Watch: Rihanna samples Florence + The Machine on new song
By Will Stroude
Rihanna has given fans another preview of her new Florence + The Machine-sampling song A Night, as part of an upcoming Dior campaign.
The new track features Florence + The Machine song Only If For a Night, from the possibly-a-band-or-possibly-not’s 2012 album Ceremonials, and will be included on Rihanna’s upcoming eight studio album, R8.
Rumours of a collaboration between the unlikely pair first circulated earlier this year when was it was revealed that the Bajan singer had registered a new song called which credited Florence Welch and Paul Epworth as songwriters, along with herself and Christian Keyon Jr Boggs.
A glitchy re-working of the song soundtracks a new Dior advertising campaign, which sees Ri-Ri stutting her stuff round a palacial home at night.
This latest teaser from the 26-year-old’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2012′ Unapologetic follows release of the star’s recent singles FourFiveSeconds and Bitch Better Have My Money, as well as promotional track American Oxygen.
Meanwhile, if you’ve still not heard Rihanna’s verson of Madonna’s Vogue which leaked earlier this year, check it out here.
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