Glass Animals reveal Rihanna almost recorded their hit, ‘Heat Waves’

British Alt-pop group Glass Animals’ 2020 hit “Heat Waves” almost never was according to frontman Dave Bayley , who revealed recently that the track was on the table for consideration at the Roc Nation offices for some time.

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Speaking with The Independent , Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley said that it was the idea of vulnerability that initially led him down the road of offering "Heat Waves" to another artist to record, revealing at the time “It felt too personal and vulnerable to do it myself, because the little secret in that song would be very, very strongly attached to me. And that was quite scary. I had hoped it would be someone else’s song.”

Interestingly enough, he adds the band first offered the track to Rihanna , saying, “It got so far that I was sitting in the Roc Nation offices, playing the song for her manager.”

Fortunately, in Dave’s view, that never ended up happening and he was happy to have been able to complete the song himself. “I ended up sending them parts of the song, but I’m grateful it didn’t go further,” he explains: “But at the same time, obviously, I’m a huge fan -- I would’ve loved it.”

In the end, the song's popularity was a welcome surprise. “I thought it was way too personal and vulnerable to really do what it did," Bailey admits, "so that gave me a lot of confidence,” he says. Check out the full interview here .

Glass Animals are getting set to make their way over to this side of the pond for a string of North American tour dates through August and September in support of the band's 2024 release I Love You So F***ing Much .

See a full list of tour dates below and grab your tickets HERE .

Glass Animals’2024 North American tour dates:
8/7 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion +
8/8 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre +
8/10 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann +
8/11 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center +
8/13 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden +
8/16 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park +
8/17 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion +
8/20 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage +
8/21 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center +
8/23 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center +
8/24 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre +
8/25 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center +
8/27 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena +
8/28 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island +
8/31 – Kansas City, KS – Azura Amphitheater ~^
9/3 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre ~
9/4 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre ~
9/5 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre ~
9/7 – Seattle, WA – The Gorge Amphitheatre ~^
9/8 – Vancouver, BC – Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena ~
9/11 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre ~
9/13 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre ~
9/14 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum ~^
9/17 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre ~
9/20 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion ~
9/21 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion ~
9/22 – Austin, TX – Moody Center ~

Glass Animals 2024 EU / UK tour dates:
10/15 – Paris, France – Zenith =
10/16 – Brussels, Belgium – Forest National =
10/17 – Dusseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Halle =
10/19 – Warsaw, Poland – Expo XXI =
10/20 – Berlin, Germany – Max-Schmeling-Halle =
10/22 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz =
10/23 – Zurich, Switzerland – The Hall =
10/24 – Munich, Germany – Zenith =
10/26 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live =
10/30 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena =