"Rihanna Cops to Being Lifelong 'Star Trek' Fan: Watch". Singer's Sia-penned track appears in new trailer for upcoming sci-fi epic "Hear Rihanna's Aching 'Star Trek Beyond' Ballad 'Sledgehammer' ". The video for the new track will be released on 27 June at 12pm GMT. "Rihanna teases new Star Trek Beyond single Sledgehammer". US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard) New Zealand Heatseekers ( Recorded Music NZ) The video was shot at the Trona Pinnacles by director Floria Sigismondi. At the video's ending, Rihanna turns into a celestial god, face to "face" with the USS Enterprise. The music video features Rihanna dressed in a sci-fi costume performing magical acts, with Swarm Ships from Star Trek Beyond flying around her. The music video was the first to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras. The video was then released onto Vevo and Tidal an hour later. No doubt, this probably came in handy, since “Sledgehammer” - from Rihanna’s haunting drones to the song’s thunderous melody - is a monster of a track." A Bit of Pop Music wrote, "‘Sledgehammer’ is a powerful pop ballad with a huge chorus, that should do well in combination with the probable success of its movie.but it might be time for Sia to shake up her formula a bit, as ‘Sledgehammer’ is in no way a surprising composition." Music video Ī music video for the song premiered Jin IMAX theaters at 9:00am EST. As a radio hit? The vocals aren’t prominent enough.Both are excellent, but both just need to be more." Daniel Kreps from Rolling Stone wrote, "Rihanna sings on the aching chorus, which sports a monster hook typical of Sia's work." Rachel Sonis from Idolator gave the song a 7/10, stating, "The Aussie singer-songwriter knows exactly how vast Rih’s vocal abilities are and isn’t afraid to push them. It’s a little orchestral, swooping, but with a strong enough chorus and verse pattern to be commercially successful." However she also stated, "As a dramatic theatrical piece? It’s a little weak, too much fuss with the lyrics while instrumentation takes a back seat. Critical reception Ĭamila Cassidy of The Edge gave the song a generally positive review stating, "She pretty much nailed it – it feels tone perfect. It follows a chord progression of D – B ♭ (B ♭/C in the coda) – Gm, and Rihanna's vocals span from G 3 to F ♯ 5.
The song is a piano ballad written in the key of D major with a slow tempo of 65.5 beats per minute in common time.
because Star Trek is such a big deal across the globe." Composition It's such a big deal not only as a fan, as a musician. She explained that "This is something that's been a part of me since my childhood, it's never left me, I love Star Trek. Rihanna subsequently said that she had been a fan of the Star Trek franchise since she was a child, after being introduced to it by her father. Ī new trailer for Star Trek Beyond featuring "Sledgehammer", was released on June 27, 2016, the same day that the song was released. Rihanna and Sia had previously worked together on the former's 2012 song, " Diamonds". The song was written collaboratively by Rihanna, Sia Furler and Jesse Shatkin. Over two years prior, Rihanna tweeted, "You're just another brick and I'm a sledgehammer", hinting that she had been working on the song since 2014. So, you know, maybe get on that.On June 26, 2016, Rihanna hinted that she would release a new song, stating on Instagram, "Got something for y'all tomorrow". Also, to the powers that be: I don't think anyone would complain about a Sia & RiRi collaboration in which both artists are actually singing together. So it's not completely out of character that the "Sledgehammer" video has some pretty intense Sia vibes - nor is anyone complaining about this fact (and if you are, knock it off). Heck, according to Popsugar, Sia's new album This Is Acting has some tracks on it that were originally meant for Rihanna though they didn't make it onto Rihanna's album Anti, so it's clear these artists have some sort of connection. She also wrote Rihanna's hit, "Diamonds" which has a similar exotic feel and works hard to exemplify the depth of Rihanna's range. Now, this development isn't too surprising, after all Sia wrote "Sledgehammer" song for Rihanna to perform. But the most interesting thing about Rihanna's "Sledgehammer" is that it looks a lot like a Sia music video. The video, which features the song that debuted in the recent Star Trek Beyond trailer, finds RiRi on a desert planet casting some sort of alien magic and looking altogether otherworldly. For those of us who had been sitting by our computers, waiting patiently for a new Rihanna music video after "Work" ( work, work, work), the news that she officially dropped the video for "Sledgehammer" was much appreciated.
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