New Religion (Bebe Rexha and Faithless song)

After the management team changed in December 2025 and her music deal with Warner Music Group concluded in January 2026,^[2][3] Bebe Rexha announced a new music project by signing with Empire Distribution.^[4]

The song follows the promotional releases "I Like You Better than Me" and "Çike Çike", which were released in February 2026.^[5] "New Religion" was the third from her upcoming studio album Dirty Blonde, following popular demand from fans who "helped shape" the track.^[6] It also follows a previous collaboration between Rexha and Faithless, "Dollars and Dimes" from the latter's 2025 record Champion Sound.

Upon its release, she expressed gratitude to Faithless for allowing her to use elements from their original song. Rexha also expressed excitement about presenting it to audiences around the world, performing it live and hearing it "at festivals, in clubs, at parties, on the radio".^[7]

"New Religion" heavily builds on the Faithless song "Insomnia" (1995) and incorporates elements of its original production.^[8] Rexha stated that the song is about "letting go and getting lost in the music" and was intended to be "a love letter to music itself" and its power to rescue people from dark places: "when the bass hits, you feel it in your chest and suddenly you feel alive again".^[9]

Euphoria Magazine called the song "a song that describes the joys of unconditional love buried in the arms of a catchy EDM melody".^[10] The song was described as a "high-energy dance banger" by Jack Irvin, writing for People.^[11]

Upon release, "New Religion" became Rexha's first significant hit throughout Eastern Europe and Latin America in nearly five years. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Rexha's highest charting single since "I'm Good (Blue)" (2022).^[13] It also reached a peak of number five on the UK Dance chart.

"New Religion" also entered the charts in several European countries, peaking at number 8 in Germany, number 22 in Austria, number 26 in Switzerland, number 62 in Ireland, number 49 in France, number 30 in the Netherlands, number 97 in Sweden and number 8 and 12, respectively, in the Wallonia and Flanders regions of Belgium.

In the United States, "New Religion" debuted at number 11 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart, with 2.1 million streams. That same week, the song debuted at number 39 on the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart,^[14] and eventually, it topped the chart on the week of May 9, becoming Rexha's fourth and Faithless' first number-one single.^[15]

The official song visual was published on Rexha's official YouTube channel on March 6, 2026.^[16]

On March 10, 2026, Rexha performed "New Religion" for the first time on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.^[17]

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