As a radio hit? The vocals arenвЂ™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 RihвЂ™s vocal abilities are and isnвЂ™t afraid to push them. ItвЂ™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? ItвЂ™s a little weak, too much fuss with the lyrics while instrumentation takes a back seat. Critical reception Д¬amila Cassidy of The Edge gave the song a generally positive review stating, 'She pretty much nailed it вЂ“ it feels tone perfect. It follows a chord progression of DВ вЂ“В B в™ (B в™/C in the coda)В вЂ“В Gm, and Rihanna's vocals span from G 3 to F в™Ї 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. ДЄ 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 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. I guess itвЂ™s just one of those things Rihanna can say sheвЂ™s been apart of as well as thousands of other projects in her career so I guess in for that, at least, well done Rih.On June 26, 2016, Rihanna hinted that she would release a new song, stating on Instagram, 'Got something for y'all tomorrow'. It has that Sia ballad-esque production to it, and the vocals are also, very Sia, so I guess RihannaвЂ™s vocals are all that seemed to be offered in this one, as well as the alien look which is featured in the single cover. ItвЂ™s not the best Rihanna song, as it goes, and I guess if weвЂ™re including Sia in this too, itвЂ™s not the best Sia song either as itвЂ™s very Sia cliche, however, in terms of the situation in which it has arisen, itвЂ™s pretty okay. The song may have almost made it on her earlier recent release вЂThis Is Acting.вЂ™

You can so tell Sia had a lot to do with this, as you could genuinely mistake the song for the вЂChandelierвЂ™ songstress herself. So I guess as anВ вЂend credits to an action filmвЂ™ type song goes, this is definitely a great song. The song was written by Rihanna herself, as well as famous pen pal, Sia. The song is rumoured to be featured as part of the end credits to the new Star Trek: Beyond film which is due out late next month, in which result of becoming apart of the films motion picture soundtrack.

After the release of her eighth studio album earlier on this year, as well as featuring on Kanye West & DrakeвЂ™s new album on top of Calvin HarrisвЂ™ dance smash, it doesnвЂ™t seem that the Rihanna storm has quite quietened as of yet, as a new single titled вЂSledgehammerвЂ™ has recently surfaced.

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