Rihanna - 'Sledgehammer'

[wiltedbliss 915]

2 hours ago, Cupid Boy said:

so this guy told the truth 

also s/he said that it is a ballad song

I don't think so. She posted those lyrics in 2014 and he tweeted them right after there was an iTunes banner on the 24th

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

4 hours ago, Hola Soraya said:

 Big improvement as far as her vocals are concerned although she sounds like Sia at times...  

Well you mean Sia sounds like Rihanna. We've been listening to Rihanna a lot longer and Sia didn't start sounding like Rihanna until Chandelier which was after Diamonds. 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

4 hours ago, lmxoxo said:

You can listen/download it here: http://dailyfreshmusic.net/songs/rihanna-sledgehammer/ 

Since when can you post free links? 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

4 hours ago, Music said:

if Rihanna gets an Oscar before Gaga 

I think she might get it. It's the "type" of song that gets an Oscar. 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

4 hours ago, ViviLittleM said:

Apparently they added Rihanna with Sia in the writing credits... so rihanna could be nominated for the oscar as well.

So she pulled a Gaga. Well someone had to follow suit. 

[DemeLarell 931]

I hear some Sia stylized techniques, but come on its not that prominent. Oddly in the verses and pre-chorus Rihanna is not over nasally and slurry as much as Sia would be. The chorus is another story but the way the melody is written, it demands this slurry nasally aesthetic to it. I feel like she is fusing her vocal techniques with Sia's and I love it. They slay together. They should really do a duet together honestly. Keep doing you Rih Rih!

[SchwineLove 1,375]

1 hour ago, just4fun said:

Well you mean Sia sounds like Rihanna. We've been listening to Rihanna a lot longer and Sia didn't start sounding like Rihanna until Chandelier which was after Diamonds. 

Lol? Diamonds was written and sung first (in demo) by Sia tho. I read somewhere that Rihanna doesn't want to change the way it sung in the demo a.k.a the way Sia sings. 

[Decodekid 28,880]

meh, is too Sia, reminds me so much of Elastic Heart

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

1 hour ago, SchwineLove said:

Lol? Diamonds was written and sung first (in demo) by Sia tho. I read somewhere that Rihanna doesn't want to change the way it sung in the demo a.k.a the way Sia sings. 

Source?

[flopheart 1,865]

I love this Sia impression

[SchwineLove 1,375]

16 minutes ago, just4fun said:

Source?

https://mic.com/articles/94788/if-you-like-sia-s-new-album-check-out-her-amazing-versions-of-these-major-pop-songs#.VM3ViZaBF

"As an incredibly talented songwriter, she has proven over and over again that she can become the pop stars she writes for — in fact, on Rihanna's "Diamonds," Rihanna liked Sia's demo recording so much that she worked  hard to sing it exactly like the writer."

But you do know Sia wrote Diamonds, right?

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

45 minutes ago, SchwineLove said:

https://mic.com/articles/94788/if-you-like-sia-s-new-album-check-out-her-amazing-versions-of-these-major-pop-songs#.VM3ViZaBF

"As an incredibly talented songwriter, she has proven over and over again that she can become the pop stars she writes for — in fact, on Rihanna's "Diamonds," Rihanna liked Sia's demo recording so much that she worked  hard to sing it exactly like the writer."

But you do know Sia wrote Diamonds, right?

The article you posted the writer writes, 'she work hard to sing it as the demo' as an opinion. It's not quoted from Rihanna or Sia or the song's producer.  It's the opinon of the writer. ( I wish people on this site learned to distinguish fact from opinion on the articles they post.)

Of course I know Sia wrote Diamonds. Which is why I made the comparison in the first place. Rihanna has always had a nasal sound with the slurring of words. It's a basic island sound you can hear it in different places on her discography going back to 2005 Music of the Sun. So it fit very well when she sang Diamonds which incorporated those technique in one song. However when Chandelier came out Sia decided to use a very much copied island accent to copy Rihanna's sound. You can hear the accent in her first verse of the song leading up to its chorus. Sia is not dumb she knows what sells,  and her second big hit in the US is another island sounding song (without the accent this time) Cheap Thrills, she even put Sean Paul on the remix. At this point saying one sounds like the other is ridiculous. They obviously respect each other with how often they work together. Sia is not out there saying she sounds like me ( or wearing green wigs and riding mechanical horses) and neither is Rihanna. What happen when these two collaborate is really genius. 

PS Rihanna would have sang the hell out of Cheap Thrills. It would be on its 11th week at number one. 

[wearenotjustart 22]

It sounds EXACTLY like a mixture between Sia's "Kill And Run" and "Elastic Heart". 

 

But... I like it. Sia's songwriting is commercially genius. 

[Higher 2,406]

Rihanna won't stop slaying me.

[Aussie Boi 9]

2 hours ago, just4fun said:

The article you posted the writer writes, 'she work hard to sing it as the demo' as an opinion. It's not quoted from Rihanna or Sia or the song's producer.  It's the opinon of the writer. ( I wish people on this site learned to distinguish fact from opinion on the articles they post.)

Of course I know Sia wrote Diamonds. Which is why I made the comparison in the first place. Rihanna has always had a nasal sound with the slurring of words. It's a basic island sound you can hear it in different places on her discography going back to 2005 Music of the Sun. So it fit very well when she sang Diamonds which incorporated those technique in one song. However when Chandelier came out Sia decided to use a very much copied island accent to copy Rihanna's sound. You can hear the accent in her first verse of the song leading up to its chorus. Sia is not dumb she knows what sells,  and her second big hit in the US is another island sounding song (without the accent this time) Cheap Thrills, she even put Sean Paul on the remix. At this point saying one sounds like the other is ridiculous. They obviously respect each other with how often they work together. Sia is not out there saying she sounds like me ( or wearing green wigs and riding mechanical horses) and neither is Rihanna. What happen when these two collaborate is really genius. 

PS Rihanna would have sang the hell out of Cheap Thrills. It would be on its 11th week at number one. 

Are You serious?

sia copying Rih? 😂