• 2 years ago
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00:00 You probably know this one.
00:01 This song is an international hit, and yet it was written in literally 14 minutes.
00:12 Sia, who wrote the song, was in the studio to compose music for Rihanna.
00:16 Sia and his producers spend the whole day making songs, and at the end of the session, they want to disconnect a bit.
00:21 They then start composing different songs, not specifically for Rihanna, just to take a break, while still making music.
00:28 It's getting late, it's time to leave for Sia, a car is waiting for her in front of the studio,
00:32 but one of the producers plays an instrumental at the piano of Diamonds.
00:36 Sia, who already had her coat on, stopped and started singing, then writing lyrics.
00:41 In 14 minutes, the song was written and sung.
00:44 Some time later, the producers wish the different songs made during this session, and including Diamonds,
00:49 Rihanna falls in love with it.
00:51 Immediately, she takes up the lyrics and the sung parts, without even trying to adapt it to her style or change it,
00:57 and she posts "Diamonds" which will become one of the biggest hits of her career.