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Now, Blige has her own umbrella to worry about-Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, the superhero TV series where Blige plays time-traveling assassin Cha-Cha. "Of course when I heard she had said that in that way, I said 'that's the muthafucka who should have the record.'" "She walked up to my manager and said 'that's my fucking record," he said. But when Rihanna heard it, she boldly declared "Umbrella" as hers. The record was written for Britney Spears," he explained, adding that Spears' camp wasn't convinced "Umbrella" would be a hit.
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It features American rapper Jay Z, who co-wrote the song with its producers Tricky Stewart and Kuk Harrell, with additional writing from The-Dream. 'Umbrella' is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). " I watched myself walk in and write that record. Music video by Rihanna performing Umbrella. Blige," she added.īlige wasn't the only one who turned down "Umbrella." Famed songwriter The Dream, who has penned hits for Beyonce, Mariah Carey, and Rihanna, previously told Revolt's Drink Champs that he wrote "Umbrella" with Britney Spears in mind. Did she regret passing on the now six-time platinum song? "No, because everything about that song was so tailor-made for Rihanna and nothing about that song was Mary J. When Rihanna took the song, Blige knew she made the right call. And during that time, that’s when ‘Umbrella’ came to me and I couldn’t do anything with it because I was so busy with my own life and I was like, you know what? It doesn't even sound like me anyway," she said. I was nominated for eight Grammys and I was trying to get myself together for that. "It was during Grammy time for me, it was a big Grammy time. Blige said the song came to her at a time when she was simply too busy to commit to it. Blige a fan-submitted question about why she turned down "Umbrella," the single that helped propel Rihanna to pop stardom during her Good Girl Gone Bad era. Blige, who confirmed the rumor during a recent appearance on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live. Then, there's Rihanna's massive hit "Umbrella" that floated around to several artists, including Mary J. Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" could've been Pink's had she not passed Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" was originally intended for Janet Jackson, and Sia originally reached out to Katy Perry for "Pretty Hurts" before it went to Beyoncé.
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In the music industry, sometimes a song becomes tangled in a game of eeny, meeny, miny, moe before it lands in the right hands.