![]() ![]() At a length of 3 minutes and 38 seconds, it was written by Sia, Kanye West, Noah Goldstein, 88-Keys, and Dom $olo, with the latter four handling production alongside Jesse Shatkin and Jake Sinclair. The song, featuring Sia's "eccentric art-pop vocals", begins mellow before building into a "dramatic" chorus. "Reaper" is a pop song about cheating death. It was eventually released as a single in Australia – the fifth from the album – on, directly following the announcement of the Australian leg of the Nostalgic for the Present Tour. Sia performed the song on Good Morning America on the morning of This Is Acting 's release. The day after, "Reaper" was released as the fourth promotional single from the album. The songs "Reaper" and "House on Fire" were confirmed as the seventh and eighth tracks, respectively, on the marquee of Webster Hall in Manhattan, New York City, on 6 January. In January 2016, Sia revealed the track listing for This Is Acting by having theaters around the world display songs and track numbers on their marquees. But my manager really likes it so I put it on for him. ![]() I think it's a good, fun song, but I didn't anticipate it being on the record. I know in print that will look bad, but what I mean is I'm not emotionally attached to it. Her manager pushed for the song to be featured on the album: Sia stated in an interview with Rolling Stone that she "thought there was something about the chorus that seemed fun", but "never thought it would see the light of day". The song was one of four rejected by Rihanna which ended up on This Is Acting, alongside " Bird Set Free", " Cheap Thrills", and "Space Between". Sia and West had previously collaborated on the latter's song " Wolves". Both Rihanna and Kanye West were supposed to be a part of the session with her, but neither turned up, instead telling Sia what they wanted, leaving notes for her. "Reaper" came about when Sia was writing songs for Rihanna's eighth studio album Anti. The pop song, originally intended for Rihanna's album Anti (2016), was written by Sia, Kanye West, Noah Goldstein, Charles Njapa (better known by his stage name 88-Keys), and Dom $olo, and produced by West, Dom $olo, Goldstein, 88-Keys, Jesse Shatkin, and Jake Sinclair. ![]() It was released as the fourth promotional single from This Is Acting on 7 January 2016, before being released as an official single, the fifth from the album, in Australia, on. " Reaper" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Sia which features on her seventh studio album, This Is Acting (2016). ![]()
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