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Calvin Harris, Rihanna to release new single 'This is What You Came For'

The DJ and the singer previously released "We Found Love" in 2011.

By Annie Martin
Calvin Harris at the Billboard Music Awards on May 17, 2015. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
1 of 4 | Calvin Harris at the Billboard Music Awards on May 17, 2015. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, April 28 (UPI) -- Calvin Harris and Rihanna will release a new single Friday, April 29.

The 32-year-old Scottish DJ announced the news on social media Wednesday, revealing the song's title as "This is What You Came For." Harris also posted a photo of the single's thunderstorm cover art.

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Harris' girlfriend, singer Taylor Swift, wore a jacket with the same image to Coachella this month. The DJ surprised fans by bringing Rihanna onstage during his April 17 performance at the music festival.

Harris and Rihanna previously collaborated on the 2011 song "We Found Love," which appears on Rihanna's album Talk That Talk and Harris' record 18 Months. The song is Rihanna's most successful single to date.

"It was just a mad dream come true," Harris said of the song's success to the Sunday Times last year. "It made the sort of impact I hadn't even thought could be possible. It was crazy."

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Harris last released Motion in 2014, which debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and includes the singles "Under Control" and "Summer." He followed up with the single "How Deep is Your Love" featuring Disciples in July.

Rihanna, meanwhile, released Anti in January, and kicked off her accompanying tour in March. The record includes the singles "Kiss It Better" and "Needed Me," the latter of which Rihanna released a music video for last week.

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