Thursday, December 5, 2019

Switched on Pop #2-Rihanna Party! (with Gina Delvac)

During this podcast, they breakdown Rihanna and her music career. They play songs such as: “Pon de Replay,” “Umbrella,” “What’s My Name,” and several more songs. I didn’t realize the amount of vocal range that Rihanna herself had. It wasn’t until these guys on the podcast pointed it out in these different songs. Rihanna herself mainly sticks with the lower vocals but on certain songs such as “We Found Love” she explores those higher vocals and it is fascinating to understand the range of her voice. If I do listen to pop music, Rihanna would probably be one of my top artists. In the podcast they also go over her musical achievements and it appears that Rihanna is one of the all-time artists in the world. She even has the same number of charts hitting singles as Michael Jackson. I am not really a fan of the person they keep going back to who is a producer called Jenny Gathright. She is just kind of describing the already visible and is brought up for clarification on what seems the obvious. During the podcast they also bring up the song “Umbrella” which personally I am not a fan of. I am not a big fan of constant repetition of one word, so I don’t really agree with what they said about it being such an important song. I was interested to learn that some of her songs were inspired by some ill-fated relationships. Also, Rihanna spans over several genres as her albums progress, which is impressive for Rihanna in demonstrating her abilities.
Sloan, Nate and Harding Charlie, hosts. “Rihanna Party! (with Gina Delvac).” Switched on Pop, Vox Media Podcast Network 29 Oct. 2019 https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/rihanna-party-with-gina-delvac

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