<P> Writing began in late 2009, when the American singer Holly Hafermann resided at the Artula Retreat in Bandon, Oregon, and composed songs . Later, in New York City, under her new stage name Skylar Grey, she visited her Universal Music publisher, Jennifer Blakeman, to seek help presenting her work; Blakeman suggested she collaborate with Alex da Kid . The producer emailed Grey his track, which suggested a theme of abusive romantic relationships to her as she spontaneously sang lyrics to the melody . She told the Los Angeles Times that she was in an abusive relationship with the music industry: "I love it so much, and I give it all that I have, yet it beats me down ." This idea inspired her writing, a process she found came naturally, as if she were creating an alternative pop song for herself . She wrote the chorus to "Love the Way You Lie" in fifteen minutes and recorded vocals for Alex da Kid's demo . </P> <P> In early 2010, Alex da Kid offered the Shady Records Senior Director Rigo "Riggs" Morales some backing tracks . Morales enjoyed the tracks and sent them to Eminem, who was seeking a different musical approach for his next album . Impressed with Alex da Kid's work, Eminem asked for more tracks and subsequently heard "Love the Way You Lie". He chose it and told his manager Paul Rosenberg he wanted to collaborate with the Barbadian singer Rihanna . Eminem told Skyrock, "It's one of those tracks that I felt like only she could pull it off ." Rosenberg sent the track to Rihanna, who accepted Eminem's request "at the last moment ." Eminem then wrote the rapped verses . </P> <P> Rihanna said she joined the collaboration because she could relate to the theme of the song, as she and Eminem had been in difficult relationships on "different ends of the table". Eminem had released the songs "' 97 Bonnie & Clyde" (1998) and "Kim" (2000), in which he fantasizes, respectively, about murdering and verbally abusing his then - wife Kimberly Scott . They had divorced in 2001 and again in 2006 after a remarriage . In February 2009, Rihanna's relationship with the American singer Chris Brown had ended following his felony assault on her . Rihanna described "Love the Way You Lie" as unique, realistic and deep, saying that it "broke down the cycle of domestic violence" because few people had insight on the topic . </P> <P> Mike Strange recorded and mixed Eminem's vocals at Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan . The sessions took two days . Strange edited the vocals with D - Verb--a reverberation software--and an Extra Long Delay plug - in . He preferred to make few changes; for "Love the Way You Lie" he almost exclusively used board compression and console equalization . Strange used the Bricasti and Eventide Reverb 2016 mixing tools for "brighter" reverberation . Detroit musician Luis Resto has contributed to the arrangement on many of Eminem's songs, but did not do so for "Love the Way You Lie". According to Strange, "Everything we needed was already in the track, apart from the vocals ." Two to three weeks after the sessions, Alex da Kid arrived to help mix and master the track . He wanted to replace the acoustic guitar on the demo, but Eminem chose to keep it . Strange said, "It was simply a matter of trying to match and then to improve on the demo (Alex da Kid)'d sent us ." Strange's brother Joe engineered the track . </P>

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