"As Real as You and Me": Rihanna's Best Vocal Performance to Date?

FUSE TV - "As Real as You and Me": Rihanna's Best Vocal Performance to Date?

In recent years, Rihanna's seemingly shifted her focus from making hot pop bangers to heavily emotional material that showcases her unique vocal timbre. A new ballad, "As Real as You and Me," looks to continue the trend that "Diamonds," "Stay" and new single "FourFiveSeconds" set in motion. This might be her best performance to date.

Lifted off the upcoming soundtrack to animated flick Home, "As Real as You and Me" is a gorgeous, piano-focused tune that seems to indicate Rihanna's been working with a voice coach. (No shame in that, by the way—Madonna did the same thing ahead of her role in Evita.) Throughout, we get multiple shades of Rih's voice from silky falsetto notes to sultry, breathy coos, as well as with some unexpectedly powerful belting moments. She nails them all with the depth of a longtime vocal virtuoso. Listen below:

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