Drake was also one of the writers on ‘Work’, along with PartyNextDoor, Rihanna, Monte Moir, Rupert “Sevn” Thomas, Allen Ritter and Matthew Samuels. The two recently celebrated the Toronto MC’s birthday last week. While Drake and Rihanna have been on-again-off again friends and collaborators over the years, their chemistry in the ‘Work’ video was scorching hot. Right after the credits roll, the second video kicks in, with Drake and RiRi dancing in rec room bathed in neon light, this time directed by Tim Erem.Īs the lead single off her eight album, Anti, ‘Work’ notched Rihanna her fourteenth No.1 single and earned her and Drake two awards at the 59th Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. And that was the moment that was captured in the video.” It’s like when your favourite song comes on.

“Just like a party that we would go to in the Caribbean and just dance and drink and smoke and flirt and really just enjoy the music. “It was just supposed to be a dancehall party,” Rihanna continued in the interview. This song is definitely a song that represents my culture, and so I had to put a little twist on my delivery.”ĭirector X, (whose real name is Julien Christian Lutz) helmed the music video, and previously directed the video for Rihanna’s other smash hit, ‘Pon De Replay’. It’s very broken and it’s, like, you can understand everything someone means without even finishing the words. Because that’s how we speak in the Caribbean. “I felt like if I enunciated the words too perfectly, it would just not be the same attitude or the same sass.

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