Rihanna: "I don't make generic music like Gaga and Katy"

[Dojo 19,365]

 

[bionic 48,469]

Its funny because she's saying Rihanna songs are only songs Rihanna could do, yet 99% of them were offered to other artists first, written by other artists, written by artist camps in general etc

[ALGAYDO 31,500]

Ignore her, she smokes 

[artdoll 45,911]

5 minutes ago, bionic said:

Its funny because she's saying Rihanna songs are only songs Rihanna could do, yet 99% of them were offered to other artists first, written by other artists, written by artist camps in general etc

In Rih's defense, judging by the hairstyle, I would assume this interview was done during the Loud era which was 2010(?) At that point gaga only had The Fame (which, to be fair, is super generic pop) & The Fame Monster (not as generic but I would say commercially appealing as TF) just my opinion tho! 

[COOOK 76,406]

The end of the sentence: "because I just don't make any music myself"

[Dojo 19,365]

Ava in 2 years: "I didn't want to make generic pop records like Dua, Olivia and Taylor, so i went for samples instead" 

 

 

[Nite 5,324]

Kind of glad most artists seem more supportive of each other nowadays and leave the shade to the stans

[bionic 48,469]

1 minute ago, artdoll said:

In Rih's defense, judging by the hairstyle, I would assume this interview was done during the Loud era which was 2010(?) At that point gaga only had The Fame (which, to be fair, is super generic pop) & The Fame Monster (not as generic but I would say commercially appealing as TF) just my opinion tho! 

If Rihanna is promoting Loud then extra ki because although it is a strong album it is also super generic. The only non-generic album in her discography at that point is Rated R

[Economy 49,008]

10 minutes ago, bionic said:

Its funny because she's saying Rihanna songs are only songs Rihanna could do, yet 99% of them were offered to other artists first, written by other artists, written by artist camps in general etc

That is so true. But Rihanna also puts her own spin and style in how she sings them that imo is reasonably distinct. I always knew a new song was from her whenever I'd hear it

 

So even if the songs themselves were generic... The way she carried them definitely wasn't generic... And in my books that makes u a not too generic artist if u can still stand out

[bionic 48,469]

1 minute ago, Economy said:

That is so true. But Rihanna also puts her own spin and style in how she sings them that imo is reasonably distinct. I always knew a new song was from her whenever I'd hear it

 

So even if the songs themselves were generic... The way she carried them definitely wasn't generic... And in my books that makes u a not too generic artist if u can still stand out

true and she has a very distinctive voice but there isn't a single rihanna song that couldn't be sung just as well by britney, janet, etc

[Anderson123 37,703]

She was so immature and shady around that time. This is why you shouldn’t talk about your peers like that. Those comments have aged really bad. 

[Dojo 19,365]

2 minutes ago, Economy said:

So even if the songs themselves were generic... The way she carried them definitely wasn't generic... And in my books that makes u a not too generic artist if u can still stand out

 

[Smother Em Eh 7,086]

I like Rihanna and this was A LONG time ago and in her defense, At the time, Gaga only had TF & TFM out as someone said above 

She then upted her game afterwards with BTW, AP etc. 

[HookerOnAChurch 6,786]

[Stephen 30,420]

It's funny because she probably was getting offered a lot of songs back then that were specifically described as "Gaga type" songs or "Kesha type" songs because that's what was charting at the time. And she's saying she rejected those songs in favor of something that felt more specific to her.

It does sound very condescending because Gaga wasn't following a trend when she made Poker Face or Bad Romance, she was pioneering the trend. Only after Gaga and Black Eyed Peas brought dance back to top 40 did Rihanna consider doing a track like Only Girl in the World.