It could be one day where the music you’re making isn’t connecting anymore. It’s always a great feeling because you just never know. You could get angry about it but I prefer to just move on and do something else. I mean, it did before, but when you make music and you make the style, you do something innovative, people are just going to do it. I really wanted to bring back the feel of how I felt when I heard that riddim, you know? I took a little sample from that and replayed the melody and worked it amazing. My dad would play only dancehall in the house. I was born in Jamaica and I grew up on dancehall music. was one of my favorite riddims coming up. I wasn’t there for the whole process of them putting the song together, but PARTY kept me updated. They wrote two together-there was ‘Work’ and ‘Sex With Me,’ which was on the album. I was just at home, I wasn’t able to make it through so I sent them a bunch of tracks and she ended up picking two. We didn’t even care if it had anything to do with what’s going on right now we were just doing something that we thought was cool for ourselves. That was really the idea when we were creating the track. Being in this era of trap-dominated music, I was like, ‘Let’s make something that’s a little outside the box and makes you want to dance and be happy, and makes the women want to turn up.’ Everybody wanted to dance when dancehall music came on. We were talking about the vibe from back in the day, how dancehall music used to make people feel and make the girls dance. That one came about by just having a conversation with a few producers that I work with, Allen Ritter and Sevn Thomas. One of the song’s producers, Allen Ritter, told Genius that the song originally came together at a pool party at Drake’s house.īoth official “Work” videos were released on February 22, 2016. On January 26th, Power 106 DJ Justin Credible tweeted that the collaboration between Drake and Rihanna would be coming sooner than anticipated.
Snippets of “Work” began to circulate in January 2016 after the pair were spotted shooting a music video in an L.A. We would go to in the Caribbean and just dance and drink and smoke and flirt.” On “Work” co-star Drake, Rihanna added: “Everything he does is so amazing. Because that’s how we speak in the Caribbean. You get what I’m saying, but it’s not all the way perfect. Rihanna sings in Jamaican Patois throughout, which she spoke about in Vogue’s April 2016 cover story: This narrative is similar to Rihanna and Drake’s previous collaborations, 2010’s “What’s My Name?” and 2011’s “Take Care.” On “Work,” Rihanna seeks a deep, meaningful connection, however the male character she sings to (played by Drake) is only interested in sex. Work, work, work, work, work, work He said me haffi Work, work, work, work, work, work He see me do mi Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt So me put in Work, work, work, work, work, work When you ah guh Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn? Meh nuh cyar if him Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting Yeah, okay You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over We just need to slow the motion Don't give that away to no one Long distance, I need you When I see potential, I just gotta see it through If you had a twin, I would still choose you I don't wanna rush into it if it's too soon But I know you need to get done, done, done, done If you come over Sorry if I'm way less friendly I got niggas tryna end me, oh (Yeah) I spilled all my emotions tonight, I’m sorry Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' How many more shots until you're rollin'? We just need a face-to-face You could pick the time and the place You spent some time away Now you need to forward and give me all the.