Sia releases 'Cheap Thrills' music video ft. Maddie Ziegler - UPI.com

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Sia (R) and Maddie Ziegler at the Grammy Awards on February 8, 2015. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Sia (R) and Maddie Ziegler at the Grammy Awards on February 8, 2015. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, March 21 (UPI) — Sia released her latest project with teenage dance sensation Maddie Ziegler on Sunday.

The 40-year-old Australian singer enlisted the 13-year-old American dancer for her “Cheap Thrills” music video after collaborating with Ziegler on “Chandelier.”

The video sees Ziegler perform a synchronized dance with two other performers. The trio wear matching nude leotards with attached bustles as they dance and make exaggerated faces for the camera.

“Cheap Thrills” appears on Sia’s album This is Acting, which is composed of songs she wrote that were rejected by other artists. The singer told Rolling Stone last year “Cheap Thrills” was originally intended for Rihanna.

“I realized just as soon as I was cutting it that it sounded a little bit too Brit-pop for her,” she said. “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.”

Ziegler also appeared in Sia’s videos for “Elastic Heart” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” The teenager came to fame on Lifetime reality series Dance Moms and will serve as a judge on Fox reality competition So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation.