If it feels like Sia has practically released every song ahead of her upcoming blockbuster This Is Acting, you'd be half right. With Thursday's release of "Unstoppable" she's officially released six of the 12 tracks off the album. That's not something to complain about if you're a fan, but it does leave very little to the imagination as we approach This Is Acting's release on January 29 since you can already listen to half the album.
"Unstoppable" kind of sounds like the rest of the songs off this album so far. There's a cool little Latin shuffle percussion part that builds up to the chorus and Sia's voice is as gorgeous as ever. But, you could probably swap the choruses from "Cheap Thrills" and "Unstoppable" and get roughly the same song.
Billboard speculates the song was penned for Rihanna, which would make sense given that she told Rolling Stone back in December that both "Reaper" and "Cheap Thrills" were intended for the pop star. Of course all the songs on the album were written for various artists that she's worked with over the course of her career, but for one reason or another didn't make the cut.
It does seem odd that she'd pre-release three songs all intended for Rihanna before the album drops. Katy Perry seems a better fit given that "Unstoppable" has that empowering massive chorus that fits in well with Perry's "Roar" mentality and Sia has said in the past she intended both "Elastic Heart" and "Chandelier" for the pop singer.
"I'm unstoppable, I'm a Porsche with no brakes / I'm invincible, I'll win every single game / I'm so powerful I don't need batteries to play / I'm so confident that I'm unstoppable today," Sia sings on the song.
Listen to the song below, and while you're at it, re-listen to her other five tracks from the album: "Alive," "Reaper," "Cheap Thrills," "One Million Bullets" and "Bird Set Free."
