The production consists of some 80’s sounding keyboards, and a soft drum beat for the verses. It’s produced by Team Rihanna newcomer but pop everyman Benny Blanco, and StarGate, who produced previous hit “Only Girl (In the World)”.
Some of that song’s atmospheric synths make a reappearance in “Diamonds” at the chorus, and they’re a nice, chilly touch. Let’s see, we got to the chorus, we should have another two and a half minutes of video left. Guess I’ll get the audio video then…great, damn ad. Come to think of it, “Diamonds” has a more unique Rihanna vocal take than most of her songs. She sings the song in a more throaty, full voice than normal–compare the chorus here to “Where Have You Been” where she’s all upper range. Rihanna shine bright like a diamond music video full# It turns out that “Diamonds” was written by singer-songwriter Sia, who you may remember from being kind of a big feature artist this year. Well, Sia’s always been a decent writer, let’s see what she’s turned up, now the that video’s ready.
“Shine bright like a diamond” The easiest way to make a lyric memorable? Repeat it ad nauseum. “Find a light in a beautiful sea/I choose to be happy/You and I, you and I/Are like diamonds in the sky” Well, that’s pretty imagery. “I knew that we would become one right away/Oh, right away/At first sight I left the energy of sun rays” I only bring this one up because the way Ri chews on the words (especially “become” and “energy”) sounds off, like she’s trying to impersonate someone.Īnd isn’t a diamond in the sky just a star? Everything I’ve seen in the promo for this song just covers everything in actual diamonds.
“So shine tonight, you and I/We’re beautiful, like diamonds in the sky/Eye to eye, so alive/We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky” So here’s our chorus. Ok, then there’s a kinda samey second verse, and the chorus might change, then the bridge’ll have something new, so w– Rihanna still sounds different, but it kinda works for her.
That Gavin DeGraw video has less than 2k views. Oh, come on! This song can’t expect a pleasant chorus to carry over half its run time! But that’s pretty much what happens–no wonder I keep tuning out once we hit the chorus.
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