Rihanna - What Now

Rihanna didn't write this song but I wonder if the people who did have a sense of humour. "Cause I spent every hour just going through the motions, I can't even get the emotions to come out" almost sounds like a mockery of Rihanna's busy schedule and the musical repercussions of it. And I know it's not the first time she's done it, but there's still just something eerily awkward about singing a first person recount that someone else wrote.

In any case, the above line could be used to sum up this song itself. I'm honestly not sure what it wants to be except everything. I also think that it's not nearly subtle enough with its hooks. Every line sung in this song is done with a certain inflection (detached syllables in the verses, then the ascending lines before the chorus, and then obviously the chorus) which isn't normally so bad, but given the song's efforts to stretch its reach as wide as possible, what you end up with is a distorted mess.