When it comes to art sometimes the hardest part isn't the creation, it's the patience to navigate the road to success.  The journey of  the song Love on The Brain  with J.Angels unbelievable circumstances really enforces the idea of certainty.

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When songwriter Joseph Angel wrote the song Love On The Brain, Rihanna and her team instantly knew how special it was and Rihanna recorded her vocals on the track immediately. Although she recorded the song quickly and it was said to be on her next album Anti, J. Angel  heard nothing about the track after she recorded it and sat with radio silence for almost an entire year. Despite  hearing nothing about the song,  J. Angel knew he created something special and the world was supposed to hear it with Rihanna’s voice. Three weeks before Rihanna was scheduled to release her album Anti she internally announced that she was uninspired by her current album and decided to scrap the entire project and start over. Every producer and writer on the project was understandably devastated. Despite this announcement, J. Angel was still convinced that Love On The Brain was going to make the album. Unfortunately at the same time, he had just been diagnosed with cancer, and his funds had completely run dry causing him to live out of his car.  At many points J.Angel worried he would not live long enough to see his song get released into the world.  Months later Rihanna completely redid her album and replaced every single song except for one, Love On The Brain. 

 

Even though it was the only song saved from the original project, the record labels didn't think it would become a huge song, so subsequently there was no music video and almost zero budget for the push for the song on radio. Despite the circumstances, the song organically rose higher and higher on the charts until it broke the top 10 on Billboard.  It became abundantly clear that this song had a life of its own, and the world was moved when they heard it. Love On The Brain has been streamed over 350 million times on Spotify. In the United States, the song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her 22nd top-five single breaking her tie with Elvis Presley as the artist with the 5th most top-five singles, and it was also her 30th top-ten single tying her with Madonna and The Beatles as the only acts in history to appear at least thirty times in the top-ten of the Hot 100. Love On The Brain is currently considered Rihanna’s best vocal performances of her career. J.Angel is currently in remission, and instead of living in his car has a few parked in his multi car garage.