Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West and music legend Paul McCartney have reunited weeks after releasing their "Only One" song with a new tune called "FourFiveSeconds."
The new track features guest vocals from R&B singer Rihanna and Taylor Gang’s Ty Dolla $ign.
Several days ago, Kanye West made an appearance at the iHeartMedia Music Summit in California, where he played a snippet of an acoustic song featuring Rihanna. That song has now been released, and it’s called “FourFiveSeconds”. The singer uploaded the track – which. as Stereogum points out, also features Ty Dolla $ign and the Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longsreth in addition to West and Paul McCartney – to her website on Saturday evening. (Pitchfork)
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Rihanna and Kanye trade bars on their new joint effort.
“I think I’ve had enough,” sings Rihanna over the percussion-less, acoustic guitar-driven track. “I might get a little drunk / I say what’s on my mind / I might do a little time / ‘Cause all of my kindness is taken for weakness.” West takes over on vocals, crooning, “Woke up an optimist/ Sun was shining, I’m positive/ Then I heard you was talkin’ trash / Hold me back, I’m bout to spaz.” West and Rihanna handle all of the song’s vocals, duetting on the chorus with McCartney providing keyboards on the song. (Rolling Stone)
Ty Dolla $ign hinted at the new track during an interview a few weeks ago.
“Me, Rihanna, ‘Ye and Paul [Mc Cartney] got a song about to drop as well,” Dolla revealed in an interview. “Yeah. It’s gonna drop soon. I heard they shot the video recently. I don’t know what the final title is, but I know it’s crazy so just be looking out for [it].” (Billboard)
Kanye’s camp released a statement about what’s to come with West and Paul McCartney earlier this month.
According to a spokesperson for West, “Only One” is the first “publicly available recording from what has become a prolific musical collaboration between these two legendary artists.” McCartney and West began work on the track earlier last year in Los Angeles, starting with, as the statement notes, “a simple brainstorming session between the two, with McCartney improvising on the keyboards and Kanye vocally sketching and shaping ideas in a stream-of-consciousness riff. (Rolling Stone)
