Rihanna and Britney Spears have been having a bit of a love in over on Twitter. The reason behind this? Well it looks like they have become best buds since working on this little number:
Here’s what they had to say back and forth to each other:
Rihanna: I got a #SEXY collabo comin your way supa dupa soon!!!! OH YEAH!!! By popular demand….
Britney: @rihanna You’re such a tease! I like it, like it…. -Britney
Britney: @rihanna You think they’re ready Ri Ri?… -Britney
Rihanna: Its BRITNEY BITCH!!!!
Rihanna: @britneyspears one of the biggest worldwide popstars! U gangsta #EPIC
Britney: You ain’t so bad yourself honey… -Britney RT @rihanna: @britneyspears one of the biggest worldwide popstars! U gangsta #EPIC
Now that’s probably about as big of a love in you are going to see between two pop starlets on Twitter (Britney ain’t no stranger to this though recently having a bit of a cosy moment with her old rival Christina Aguilera.)
Despite the self congratulations though at first this track seemed a bit weird to us. Something was eating away at us that spoilt the enjoyment of the track. While not completely able to pin it down we think the problem is this. Britney at the beginning seems to be a bit indistinguishable from Rihanna. Later on some of the trademark vowels kick in and with the difference in pitch it becomes possible to separate them. Does this track though show just how interchangeable modern pop stars are? Is there just a team of people behind the scenes writing stuff then deciding whether it goes to Britney, Katy Perry of whoever else, because essentially it doesn’t matter?
One of the biggest criticisms of modern pop is that there are so many covers because basically artists are hollow vessels you can just throw songs into. The argument goes they have no character and a personality bland enough to flex to fit any lyrics. Well in certain cases this is true….and these dark thoughts started to come over us. However, we soon snapped out of it because here is two examples that prove it not to be the case.
1) Lily Allen – Womaniser
Totally different to the original, despite being in exactly in the same tempo. All Lily Allen does it strip it back it a bit. In this case it’s the singer behind it that’s totally changing the song.
2) Britney Spears – Telephone Demo
Sorry Brit – this just don’t work like it does for Gaga. The good news is though it highlights the point that you can’t just be cynically thrown in front of any other song written for another artist and that things usually have to be specifically put together for you as an singer (oh and that it was a good idea to leave this one for the Lady).
Now, with that moral dilemma kicked into the long grass for the time being, we can go and press play again and enjoy the song.
