Rihanna considered herself “honored” to be asked to record the theme song for the upcoming Star Trek Beyond.

Paramount Pictures has also just released a video in which Rihanna discuses her fandom and the importance to her of the song. She explains that Star Trek “has been a part of me since my childhood” and that it’s “never left me.” So, the decision to record “Sledgehammer” was entirely “automatic.” As for the song itself, it “needed to be big, impactful, very emotional, dramatic and haunting… All at the same time.”

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