"FourFiveSeconds" is an acoustic folk-pop, pop and soul pop song,[REF][REF][REF] with a length of three minutes and eight seconds [REF].
Billboards Jocelyn Vena stated that the musical direction of the song represents a departure from the material present on Rihanna's most recent studio album, Unapologetic (2012), which incorporated EDM and dubstep [REF].