But how she will sing songs that feel like her if she doesn't write her own songs, that could only happen if in this album she writes all of her songs and she hasn't done that, I mean 45s wasn't write by her I like her buttt...
Every song we heard so far aside from 4FS and 1 song off Home soundtrack she has written.
But how she will sing songs that feel like her if she doesn't write her own songs, that could only happen if in this album she writes all of her songs and she hasn't done that, I mean 45s wasn't write by her I like her buttt...
I get what you're saying, but you can connect with a song, drown in a songs lyrics when you're singing it without having written it. But from what we've seen, Ri has played a part in a lot of the writing this time around, but we shall see.
Bey's 2013 rant still having impact. I'm glad to hear she's passionate about the
quality this round, even though her music's always been quality for me.
In the different senses you want to look at it... Rihanna doesn't have to wait 2 years between an album when she can phone up-- you name the producer, have the best writing session. That's time that we could have had a tour, been on the road, creating as she usually did on a tour bus. Now she's taking time to actually sit on songs (this process is ultimately frustrating because much or little can change), LIVING on Instagram and do a bunch of magazine interviews promoting nothing but torturing her music stans. So that's the WASTE. Beyonce did it by doing an HBO movie, a tour of old songs she already toured on, and raising her child... the world got 17 music videos out of it too.
That's valid.
However, I think she is using her time wisely overall.
She has a stronghold on the fashion world and no one from the pop realm is close to her in that regard. So, if her goal was to come and conquer fashion, she more than succeeded.
It's not like she could've done a copycat of everything Beyonce did during her "break" for obvious reasons.
She's paving her own lane quite nicely. I'm confident this album will further that mission.
I completely understand what she is saying. The snippets we heard are an indication of that timeless feel she is going for. Take your time Rih, this is going to her best work yet.
Please don't judge the rest of us off 1 imbecile. That person has made it very apparent she stans for Rih pop songs and stats.
you are very right, I apologize. 85% of the Navy is actually very rooted in their understanding / appreciation for Rih. I'm just glad we're all practically ripping every follicle of hair from our heads in preparation of R8, I really think it will be the most defining moment in her artistic career!
I mean I totally understand and respect what she's saying, but like it's alarming to me that she considers FFS to be timeless while I consider it to be trash. I just want to enjoy the music.
I wonder how this will affect her. Obviously up to this point Rihanna has built a certain fan base and a certain ideal of her (outside of her core fans) who expect a certain sound from her.
Her taking control and making music she wants to make that will be timeless is a great ideal to have, i wonder how it'll affect her though. Like i can see this being her most critically acclaimed album but possibly her lowest selling album (post AGLM) which honestly wouldn't be a bad thing. I think moving towards the "music not the bling" mentality is what alot of pop stars of her caliber should move towards. Rihanna is a superstar and doesn't need to pimp herself out for #1s. Make music YOU want to make and music you feel you can connect to and i guarantee it'll be some of her best work even if commercially it doesn't do as well.
4 showed how an album can be damn near perfect and still not get the commercial success it deserves. I mean look at MBTDF it's Kanye's most critically acclaimed album yet its his second least selling solo album.