Diamonds was released by Rihanna in 2012 as the lead single from her album Unapologetic and became a worldwide pop hit built around the shine bright lyric. German metalcore band Any Given Day later recorded a heavy cover that circulated widely on YouTube as an official music video, introducing the song to metal audiences. Their version kept the recognisable melody while adding breakdown style instrumentation, which helped it spread in edit communities that enjoy unexpected genre flips between pop and metalcore.