NoneWhatsoever imagine if the industry wasn't as visual seeking as it is. we'd have so many more talented successful singers & writers instead of conventionally pretty stars.
@@cantthinkofaname3995 There's more to fame than just having talent. I know that sounds weird, but lots of people can sing. Everyone who can hold a note can't be famous, there has to be something to you.
Ester Dean writes for everyone. She literally wrote Fireworks by Katy Perry. She loves writing for people and not having to deal with the aspect of fame and having people consistently try to invade her life.
It wasn't because of the fame, it was because the money, she did a lot of money selling those songs. And she's already famous because of "Pitch Perfect"
katy perry writes all of her lyrics. she has songwriters audit and coach her melodies. ester dean was a huge contributor to the chorus and melodies of firework. however katy writes her music by herself and writers change a few words here and there, thus crediting them as "writers" too
Jayy Sonata NE YO IS another great songwriter. He wrote Beyonce's to the left, he also wrote Discipline for Janet Jackson (which surprised me). Sia wrote many great hits for artists also.
Its not that she sang it to match Rihanna's voice. This is the original version, and they used so much of Ester's vocals from this demo on Rihanna's final version. The most famous part of the song "oh na na" if you compare it to this one you will see its the exact same, its Esther's voice on the final track. The chorus is a blend of RiRi & Esther. People think Rihanna can't sing live, she can sing very well, its just impossible to match a voice that isn't yours the track to begin with!
@DANIEL DÍAZ Rhianna can sing better than an average person but there are some key issues. Her range is not that amazing. She has poor breath control when attempting to dance and she parties hard or otherwise isin't perpared sometimes and this affects her performance. Thats my thoughts about it. But I have heard her sing live and it sound good before but she also has given alot of crappy performances.
@@ravendes9524 come on, sometimes we have to stop being blinded by our stanning lol It is common knowledge that she is known for using background vocals from the demos…just like she did in diamonds; you can literally hear sia’s voice
I'm here after the Jlo hate train online these days. Alledgely she left a lot of the backing vocals in her songs (from Ashanti to Natasha Remos and more). Seeing your comment I was like it seems there's a double standard going on lol.
No that’s what you call someone who can’t sing. Because artists like Brandy, Ariana Grande, Beyoncè, Mariah Carey do all the vocals even the background. The only time background vocals are left on is because you can sing the notes or your to busy. Other time background vocals are left on to create a certain sound which this song does not require.
SHE IS A GENIUS. I know her only for Pitch Perfect, but I just saw a list of the songs she wrote and OMGGGGG. She wrote some of the most famous songs and some of my fav songs
She is seen as "the genius who wrote all the hits", we know she is a talented person and we admire her, I think she has a lot of money from her work, but she is not a superstar with all the troubles that can go with it. Basically, she won everything, she's very smart, congratulations to her
shout out to Mrs Tracy Hale who co-wrote this with Ester dean! it's always the ones behind the scenes that get over looked but I always are more intrigued by the artist who writes as much as performs. I had the pleasure of meeting her, great women!
rihanna shouldve left that pre-hook in "hey beybuh ya da one for me" could've connected this song with You Da One, which is funnily enough written by Dean also
Ester should be a world wide star!! She can not only sing, and looks badass, she writes PERFECT songs!!!! She not only writes the songs she performs it for the artist so they know how it should be performed! She is amazing!!!
I bet Esther is eating GOOD off of Rihanna. She wrote this one and rude boy which both went #1. I can't wait to hear her demos for R8 because you know it's gonna happen. I wonder if she wrote "Higher". Rihanna's vocals were really husky like Esther's so I wonder if she was imitating her demo 😏
+mustang61 no water is eating off of her! Rihanna is the reason why the sing is big lmao! If if wasn't for Rihanna the song wouldn't be as big as it is now
Raye M. "Higher" was written by Ernest Wilson,B. Bourelly,Rihanna,James Fauntleroy,Jerry Butle,rKenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Esther has not been involved in Rihanna's ANTI.
Guys....the real money in the music industry is with songwriting and production. Esther is smart to capitalise on her talents this way. Plus, there’s the added benefits of not having to deal with fame, paparazzi, staying relevant etc.
The Composer Sells The Music! It Gets Recorded, Then A Label Figure Out If Its Worth Buying For An Artist To Sing & Put On There Album & They Buy The Rights To It! This is Rihanna's Track & Single but the original singer is Ester. You can hear her voice in the background vocals since its similar to Rihanna.
No the Record Producer composed the Music and hired a Top-Liner to topline the beat which makes it a Song demo. Then the song is shopped around and who ever picks it, they hire the Producer to cut the vocals with the Artist in the studio. Bryan Michael Cox does that all the time as he will compose a beat, send the beat to Sean Garrett to topline, send the sessions back to him and then B. Cox would shop the demo around and then he cuts the vocals. Not all Recording Artist's are Songnwriters or necessary write every song they record. Chris Brown performed Run It as he wasn't a Songwriter on that song as Scott Storch composed the Music and Sean Garrett Top-lined it and song the demo for Chris Brown.
Autotune though but it's cool that she wrote it. I heard a lot of Rihanna's songs were offered to her that were already someone else's song like Umbrella, Take a Bow, etc.
its just business guys.... like the "dance for you" by beyonce it was "The dream" who wrote it for her.. and now ester wrote this for Rihanna.. now u see its better that way :D
If you are thinking about why she sounds like Rihanna it's because she wrote it for Rihanna. She planned giving it to Riri even before the song was started so she went for her vibe
Ester Dean Is basically the writer of my childhood when i was in elementary i mostly listened Rihanna's Songs. So i Will like to give her a big THANK YOU😄👏😘
If you guys listen closely to the chorus on the song you can hear Esther doing some sort of bg vocals Specifically on the repeat of the chorus (this point on the official audio 1:45) I always wondered who it was...
@@Abby-uk7rv you can clearly gear that Ester is doing a rihanna impersonation on this. So she's singing like Rihanna so Rihanna can here herself singing the song... So of course the final results would sound similar.
@@olavihekandjo2928 okay but in general Rihanna tend to copy the style of her songwriters. Such as Diamonds written by Sia she pretty much copied Sia's singing style in the studio recording. If you listen to Sia's demo and Rihanna's version they sound very similar and Sia in an interview even said that when she heard Rihanna's version, she was surprised at how similar it sounded to her original demo.
This really made me she’s a tear 😢She’s such a talented, creative and musical genius, but let’s be realistic she’s not light enough for the music industry. Considering she is a thick dark skin black woman they don’t deem her as marketable. Even though us is way more talented and original than Rihanna could ever be, and for those of you who have a problem with what I said cause I know how you girls like to tussle 🥴😭 I said wtf I said in my *nene* voice 😭.
Imagine hitting the club with Ester, and her being like "Oh yeah, I wrote this too" with every track that plays.
NoneWhatsoever imagine if the industry wasn't as visual seeking as it is. we'd have so many more talented successful singers & writers instead of conventionally pretty stars.
@@cantthinkofaname3995 There's more to fame than just having talent. I know that sounds weird, but lots of people can sing. Everyone who can hold a note can't be famous, there has to be something to you.
demush the x factor lol
whatever it takes. Well do you realise that some people prefer to be writers and not have their face everywhere
@@cantthinkofaname3995 thats HER WORK honey. Sit down
Ester Dean writes for everyone. She literally wrote Fireworks by Katy Perry. She loves writing for people and not having to deal with the aspect of fame and having people consistently try to invade her life.
It wasn't because of the fame, it was because the money, she did a lot of money selling those songs. And she's already famous because of "Pitch Perfect"
katy perry writes all of her lyrics. she has songwriters audit and coach her melodies. ester dean was a huge contributor to the chorus and melodies of firework. however katy writes her music by herself and writers change a few words here and there, thus crediting them as "writers" too
Jayy Sonata NE YO IS another great songwriter. He wrote Beyonce's to the left, he also wrote Discipline for Janet Jackson (which surprised me). Sia wrote many great hits for artists also.
Jayy Sonata l
She's getting her own fame in movies. She's been on all the pitch perfect movies...
Imagine Her royalties omg
Right! Paid!!!
a lot of money, or 0 if she had manager like Puff Daddy if u know what i mean
Hopefully
She’s written so many #1’s. An amazing talent. Wow.
have you seen her penthouse 🥵 sis got coin💰
They kept some of her vocals as background on the final version.
So that's why it sounds like there is some auto-tuned guy singing in the background.
She has a very good voice
Liam Shimizu But that Oh-Na-Na sounds just like Rihanna.
I always thought it was drakes voice doing the "uhhhhhh ohhh" sound at the end lmao at 3:30
@@VidMasterZ 😅😅😅
Its not that she sang it to match Rihanna's voice. This is the original version, and they used so much of Ester's vocals from this demo on Rihanna's final version. The most famous part of the song "oh na na" if you compare it to this one you will see its the exact same, its Esther's voice on the final track. The chorus is a blend of RiRi & Esther. People think Rihanna can't sing live, she can sing very well, its just impossible to match a voice that isn't yours the track to begin with!
The same with the monster and bebe rexhas voice
Different Na Na, not the same on the final version
@DANIEL DÍAZ Rhianna can sing better than an average person but there are some key issues. Her range is not that amazing. She has poor breath control when attempting to dance and she parties hard or otherwise isin't perpared sometimes and this affects her performance. Thats my thoughts about it. But I have heard her sing live and it sound good before but she also has given alot of crappy performances.
Literally everything on the final version sounded like Rihanna
@@ravendes9524 come on, sometimes we have to stop being blinded by our stanning lol
It is common knowledge that she is known for using background vocals from the demos…just like she did in diamonds; you can literally hear sia’s voice
was her hair colour also a demo for rihanna 🤣
stan wjsn 😂😂😂😂
I'm done! 🤣
I love her hair in this picture too. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if she was inspired by this look.
Omg a WJSN stan yaaaas Boogie Up bitchh
@@ubergamer2010 a 10-member group who sings easy songs, wow they are "special" 🤢
@@sweetbutpsycho3316 I could give two fucks what you think, I listen to music that makes me smile 😊
I love to notice how Rih kept a lot of Ester's demo vocals as backing vocals on final versions. That shows a lot of respect to the songwriter!
That's what y'all call it nowadays? Back in the day, they called it a lawsuit. Ask Paula Abdul.
@@jdfodio They probably have an agreement. Producers wouldn't be dumb to use her vocals without her knowledge/permission.
I'm here after the Jlo hate train online these days. Alledgely she left a lot of the backing vocals in her songs (from Ashanti to Natasha Remos and more). Seeing your comment I was like it seems there's a double standard going on lol.
No that’s what you call someone who can’t sing. Because artists like Brandy, Ariana Grande, Beyoncè, Mariah Carey do all the vocals even the background. The only time background vocals are left on is because you can sing the notes or your to busy. Other time background vocals are left on to create a certain sound which this song does not require.
Songwriters deserve more respect. This is beautiful!
Maybe she doesn’t want all the noise ;) some people just want to be left alone with themselves and god ;)
Esther Dean is so dope!!
+That Girl Neshia :) YAS!
💯 ❤❤
Love this version. Ester Dean's voice is so much more interesting to me.
Nurdigirl Me to as well.Ester should have should have kept this to herself .
De'Andre Little naw she made the right Decision 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Agreed... So much more dimensional, and complex. Love her rasp, give me chills!! Lol
idk how you can like a demo, it sounds so ‘demo’ish and not polished but oh well
@@RihannaChristina well pretend it's not a demo. And imagine just how much you'd like that. Then imagine us having the same level of like. Boom.
SHE IS A GENIUS. I know her only for Pitch Perfect, but I just saw a list of the songs she wrote and OMGGGGG. She wrote some of the most famous songs and some of my fav songs
She is seen as "the genius who wrote all the hits", we know she is a talented person and we admire her, I think she has a lot of money from her work, but she is not a superstar with all the troubles that can go with it. Basically, she won everything, she's very smart, congratulations to her
Rihanna was right to remove that pre hook. Don’t sound right in place
Madison Mark Kamara agree but let’s not kid on that Rihanna made that decision, it was clearly Def Jam.
Elizabeth Courtney yeh...that’s y they had a feature for drake to add rap to fill it up on instead of that part
It's not Rihanna who decide that bruh......
I think it sounds really nice
-- me too i like it tho
I particularly like Ester's version of the breakdown! She's definitely the inspo of Rihanna's love for a raspy tone too!
ua-cam.com/video/wtbcaWnybzs/v-deo.html .. ...
because her voice is husky, its makes the song even more sexier! *-*
Many artist would not have a career without ESTER DEAN. TAKE ME TO RIO!!!!!!
shout out to Mrs Tracy Hale who co-wrote this with Ester dean! it's always the ones behind the scenes that get over looked but I always are more intrigued by the artist who writes as much as performs. I had the pleasure of meeting her, great women!
She’s amazing . Thanks to YT algorithm I clicked on toxic by Cathy Dennis and am now here
Same
The iconic Ester Dean, the original Rihanna and the girl who should be the greatest music legend right now because her vocals are amazinggg
rihanna shouldve left that pre-hook in "hey beybuh ya da one for me" could've connected this song with You Da One, which is funnily enough written by Dean also
Different album though
@MrGreyjeep yes lmao she's written like 75% of rihanna's songs it's ridiculous
I see what u did there.
I hate that part. Glad they cut it!
nah the real pre hook is way better
The pre-chorus is a bit too poppy for this jam. Good that they got rid of it
Both versions of this song wins
Ester should be a world wide star!! She can not only sing, and looks badass, she writes PERFECT songs!!!! She not only writes the songs she performs it for the artist so they know how it should be performed! She is amazing!!!
I bet Esther is eating GOOD off of Rihanna. She wrote this one and rude boy which both went #1. I can't wait to hear her demos for R8 because you know it's gonna happen. I wonder if she wrote "Higher". Rihanna's vocals were really husky like Esther's so I wonder if she was imitating her demo 😏
No Rihanna is eating good off ester
+mustang61 no water is eating off of her! Rihanna is the reason why the sing is big lmao! If if wasn't for Rihanna the song wouldn't be as big as it is now
Slayvion if ester didn't write, it wouldn't be here at all. They helping each other.
Raye M. "Higher" was written by Ernest Wilson,B. Bourelly,Rihanna,James Fauntleroy,Jerry Butle,rKenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
Esther has not been involved in Rihanna's ANTI.
Shows how much you know😂
I watched Pitch Perfect and in all honesty her voice caught my eye (or ear) the most.
Yo she’s the black girl in pitch perfect that’s why I knew I’ve already seen her face somewhere
Same here...i was researching about her and ended up here. Her voice has something i want ❤️😂
Her voice gives me chills every time!!!
i like ester deans voice for this song a little better
yeah me too, the industry is DONE
Ester Dean is the truth. i would love to sing a song with her.
Bruuhh im noticing shes litterally writing all these songs for riri this is so funny lmao I THINK SHE IS RIHANNA
Rihanna is an emotion. You cant take that from her
I knew she wrote a lot of demos for Rihanna and other artists but this one kind of surprised me 😂 she's iconic ☺️💕
Goosebumbs! how gifted she is...
Guys....the real money in the music industry is with songwriting and production. Esther is smart to capitalise on her talents this way. Plus, there’s the added benefits of not having to deal with fame, paparazzi, staying relevant etc.
2:15 that is so powerful. Such a beautiful, strong voice. I love this.
The dream, ester dean, and sia. The trifecta of 2010's pop.
Wow I didn't even know she wrote this too.. This girl deserved so much success.. She's so talented
Ester is so great at what she does, she makes so many bangers
Ester writes hits periodt.
The Composer Sells The Music! It Gets Recorded, Then A Label Figure Out If Its Worth Buying For An Artist To Sing & Put On There Album & They Buy The Rights To It! This is Rihanna's Track & Single but the original singer is Ester. You can hear her voice in the background vocals since its similar to Rihanna.
No the Record Producer composed the Music and hired a Top-Liner to topline the beat which makes it a Song demo. Then the song is shopped around and who ever picks it, they hire the Producer to cut the vocals with the Artist in the studio. Bryan Michael Cox does that all the time as he will compose a beat, send the beat to Sean Garrett to topline, send the sessions back to him and then B. Cox would shop the demo around and then he cuts the vocals. Not all Recording Artist's are Songnwriters or necessary write every song they record. Chris Brown performed Run It as he wasn't a Songwriter on that song as Scott Storch composed the Music and Sean Garrett Top-lined it and song the demo for Chris Brown.
Her voice is amazing!!
Autotune though but it's cool that she wrote it. I heard a lot of Rihanna's songs were offered to her that were already someone else's song like Umbrella, Take a Bow, etc.
I never appreciated how good this song is and how the melody rides the beat so well before listening to this
The true talent behind all the hits!
I love the little part before the chorus they took out! I would’ve loved to hear Rihanna sing it
Ester is amazing ! Such an inspiration !
top songwriter and great voice too!
Ester has the best hooks and bridges to a song I swear she's the goat 💯
0:38-0:45 OMG, I loved this part!!
its just business guys.... like the "dance for you" by beyonce it was "The dream" who wrote it for her.. and now ester wrote this for Rihanna.. now u see its better that way :D
"dance for you" is a great song !
kobe bacol yet Beyonce gets way more shit and rihannas gets a pass.... pfffft
Except, Beyonce never just does whatever the demo is, Beyonce adds her own vocal production and ticks.
The dream also write umbrella by rihanna. Him and ester dean both wrote a huge amount of hits
If you are thinking about why she sounds like Rihanna it's because she wrote it for Rihanna. She planned giving it to Riri even before the song was started so she went for her vibe
I definitely prefer this version, her voice is just more real I feel
Personally I love the huskiness to her voice better than other singers. Makes her stand out.
Ester Dean Is basically the writer of my childhood when i was in elementary i mostly listened Rihanna's Songs.
So i Will like to give her a big THANK YOU😄👏😘
Her voice is amazing
First time i listened it on 17 feb 2013
10 years 2 days ago 😅
Today= 20/02/2023
both versions are great, regardless of who wrote it or who owns it.
She be writing them hits! She got bank!
i love ester dean she is one of my songwriting idols
why didn't she keep this hits for herself? :O
Giorgi Migriauli you know how the music business is fucked up
Because Rihanna is better looking its as simple as that in the music biz...
She’s a song writer first and I’m sure she likes being able to be unnoticed
Giorgi Migriauli So she could make more money by letting a bigger star perform her song.
They wouldn’t even be a hit
Bless you Jenna N Julien for this song
This woman is so talented, period.
Love Rihanna but Ester's demos are so much better and fresh!
Okay, this sounds exactly how Bieber when he was 14 lmaoo
omg im dead
i can't un-hear it now
LMFAOOOO
Staaaap,why?! 😂😂😂😂😂
Trueee haha
WELP, I can't unhear it now....she could could have made Bieber legendary lol
If you guys listen closely to the chorus on the song you can hear Esther doing some sort of bg vocals
Specifically on the repeat of the chorus (this point on the official audio 1:45)
I always wondered who it was...
Wow!!!! This sounds incredible ❤
A songwriting genius, loved the New Yorker article.
incredible! amazing
Q U E E N 👑
From 2:20 onwards! Wow I love her tone!
Love her
she is amazing and she is in pitch perfect which makes her even better
absolute mind blowing - nothing else matters
love this beat
I dig this version !
#SEB Qui est là grâce à lui ?
Suricate 2.0 👋👋
@@hajaarrcm4588 ok super !
Seb the french fry yeah
yes
🖐
This demo is fire
Love this girl
She's a machine !
BRAZILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! this song is dope and this version is sick!! ester you did a great job.
Amazing
Thats crazy she even demonstrated the wig though
#Great #Songwriter @EsterDean! #SoProud for you and your #Songland #Successes!! #LoveIt & #KeepItGoing!
Why does Ester Dean sounds more like Rihanna than Rihanna her self
Tawfik Albahri that doesnt even make sense lol
Lmao
Because she made Rihanna. Actually Beyoncé made Rihanna lol.
Blessing Ashanti What was the point of that comment? 💀
She literally sounded nothing like Rihanna wth
I love her 😩💜
She’s amazing!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love her always ❤
wow Rihanna took her style and ran away with it
Song and Hair was demoed to Riri. Lol
Yea cause why would sing the song exactly the same. As an artist u gotta be flexible and make the song your own
Shut up moron
@@Abby-uk7rv you can clearly gear that Ester is doing a rihanna impersonation on this. So she's singing like Rihanna so Rihanna can here herself singing the song... So of course the final results would sound similar.
@@olavihekandjo2928 okay but in general Rihanna tend to copy the style of her songwriters. Such as Diamonds written by Sia she pretty much copied Sia's singing style in the studio recording. If you listen to Sia's demo and Rihanna's version they sound very similar and Sia in an interview even said that when she heard Rihanna's version, she was surprised at how similar it sounded to her original demo.
Ester est la meilleure 😊😍 merci à toi Seb la frite 😉😄
Ester is the ultimate songwriter i mean half my fav songs on spotify are written by her 😭
When you Shazam this, it thinks it's Rihanna lmao that's how good she is
Ester wrote almost every Rihanna Hit
Incredible talent!!
I literally didn't realise she's the girl from Pitch perfect. Wow so underrated. Amazing songwriter
In the Rihanna version you can hear these original vocals in the background at around 1:50 !!
Ooh na na, Ester Dean.
I've just read New Yorker's article translated in Italian... I love her version!
It stills sounds more authentic with her singing it vs Rihanna. Jay cloned ester that whole era Rihanna borrowed her look and her music
exactly, if they actually promoted Ester and helped her with the hits she WROTE she would have become a breakout star
She's epic. Enough said.
This really made me she’s a tear 😢She’s such a talented, creative and musical genius, but let’s be realistic she’s not light enough for the music industry. Considering she is a thick dark skin black woman they don’t deem her as marketable. Even though us is way more talented and original than Rihanna could ever be, and for those of you who have a problem with what I said cause I know how you girls like to tussle 🥴😭 I said wtf I said in my *nene* voice 😭.
i am addicted to Rihanna's voice ...
parthenon love this isn’t Rihanna singing lol
This is so great!!!!
UA-cam is watching me. It knows that I’ve been watching Songland and now this shows up in my recommendations.