For Rihanna, the song felt like a gift from a higher power. A chance encounter with a stock GarageBand drum track spawned the biggest iTunes debut of all time and introduced the world to an iconic and transcendent musician. “When she recorded the ‘ellas,’ you knew it was about to be the jump-off and your life was about to change if you had anything to do with that record,” Stewart told MTV News.Īlmost a decade after its initial release, the creation of “Umbrella” reads like one giant sequence of fortunate coincidences. Those doubts were laid to rest when he heard her sing “ella, ella, eh, eh, eh” portion of the chorus.
I prayed for this song.”- RihannaĪfter the song made its way to Rihanna, Stewart had some doubts about how well she fit the song. Blige, who didn’t end up hearing the track in time because of Grammy obligations. “It wasn’t meant to be.” The next target was Mary J. “Her current state was a little bizarre, you know?” Stewart told MTV News in a 2008 interview. According to MTV News, her management declined to use it because she was unfocused and distracted with personal difficulties at the time. Tricky would put the next chord on there, and I was singing it out: ‘When the sun shines, we’ll shine together.’ I was like, ‘Oh, my God, this is crazy.’ I was getting goose bumps.”įurther adding to the legend of “Umbrella” is the fact that it was first written with Britney Spears in mind. “The first verse was written in 60 seconds,” he told Blender. With Dream in the booth singing, it didn’t take long for the creative process to start moving at breakneck speak. “Your life was about to change if you had anything to do with that record.”- Christopher “Tricky” Stewart “I ran over to the vocal booth and started singing.” “Tricky starts putting some chords over it and immediately the word popped into my head: umbrella,” he told Blender. Once Stewart laid some chords over the sparse drums, the title of the song came to Dream and he sprang into action. “I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, what is that beat?’” Dream told Blender in a 2007 interview. Dream knew it had hit potential right away. The making of “Umbrella” began when R & B singer and famed songwriter The Dream walked into the studio while collaborator Christopher “Tricky” Stewart was playing with the now famous drum loop.
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