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Calvin Harris isn't on the new Rihanna album because he couldn't handle the pressure

  • November 1, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance

Calvin Harris was asked by Rihanna to do a song for her new album but he found the deadlines too daunting. :(

Having a chat about it all with BBC Newsbeat, the 'Michael Jackson' hitmaker explained: "Rihanna's been recording her next album and I saw her and she said 'you have to do something for my album, you have to, we need you'."

"And then you're like 'yeah, I need to do this' so then you go into the studio and you're like 'OK, well I need to sit here and I've got two days to make one of the best records that I will ever make in my life, let's see how that works out'. Obviously I didn't do anything, so I'm not on the record."

Oh Calvin.

But you at least managed to knock some old shit together, right?

"I did a decent tune, but you can't work under that kind of pressure. I can't anyway," he continued.

Expect to see this song on Cheryl Cole's next album.

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