Rihanna - Friend Of Mine (from the Smurfs Movie Soundtrack)

[StrawberryBlond 14,881]

Not what I expected in the worst possible way, was expecting a sassier Ooh La La and instead we got this. People weren't exaggerating when they said Woman's World sounds great by comparison. This whole thing seems completely conceived by AI, this is a literal joke. The use of AI in music is so obvious now, it's quite concerning where creativity is going. You could argue it's just for a kid's movie and Rihanna would have no intention of genuinely putting out something like this from her upcoming album but if she thought this project was worth putting her name to, well, it's hard to hold out hope for anything better. If she was happy to sign off on such an awful song, this is basically retirement from the industry without actually saying it. 

[ItalianGuy 19]

6 hours ago, Addison Rae said:

this sounds like circuit party music 

Yes! It’s a club mix. 

[salty like sodium 1,915]

this is hands down the worst song rihanna has ever released. and she has released some truly awful songs in the past (raining men, birthday cake, literally 90% of unapologetic was unapologetically bad, woo, pose, that song that is just a sample of florence with no singing). like girl...

[AnnTakamaki 6,871]

i doubt she even come to the studio to record this

[Lona Delery 7,214]

what a terrible day to have ears

[ThisGuyTony 30,740]

Lazy trash song.

The movie animation looks horrible and cheap too. 

The whole thing is giving low budget 

I remember people dragging Ooh La La but it aged better with time than this will. Britney showed more passion, fun, and her song was at least catchy. The only negative of hers was being produced by Dr Luke 

 

[ThisGuyTony 30,740]

Also how/why do they keep making these movies? They do mediocre at the box office and have terrible scores on RT and Metacritic. 

[Lanadelduck 1,999]

On 5/16/2025 at 5:49 AM, howsAnnie said:

The people who were hating on Britney's Ooh La La are awfully quiet now.

At least that song was catchy

[Lanadelduck 1,999]

27 minutes ago, ThisGuyTony said:

Also how/why do they keep making these movies? They do mediocre at the box office and have terrible scores on RT and Metacritic. 

Kids love them 

[Lanadelduck 1,999]

34 minutes ago, ThisGuyTony said:

Lazy trash song.

The movie animation looks horrible and cheap too. 

The whole thing is giving low budget 

I remember people dragging Ooh La La but it aged better with time than this will. Britney showed more passion, fun, and her song was at least catchy. The only negative of hers was being produced by Dr Luke 

 

This song is great hahaha I’ve always liked it. 

[Teletubby 150,095]

not radio payola for this song

 

[REALITY 76,907]

It sounds like a remix of a pre-existing song tbh. Like, maybe she had an old song or demo she never used and then just made this with it...

This is also a crazy choice for a Smurfs song though. Like, this feels too ""experimental"" to be the main theme of a Smurfs song. I would've expected it to be more poppy and vibrant.

[Melodean 8,329]

I might sound crazy but I really like it  it’s not what I was expecting for a smurfs movie. But it’s actually quite a banger?? I love the beat it’s kinda got these 90’s breakbeaty sounds and I feel like I wanna hear it in a DJ set at an event or like a boiler room thing. I like it because it’s not your typical pop song it’s unique and I like that. 

[Teletubby 150,095]

Radio edit and instrumental are out

 

[Quartz 12,535]

This has got to be a joke.