Pose (Rihanna song)

was one of four artists to remix the song. Songwriter Bibi Bourelly had been working with producer Paperboy Fabe, who arranged a session with Kanye West. The sessions resulted in three songs – "Yeah, I Said It", "Higher" and "Pose". On December 27, 2015, songwriter, Glass John, took to Twitter to express his dissatisfaction about the delay of "Kiss It Better" release and its parent album, which he blamed on rapper Travis Scott, this led the media to believe that Scott would be either featured or working on Anti. "Pose" was written by Hit-Boy, Bibi Bourelly, Travis Scott and Rihanna. It was produced by Hit-Boy and Travis Scott, with vocal production being carried out by Kuk Harrell respectively. On April 14, 2017, Rihanna released a four-track EP which included remixes of "Pose" by the Far East Movement, Salva, Deadly Zoo and Eva Shaw . That same day the remixes were made available for digital download via iTunes and streaming via Spotify. ==Composition and reception==

"Pose" is a grime song with "trap&B" influences containing a "grimy" beat, which hears Rihanna using a "rap like vocal" according to Billboard. Da'Shan Smith of Billboard praised the song and Rihanna's rap-like vocals, stating the "singer finesses broken, staggered rapping into a party track that stunts on the haters." Jessie Morris praised the song's production, stating it was a "monster of a track that ravages the beat;" she also found the use of an iPhone noise ironic due to Rihanna's partnership with Samsung. Swartz stated that unlike the song's parent album, which represented a general shift in Rihanna's musical style, "Pose" felt familiar and similar to Rihanna's previous work, concluding that is why the song was used on the deluxe edition. ==Commercial performance==

Upon the release of Anti, "Pose" charted at number 98 in France on February 6, 2016. It was the second highest debut of the week, after "Still Got Time" by Zayn featuring PartyNextDoor, which debuted one position higher at number 44. It broke into the top ten at number nine in its fourth week with an additional 'gains in performance,' yet despite only climbing two positions to number seven in its fifth week, it was the greatest gainer of all songs charting within the top 50. It eventually topped the chart in its eighth week in the chart issue dated July 15, 2017, becoming her third to do so in 2017 following "Love on the Brain" and "Sex with Me" (the most amongst all acts thus far), her sixth from Anti, one of only three albums to have produced as many, and her thirtieth in total. Billboard chart analyst Gordon Murray noted that Rihanna is closing the gap with Madonna (46), writing that the former has topped the chart seven times since the latter last did so with "Bitch I'm Madonna" featuring Nicki Minaj in August 2015; similarly, Rihanna is the only artist to have charted at least three number-one songs in 2017, followed by Dua Lipa with two. ==Live performances==

"Pose" was featured on the set list of Rihanna's 2016 Anti World Tour. The song was included in the "synopsis: greed is good", which featured black and white filming, Kitty Empire of The Guardian, stated that this section of the tour was "hip-hop gangster flick gone art-house". ==Formats and track listings==

Digital download – Deluxe album version "Pose" – 2:24 Digital download – Remixes (Explicit) • "Pose" (Far East Movement Remix) – 3:21 • "Pose" (Salva Remix) – 3:23 • "Pose" (Deadly Zoo Remix) – 2:56 • "Pose" (Eva Shaw Remix) – 2:11 Digital download – Remixes (Clean) • "Pose" (Far East Movement Remix) – 3:20 • "Pose" (Salva Remix) – 3:23 • "Pose" (Deadly Zoo Remix) – 2:56 • "Pose" (Eva Shaw Remix) – 2:11 ==Credits and personnel==

The following credits were adapted from the liner notes of Anti, Westbury Road/Roc Nation. Publishing • Hit-Boy Music / U Can't Teach Bein’ The Shhh / Songs of Universal (BMI)// Circa 13/BMG/Arjouni Publishing (ASCAP)// Almo Music Corp./ Fauntleroy Music (ASCAP)// Monica Fenty Music Publishing /Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI); All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.// Travis Scott Music (BMI) Recording • Recorded at Westlake Beverly Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Twin Studios, Paris • Mixed at Larrabee Studios, Universal City, California • Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City, New York Personnel • Songwriting – Chauncey Hollis, Bibi Bourelly, Robyn Fenty, Jacques Webster • Production – Hit-Boy • Additional production – Travis Scott • Vocal production – Kuk Harrell • Vocal recording – Marcos Tovar, Kuk Harrell • Assistant vocal recording – Thomas Warren • Mastering – Chris Gehringer • Mixing – Manny Marroquin • Assistant mixing – Chris Galland, Ike Schultz ==Charts==