• Rihanna collaborated with DJ Mustard for the song. While recording the album, he said:
"We haven't got our club record just yet but we have a ballad that I really like and that she likes too."
• The accompanying music video was inspired by the movie
"Spring Breakers", who Harmony Korine also directed.
From the Album:
Anti (2016)
Released:
March 30, 2016
Recorded:
2014
Westlake Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Genre:
Electro-R&B
Length:
3:11
Writers:
Dijon McFarlane, Robyn Fenty, Nick Audino, Lewis Hughes, Khaled Rohaim, Te Warbrick,
Adam Feeney, Brittany Hazard, A. Sneed, Alicia ReneƩ, Charles Hinshaw, Derrus Rachel
Producers:
DJ Mustard, Twice as Nice, Frank Dukes, Kuk Harrell
Music video:
"Needed Me" on YouTube
The video was directed by Harmony Korine, who also directed the films
"Kids", "Gummo" and "Spring Breakers".
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