'I realized just as soon as I was cutting it that it sounded a little bit too Brit-pop for her,' Sia explains why RiRi passed on the dancey tune.
- December 18, 2015
AceShowbiz -
Another preview for Sia Furler's "This Is Acting" album has landed online. The Aussie singer/songwriter has just dropped the dancey EDM-tinged "Cheap Thrills" which she originally co-wrote with frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin for Rihanna.
Over the tropical beat, Sia sings about having a fun night out without having to spend a lot of money for it. "Baby I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight/ I love cheap thrills," she declares in the chorus. "I don't need no money/ As long as I can feel the beat/ I don't need no money/ As long as I keep dancing."
Sia, the one behind Rihanna's 2012 hit "Diamonds", offered "Cheap Thrills" to the Bajan singer for her long-awaited eighth studio effort "Anti". "I realized just as soon as I was cutting it that it sounded a little bit too Brit-pop for her," Sia told Rolling Stone of why RiRi rejected the track.
"This Is Acting" features songs which Sia wrote for, but were rejected by, other artists like Rihanna, Beyonce Knowles and Adele. Having also been preceded by "Alive", "Bird Set Free" and "One Million Bullets", the album is slated to hit the shelves on January 29, 2016.
