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Posted by: Atonement 21st October 2017, 03:06 PM

There's a rumor she shot a (music) video with Pharell or N.E.R.D. yesterday.

I doubt it's for R9 but could be an upcoming feature.

Posted by: THEO. 22nd October 2017, 03:59 PM

Interesting that she's never worked with Pharrell before so I look forward to hearing it!

Posted by: Atonement 31st October 2017, 06:49 PM

Tomorrow a song by Rihanna and N.E.R.D. will be released! Apparently Rihanna will be rapping in it.

Posted by: THEO. 31st October 2017, 07:50 PM

READY

FOR

THIS

!!!

Posted by: Mack'sXmasSack 31st October 2017, 10:19 PM

Wow, oh f***. I'm hyped up for this.

Posted by: Cremey 31st October 2017, 11:07 PM

OH MY GOD I CANNOT WAIT

Posted by: Poked Pumpkin🎃 31st October 2017, 11:34 PM

Hate Pharrell

f***in ahet and overrated

Posted by: Atonement 1st November 2017, 05:18 PM

Posted by: SKOB 1st November 2017, 07:04 PM

BANGER!

https://open.spotify.com/track/6tUgfsOa8PLkoede5nOR7D

Posted by: THEO. 1st November 2017, 07:06 PM

It's... not what I expected. I think it will grow on me but right now I'm a bit disappointed - I thought Rihanna would feature more heavily than she does.

Posted by: Atonement 1st November 2017, 07:31 PM

I miss a hook or something.

She sounds like Fergie when she's rapping.

Posted by: all is vanity. 2nd November 2017, 05:09 AM

That's how I feel except I don't think it's going to grow on me, sadly.

Posted by: Buttered Muffin 2nd November 2017, 07:32 AM

I knew ahe wouldn't feature a lot. He has a HUUUGE EGO an expects to be the star just like that Fish song with Katy.

Real bad.

Posted by: THEO. 2nd November 2017, 06:41 PM

So far this has got to #18 on UK iTunes and #9 on US iTunes! It hasn't charted on Global or regional Spotify charts yet, I'm interested to see where it gets after an inevitable New Music Friday playlisting.

The song hasn't grown, I think the lack of a hook or anything to sing along to is stopping me from liking it

Posted by: Atonement 2nd November 2017, 07:02 PM

It's #3 on Dutch iTunes (which must be equivalent to about 2 sales or something).

86% of radio listeners voted 'not' when it was featured in Hot or Not yesterday. The Dutch public is not here for it.

Posted by: TMD_24Quavo 2nd November 2017, 08:25 PM

Clearly a miserable bunch of old farts when Rita Ora got voted Not as well.

Posted by: Nick Jonas 2nd November 2017, 08:37 PM

This sucks ass tbh on first listen.

Posted by: diplomapedVop 3rd November 2017, 11:33 AM

Well I quite like it, it is more lively and interesting than most of the other hip hop songs around at the minute.

The 'bounce em around' vocal bit, especially the style of singing reminds me of Rolex - Ayo and Telo (which I really liked).

Posted by: Atonement 3rd November 2017, 05:25 PM

Agreed

Posted by: THEO. 3rd November 2017, 07:34 PM

So this is #3 on New Music Friday and debuted at #86 on Spotify UK yesterday. It's still top 20 on iTunes so depending on tomorrow's Spotify chart position, we could be seeing an Official Top 40 debut next week.

Posted by: Nick Jonas 3rd November 2017, 07:40 PM

It’s Rihanna, of course it will go Top 40

Posted by: THEO. 3rd November 2017, 08:09 PM

Yes but it's not her most radio-friendly song And a top 40 debut would be a much better start for this. I'm surprised Radio 1 didn't insta-add it to their playlist but it was Annie's Hottest Record on Wednesday so I'm sure it'll be there within a couple of weeks.

Posted by: Atonement 4th November 2017, 09:20 AM

Still #3 on Dutch iTunes (don't understand how) and went from #142 to #69 on Spotify on its second day. A hit!

Posted by: REPUTATION 4th November 2017, 09:21 PM

It’s not a song that’ll really do well on iTunes long term so I’d just reduce it to 59p there to keep it in the top 40. #45 on Spotify without much support is obvs really good so I do think it can be a big hit!

Her rap in this is incredible *.*

Posted by: THEO. 6th November 2017, 04:22 PM

I don't see why not, the most boring song of the year, "Rockstar", just spent four weeks at #1 with zero promotion

This is #29 in the midweeks today! Top 40 debut should be secured

Posted by: Atonement 8th November 2017, 09:47 PM

This is really starting to grow on me. Now I get to know the rap a little bit it's very infectious to rap along.

Posted by: THEO. 10th November 2017, 12:42 PM

Top 50 on Spotify and C-List on Radio! Smash hit incoming *_* It has grown on me and I love Rihanna's verse, I just wish she did more on the song. Also, I think the production is pretty basic to say it's a Pharrell song.

Posted by: THEO. 14th November 2017, 04:52 PM

Debuts at #65 in the US, Rihanna's 61st Hot 100 hit *.*

Posted by: Atonement 14th November 2017, 08:03 PM

And N.E.R.D.'s first .

Posted by: THEO. 14th November 2017, 08:19 PM

You're joking?! "She Wants to Move" was huge here, how did it never chart in the US?!

Posted by: Atonement 15th November 2017, 11:49 AM

Hehe I had the same reaction when I found out, but it really is their first Hot 100 entry.

Posted by: Atonement 18th November 2017, 10:06 AM

Only dropped 2 places this week in the UK! Very impressed. It's doing better than I expected considering it doesn't even have a chorus .

Posted by: THEO. 24th November 2017, 08:14 PM

This has spent a third week in the UK top 40! A new peak is looking unlikely but hopefully it will stick around the lower ends of the top 40 for a while. It's up to B list on Radio 1 and has been both Clara's and Nick's Record of the Week there so it should be stable for a while anyway.

Posted by: Atonement 29th November 2017, 09:23 PM

It has disappeared off UK iTunes (it was at #36 or something). Does anybody know why?

Posted by: Nick Jonas 29th November 2017, 09:53 PM

#36 for me.

Posted by: Atonement 29th November 2017, 10:17 PM

Oh I was looking at kworb. It's probably just an error then.

Posted by: Jupiteer 30th November 2017, 11:45 PM

Okay, this is actually pretty good...just that 30 second fast intro kills it - and its a 1.10 long on Spotify!

If it just opened on Rihanna from the start would be a much more instant track.

Posted by: Theo. 11th January 2018, 08:14 PM

Serena Williams has filmed something promotional for Vogue set to this *.* She slays:

Posted by: Andrew. 23rd January 2018, 12:02 AM

'Lemon' has just entered the top 40 on the Billboard hot 100

Her 50th top 40 hit

Only behind Taylor in top 40 hits

STILL climbing on US iTunes

I never really liked this haha. Rih's rap is good though and proud of her to get yet another top 40 hit *.*

Posted by: Atonement 23rd January 2018, 09:42 AM

For female artists I think because there are a few others above her (including 'Glee Cast' and 'Lil' Wayne'...).

The more I listen to 'Lemon' the more I think that it's not really all that but kudos to Rihanna's star power for giving N.E.R.D. their first Billboard Hot 100 hit and dragging it all the way into the top 40.

Posted by: Andrew. 23rd January 2018, 03:50 PM

I did actually mean female artists oops Still an absolutely incredible achievement obvs.

Posted by: Theo. 18th March 2018, 10:32 PM

A remix of this with Drake rapping the first verse has been released:



Doesn't really add much to the song. It could give it a bit more longevity in the US, it's a bit too late for the UK though.

Posted by: Dexton 19th March 2018, 11:26 AM

I’d like it a lot more if Pharrel’s first verse was included too, since Drakes is very similar to Rihanna’s but at the beginning. I really liked Lemon for a while but this is like starting the song halfway through

Posted by: Theo. 2nd April 2018, 05:12 PM

So this remix has actually propelled the song back to its #40 peak on the Hot 100! It's also slowly but surely making its way up the UK Spotify chart, although I imagine it'll be on ACR now so impossible to re-enter the Official Chart.