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Sia, P!nk Unite With Stargate For "Waterfall"

Two Powerhouses Join With Hot Norwegian Record Producing Team

By Christina St-JeanPublished 7 years ago 2 min read
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Take an outstanding production team, two women, one song, all the pop-rock feels and you have the magic recipe for an excellent debut single.

P!nk, who hasn't really been on the music scene lately as a result of the birth of son Jameson, makes a triumphant return with Sia. That said, she is at her more than excellent best with "Waterfall." Sia penned the song "Waterfall" with Stargate, Diplo and Jr Blender.

This marks the first time that Sia and P!nk have collaborated, and according to reports, it was Sia who wanted the collaboration to happen.

One half of the producing duo, Erik Hermansen, laughed when he told Billboard about Diplo's reaction to working with Sia.

“Diplo said, ‘Oh, you got Sia to sing on it? I can’t even get her to return my texts!’” Hermansen said, noting that he and producing partner Mikkel Eriksen have had a longterm relationship with Sia that allowed the songwriting collaboration to happen.

Although "Waterfall" will be the first song off Stargate's first album as recording artists, the producing team had no initial plans to make an album with the A-list recording artists they've worked with before. However, a comment from Coldplay's Chris Martin sparked some interest in putting together their own album.

"We always had songs that we would have loved to put out, but we never really got specific about how to do it,” Hermansen said.

Sia had already written the song "Waterfall" and hadn't figured out who she'd actually written it for; when Stargate came forward, Sia suggested the song, and wondered if they could bring P!nk into the studio with her.

Eriksen noted that P!nk was very effortless in the studio, something the singer attributed to being able to relax throughout the recording process.

"She said, ‘I love doing features, because I feel like I can get out of my own way,’" Eriksen said of P!nk's performance. "It was really impressive to watch her kill it in the studio.”

The song is already making waves across the globe, with increasing popularity seen in Norway, United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia, among other countries. The collaboration is produced by Norwegian production team Stargate, which released the song March 10, 2017.

"Waterfall" marks the debut single for Stargate, as the duo signed a record deal with RCA Records not long ago. Stargate has been producing hits for the musical elite since 1999, and the musicians the pair have worked with include Beyoncé, Rihanna and Fifth Harmony, among others.

The song is already available for download via iTunes and most other digital download sites.

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Christina St-Jean

I'm a high school English and French teacher who trains in the martial arts and works towards continuous self-improvement.

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