“some tramp that gets her t*ts out to sell music is Trek fan, its sad day indeed.” I’m going to sample some of the comments I’ve seen to give you an idea of the vitriol. I want to comment on the reactions I’ve seen to Rihanna’s video, where she talks about being a fan of the series.
I’m not here to talk about how we feel about Star Trek doing a cross-promotional marketing campaign with a huge pop star and how that makes us feel about Star Trek and its ideals, nor about the quality of the song or the accompanying music video. I mean really, truly, ugly and hateful things, for no reason other than she claims to be a Star Trek fan.īefore I get going, I want to clarify a couple things.
I’ve seen people say some really ugly things about Rihanna in comments. It seems like some of you are really angry about Rihanna’s “Sledgehammer” video and its tie-in to Star Trek: Beyond. You can watch the music video and listen to the song in the below video.Hey there, fellow Star Trek fans.
It has that same belting out of notes and off-center sound that Sia is known for. When you listen to ‘Diamonds’ by Rihanna, it’s actually pretty clear that it was written by Sia. But, Sia is known for her fast writing style she wrote ‘TItanium’ in only 40-minutes. Interestingly enough, Sia claims that she wrote the song ‘Diamonds’ in about 14-minutes as was reported by The New York Times in 2014. Rihanna liked it so much that she barely changed anything about the track other than replacing her vocals with Sia’s. Sia’s Songs for RihannaĪnother thing that happened during Sia’s focus on being a songwriter was her creation of the song ‘Diamonds,’ which she demoed for Rihanna. This move skyrocketed her to more unwanted fame. The song ended up in the hands of David Guetta’s and he used Sia’s demo vocals for the final track. It was during this period that she wrote the song ‘Titanium’ for Alicia Keys. Some of those songs were massive hits too, like Flo Rida’s song ‘Wild Ones.’ She wrote songs for Rita Ora, Flo Rida, Lea Michele, and Eminem. During that period, Sia became a songwriting machine pumping out hit songs left, right, and center. So in 2010, she started penning songs for other artists, having decided to retire from her career as a singer. That was when her manager, Jonathan Daniel, said that she should try songwriting. When Sia garnered more fame due to the success of her fifth studio album, We Are Born, she became increasingly uncomfortable with being in the public eye. Sia also co-wrote the song ‘Bound to You’ which was featured on the soundtrack for the film Burlesque. She collaborated with Christina Aguilera to write three songs that appeared on Aguilera’s album Bionic. It was in the time period between 20 that Sia started to rise in popularity and also write for other artists. However, her mainstream success and fame were almost a decade away. The popularity from her song being featured on the show in 2004 resulted in minor fame.
‘Breathe Me’ was used in the series finale episode of Six Feet Under. She still put out more albums and her song ‘Breathe Me,’ off of her third album, ended up being a huge success in the US. The band dissolved in 1997.įrom there Sia released her debut album but it only sold 1,200 copies. Her career in the industry began in the mid-90s in her home country of Australia when she started working with a band named Crisp.Ĭrisp’s music genre was acid-jazz-funk and Sia collaborated with them providing vocals for two of their albums. In case you didn’t know, Sia has actually been active in the music world for about three decades now. Scroll down to read more below about the two songs Rihanna sang by Sia, other artists Sia has written for, and her chart performance. Sia has written for other artists including Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, and J.Lo.
The song ‘Sledgehammer’ was created for the movie Star Tek: Beyond. Rihanna’s vocals were so similar on ‘Diamonds’ to Sia’s on the final track that Sia thought she was hearing herself sing. Sia wrote the song ‘Diamonds’ and ‘Sledgehammer’ for Rihanna. The ‘Chandelier’ singer is also a massively successful songwriter for other artists. Sia isn’t just a talented singer with a very unique voice.