Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Hoobastank Reveals They Once Scrapped a Rihanna Feature: ‘Total Lack of Foresight’
variety.comThania Garcia Following Rihanna’s explosive Super Bowl LVII halftime show, Hoobastank’s Doug Robb admitted the band once rejected a feature from Rihanna. “Back when we were recording our third album, ‘Every Man For Himself,’ we were approached by someone at our label, Island Def Jam, about potentially featuring a ‘new artist’ on one of the songs,” Robb told Consequence in a statement. “This kind of stuff happens all the time.
We said, ‘Sure. Who do you have in mind?’ It was Rihanna. I had never heard of her. I don’t think anyone else in the band had, either, at the time.” Robb revealed the song Rihanna recorded for them was “Inside Of You,” from the alt-rock band’s 2006 album. “I think they rearranged some of the music to create a pre-chorus section, that wasn’t originally part of the arrangement, for [Rihanna] to sing a small part on,” he continued. “We heard it and didn’t really love it so we passed on using it.
It’s really just that simple. I think we had already gotten used to hearing the song as it was written so it just felt weird to us.” Robb first shared the fun fact in a tweet that included a video of Rihanna’s Halftime performance with Hoobstank’s “Crawling In The Dark” synced to match. “Displaying a total lack of foresight, we didn’t use that version of the song for the album,” Robb wrote.
True story. There is a version of a @Hoobastank song featuring @rihanna when she was a “newer” artist. Displaying a total lack of foresight, we didn’t use that version of the song for the album.
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