Rihanna really went to work on that song because she wanted to capture that character that Sia has in her voice. Rihanna heard it and loved it straight away. We just played her the music, and the first thing out of her mouth was, “Shine bright like a diamond.” She put her vocal down in about 12 minutes while the car was waiting and then left. She had her coat on, she had her purse in her lap. ![]() Sia came through and worked on a couple different songs, and the last thing she did before walking out the door was “Diamonds.” The car was waiting outside. During the last couple of days, we were like, “Let’s just do something completely different - different tempo, different everything.” That’s how the track started. ![]() ![]() ![]() We had been working with Benny Blanco on a number of Rihanna songs, trying to come up with these big, uptempo, dance-pop records.
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