Listen to the Excellent Grimes Song Rihanna Rejected

FUSE TV - Listen to the Excellent Grimes Song Rihanna Rejected

UPDATE: Grimes premiered three new tracks at Governors Ball last weekend, including "Go," written for Rihanna. Unlike traditional Grimes songs, "Go" is aggressively beat-heavy—think more mainstream EDM than Grimes' straightforward ephemeral pop. Ri Ri rejected the song, but by the sound of it, we think she might have made a mistake! Listen above.

6/6 Story: Grimes is heading to NYC's Randall's Island this weekend for Governors Ball, and though she's got a few surprises up her sleeve, she's revealed a pretty big secret before the festival. She's going to be singing some new songs at Gov Ball, and one of them is a track she wrote for Rihanna—which Rihanna apparently turned down.

The Canadian electronic producer/singer broke her own news via Twitter this afternoon, telling followers that the new stuff may not sound like what we've come to expect from Grimes, because it was intended to be performed by everyone's favorite Peter Griffin impersonator instead. She also said that tracks off Visions have gotten a serious sonic facelift and sound "much better now." 

Read Grimes' tweets in full below, and be sure to keep an eye out for some potentially new tracks in the weeks following the festival. If the new songs go over brilliantly (which they will, 'cause she's rad!), who knows—we may get a leaked track from Grimes sooner vs. later.

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Yesenia Gives Financial Advice To Mia | Clash of The Corps

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The Abuela and the Furious

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The River and the Wall

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Inside the MMA: Release the Kraken

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The Citizen

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The Motorcycle

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The 212

The 212

The Runway

1h 33m

The Runway

The Feels

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The Feels

The Luau

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The Luau

The FP

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The Exchange

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The Exchange

The Canvas

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The Pilot

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The Pilot

The Hustle

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The Hustle

The Decision

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The Decision

The Reunion

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The Reunion

Care to Laugh

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Care to Laugh

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Welcome To Hollywood

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Two to Tango

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Two to Tango

Right To Twerk

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Right To Twerk

Toe to Toe

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Toe to Toe

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Kayak to Klemtu

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Back to Business

Filmmakers To Watch

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Maid To Order

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Maid To Order

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The Ladies Play "Fill In The Blanks"

All the Focus is on the Diamonds

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All the Focus is on the Diamonds

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The Abuela Test for Leaving the Nest

Inside the MMA: Best of the Year

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Surfing the Skies

The Sex Clinic

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Beyond the Binary

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The Vest Guest

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The Vest Guest

Making The Retrograde

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Making The Retrograde

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Enter the Metaverse

Rich The Kid

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The Daphne Project

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Facing The Truth

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Facing The Truth

Crossed the Line

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The Revolution Generation

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Inside the MMA

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Inside the MMA

The Sexuality Spectrum

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The Abuela Trap

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The Abuela Trap

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Who's the Boss?

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The Prison Within

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Meet The Family

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Missy: The Icon

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Letter To Myself: Ronnie

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Letter To Myself: Ronnie

Letter To Myself: Prism

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Rock the Bells

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