Rihanna continues her reign as the most prolific pop star working today with Sledgehammer, her latest summer single featured on the soundtrack for Star Trek Beyond. The singer took an uncharacteristically long time to release Anti, her eighth studio album. But since it’s unveiling in January, Rihanna has been everywhere: on top of embarking on a world tour, she collaborated on numerous new tracks with Drake and reunited with Calvin Harris for their second song together, This Is What You Came For. Sledgehammer (not to be confused with the 2015 Fifth Harmony single of the same name, or indeed the Peter Gabriel single of 1986) flies in stark contrast to the audacious tone set by Anti, her least radio-friendly and most experimental album to date. The song, co-written by Sia, is a largely uninspired empowerment anthem only elevated by Rihanna’s forceful delivery.
Source: The Guardian
