Cheap Thrills by Sia (featuring Sean Paul) – Songfacts

“Her manager said, ‘We want ‘Rolling Stone. “I went to Greg and that’s what we came up with. I realized just as soon as I was cutting it that it sounded a little bit too Brit-pop for her. It’s more Icona Pop. We did actually send it to her, but they passed on it, and then I just couldn’t stop listening to it in the car.”

“There’s something really uplifting about it that put me in a good mood, and I would just pretend it wasn’t me singing [laughs],” Sia continued. “It felt very summer and fun, and I was like, “I’ll put that on there.”

Like most of the othertracks, this was written for another artist but rejected. In this instance, Sia penned the carefree tune with Greg Kurstin (” What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) ,” ” Hello “) for Rihanna.”Her manager said, ‘We want ‘ Diamonds .'” [Sia wrote “Diamonds” for Rihanna] We need soul. We want some music that has feeling,” she recalled to. “I went to Greg and that’s what we came up with. I realized just as soon as I was cutting it that it sounded a little bit too Brit-pop for her. It’s more Icona Pop. We did actually send it to her, but they passed on it, and then I just couldn’t stop listening to it in the car.””There’s something really uplifting about it that put me in a good mood, and I would just pretend it wasn’t me singing [laughs],” Sia continued. “It felt very summer and fun, and I was like, “I’ll put that on there.”