The track became the “centerpiece” of the album ‘Ctrl’
SZA revealed in an interview with Varietywho at a certain point needed to authorize the use of his music “Consideration” in the album “ANTI” in Rihanna in 2016, and this left her dissatisfied. For SZAthe track was a high point of his career that was still beginning, and for Rihanna that would be just another song.
The song was already recorded and ready to be included on his debut album. SZA in 2017, ‘Ctrl’. However, a few days before the release of the music video, she learned that the film team Rihanna was in negotiations to include the song in ‘ANTI’.
“It was the centerpiece of my album at the time […] And for her, it was just part of her album. And I said, ‘Please don’t.'” , said SZA in an interview with Variety . “
“I cared a lot. I was so frustrated. And I thought, ‘I’ll never do anything this cool again,’ and it was so crazy and wrong.”
In the end, “Consideration” ended up being the opening song of ‘ANTI’with SZA being credited as a featured artist.
Source: Rollingstone
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