#Rihanna diamonds in the sky series#

The video received positive reviews and was praised for its imagery. The song's music video was shot by director Anthony Mandler, a frequent collaborator of Rihanna's, and depicts her in four environments that represent the elements of earth, air, water, and fire. By May 2013, it had sold over 7.5 million copies worldwide and became one of the best-selling singles of all-time. It also peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and became Rihanna's seventh number one song in the country it was certified three-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). 'Diamonds' was certified sextuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold over 3.5 million digital copies in the country. 'Diamonds' topped music charts in over twenty countries, including the United States, where it became Rihanna's twelfth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and tied her with Madonna and The Supremes for the fifth-most number-one singles in the chart's history. The song's lyrics serve as a departure from the themes of unhealthy relationships that were on Rihanna's previous singles and contain a prominent concept of love. 'Diamonds' is a mid-tempo pop, electronic and R&B ballad that features heavy synthesizers, orchestral sounds and electronic rhythms.

The song premiered on September 26, 2012, during the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show and was digitally released the following day as the lead single from Unapologetic. It was written by Sia together with its producers, Benny Blanco and StarGate. we tried to bring up these deeper questions that relate to song and her life and finding beauty in chaos and finding beauty in pain and finding pain in beauty.' Diamonds' is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012). What's truth or fiction? You know 'Is she drowning, or is she in complete ecstasy? Are those hands coming apart, or are they finding each other?'. 'And you can see what I'm getting at in terms of relating this to Rihanna's real life, and what she's been through. Are you one of the people involved, or are you an outside viewer?' Mandler explained to MTV News. 'Nothing in life is black or white, just death and taxes, and there's always two sides to the story, and there's always multiple ways to look at the same situation, depending on who you are in that situation.

#Rihanna diamonds in the sky series#

'You just want people to feel that and I wanted little cutaways of interactions that would give you the right emotion.'ДЄs well as interpreting the emotion of the song, the series of seemingly unrelated vignettes paint a portrait of Rihanna's much-discussed personal life. With 'Diamonds,' it was just a series of vignettes that we put together to help get the emotion across throughout the song 'cause the song changes and it builds, and there's no real way that you could do that,' she explained. 'With every song it's a different story, so the visuals are very specific to that story and that world. The Bajan star explained to MTV News that the clip concentrates more on emotion, than any tangible storyline. We see her in four different environments, each representing one of the four elements earth, air, water and fire, highlighting the song's sense of hope in the midst of chaos and destruction. The Anthony Mandler-directed video showcases Rihanna in a variety of beautiful and sad settings.