Monday Mashup: M83 vs. Rihanna in “Midnight City Diamonds”

Start your week right with the Daily Dot’s Monday Mashup, the best music remix from around the Web. Turn up your speakers or pop on your headphones, and bring the funk.

Rihanna’s seapunk performance of the No. 2 single “Diamonds” earned her equal parts scorn and cheers. Thanks to this magnificent mashup, she’s about to piss off electronica fans, too.

DJ Mada combined the poppy ballad with French electronica “Midnight City” from M83, and shared “Midnight City Diamonds” on SoundCloud. The combination elevates Rihanna’s pop and adds some spice to “Midnight City,” which has been called the best song of 2011.

Looks like this mashup is headed up the charts, with a thousand Facebook likes and 21,600 plays already.

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