"Pitch Perfect 2" Co-Star Ester Dean Looks Back At Her Biggest Hits

BuzzFeed - Dean has written hits for the world's biggest pop stars. BuzzFeed News chats with the singer/songwriter/actor about how some of those songs came together. Songwriter Ester Dean stars as Cynthia-Rose Adams in Pitch Perfect 2, which opens in theaters May 15. Richard Cartwright / Via NBC Universal Even if you don't think you've heard an Ester Dean song, you probably have. These days the singer-songwriter is starting to make a name for herself as an actress — she reprises her role as Cynthia-Rose Adams, a member of a capella group The Barden Bellas in Pitch Perfect 2, which opens May 15 — but for years, the 29-year-old has been penning hits for some of the world's biggest music stars. BuzzFeed News chatted with Dean to get the stories behind some of her favorite tracks. "Rude Boy," by Rihanna (2009) Rihanna's hit song from her fourth studio album, Rated R, teased about giving her all to an aggressive man. The track peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard ch