Hoobastank say they abandoned a Rihanna feature due to a “total lack of foresight”
nme.comRihanna on one of their albums. Robb shared the revelation on Twitter yesterday (February 15). “There is a version of a [Hoobastank] song featuring [Rihanna] when she was a ‘newer’ artist,” Robb wrote. “Displaying a total lack of foresight, we didn’t use that version of the song for the album.” In the accompanying tweet thread, Robb said the song was 2006’s ‘Inside Of You’, which featured on the band’s album ‘Every Man For Himself’.Robb said that the lack of foresight in abandoning the Rihanna feature extended to the band’s choice of singles. “We also didn’t think ‘The Reason’ was a single though either”, the singer wrote in reference to Hoobastank’s 2003 smash hit. “Oops.” Elsewhere in the thread, Robb said he could “possibly” re-release the Rihanna-assisted ‘Inside Of You’ now, but said he was “not sure” of the legalities in doing so.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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