing it, and why it matters.

There is a throughline in much of Bebe Rexha’s work — and she wants to do something about it.

“I haven’t worked with as many girls,” she confesses to Teen Vogue. Bebe’s a singer-songwriter who frequently collaborates with some of the biggest male artists working today. Her voice is often paired with someone rougher, lower, more likely to drawl out a rap in contrast to her rangy soprano. “I want to change that.”

There have, of course, been a few notable outliers: When 2014’s “Hey Mama,” which she cowrote, was released, Bebe’s name alongside David Guetta and Nicki Minaj was initially left off the title billing. (“I guess more than two names don’t look good on the radio,” she told Billboard at the time; the song’s title was changed soon after it became a hit. And when she teamed up with Rita Ora, Cardi B, and Charli XCX for “Girls,” the reception was more polarizing than the artists anticipated. All four have since clarified their intentions for the song; for her part, Bebe said that the song “is the life that I live and it’s honest to me.”

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She’s not letting these experiences deter her; rather, she’s all the more devoted to finding like-minded powerhouses to vibe with. And as she begins to work with more women, she’s also locking down another type of audience. "Meant to Be," the twangy chart topper from her EP All Your Fault Pt. 2 that features country duo Florida Georgia Line, has maintained a steady place at the top of Billboard's Country Charts for weeks on end. "I have immigrant parents, 100% Albanian. I'm not, like, a 'country artist,'" the New York City native says of having landed what very well may be country's song of the summer. "The country world is very...I think they want to preserve something, and I don't disagree with them," she says, alluding to the genre's current, very specific brand of Americana — Bible Belt, farm-bred, naturally blonde. "But I feel like it's cool now that different artists are [joining in]."

And while Bebe has dropped three EPs and a number of bops, even she can admit that there are highs and lows that come with doing something new. She's steeling herself for her first album, Expectations, to debut on June 22. The musician has a “love/hate relationship" with the prospect of the project coming out. "One day I'm happy and listening to it nonstop. Next day, I want to hide inside. I want to go into my room and hide under my blanket," she explains. "It's just such a whirlwind. Such a roller coaster."