Rihanna - 9th Album
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I don't know why but I was under the impression she was much more ambitious than this. Performing is obviously not her greatest asset but one would have expected for her to at least try to put on a spectacular show. It's the Super Bowl, like come on. All she had to do was step up her game for this one performance then go back to her beauty toys and enjoy the universal praise while on her way.
As a matter of pride, I know I would seethe knowing that all I did was look cute and not even open my mouth to properly lip-sync (fail) when given the opportunity to perform on the biggest stage in the world. Factor in the fact that my peers got to truly shine and pretty much write history on said stage and chances are I'd go berserk. I thought she was the same. So... Rihanna seemingly being content with outshining Maroon 5 and Justin Timberlake did take me by surprise, I have to admit.
As a matter of pride, I know I would seethe knowing that all I did was look cute and not even open my mouth to properly lip-sync (fail) when given the opportunity to perform on the biggest stage in the world. Factor in the fact that my peers got to truly shine and pretty much write history on said stage and chances are I'd go berserk. I thought she was the same. So... Rihanna seemingly being content with outshining Maroon 5 and Justin Timberlake did take me by surprise, I have to admit.
Global Spotify
#15 - Umbrella
#18 - We Found Love
#24 - Diamonds
#26 - Love on The Brain
#35 - Bitch Better Have My Money
#39 - Stay
#40 - Lift Me Up
#45 - Only Girl
#15 - Umbrella
#18 - We Found Love
#24 - Diamonds
#26 - Love on The Brain
#35 - Bitch Better Have My Money
#39 - Stay
#40 - Lift Me Up
#45 - Only Girl
Lift Me Up must have some real good spots in some Essential playlists because what?
It's at the top of her profile and fairly high up in the Essential Rihanna playlist. They just rearranged it to put everything she played at halftime above it, though.
Eurogays won
I will say tho, the Where Have You Been / Only Girl part has insane replay value. Especially when the beat drops with the interpolation of Cockiness + lightshow + Rih serving face and choreo just…chef’s kiss.
Not me now noticing that she did interpolate Kiss It Better in Rude Boy... I'm not mad at her anymore.
Missed this!
I'm sorry but what? NYT ranking her at #3 only behind MJ and Prince?
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How come this reads like a positive?
This whole review reads like a high school assignment.
Just no really.
What it did is reminding everyone of her fantastic catalogue. Deserved.
She/Her/Queen
It literally is absurd. Like we all have our favourites but most critics and most PJ users, while wearing rose tinted glasses sometimes, at least have a realistic angle to their fandom. There has been a lot of back and forth in this track. I would still think most would be writing a piece that would Rihanna fans here would still put it in perspective a bit?Was this article written by a 12 year old?
I CANNOT.
That is just a stan stanning. How can all of this be published today? Oh well yes. For us to talk about.
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I think it just comes down to Rihanna being a person with a natural charisma and innate business savvy first, and maybe... someone who was never 100% sure music was her actual passion and that's totally valid, considering how she was a 15-year-old-girl plucked from obscurity from a small place and basically slingshotted into the major label system that probably put her through god knows what. If she has shifted away to finding genuine enjoyment from that, and also if she wants to prioritize growing a family, then respect.
But the performance felt like a checkmark off the list, not a crowning achievement.
It's a bit like... if you're going to do the victory lap unenthusiastically, why do it at all?
If we're gonna spill some real deep dark tea... imagine being one of the most famous women in the world at 21 (!!!) and getting the shit beaten out of you by your boyfriend who is also one of the most famous people in the world and the entire world sees and dissects the entire thing, and somehow you're resilient and hardworking enough to keep deliver five more damn pop albums all with giant smash hits without like... fucking dying honestly. You know what the fuck that level of fame can do to people, and she's almost unfazed and always uniquely cool.
Rihanna absolutely deserves respect and a kiss on the ring. But like... I wish she seemed like she was even enjoying giving the world a chance to kiss her ass, you know?
But the performance felt like a checkmark off the list, not a crowning achievement.
It's a bit like... if you're going to do the victory lap unenthusiastically, why do it at all?
If we're gonna spill some real deep dark tea... imagine being one of the most famous women in the world at 21 (!!!) and getting the shit beaten out of you by your boyfriend who is also one of the most famous people in the world and the entire world sees and dissects the entire thing, and somehow you're resilient and hardworking enough to keep deliver five more damn pop albums all with giant smash hits without like... fucking dying honestly. You know what the fuck that level of fame can do to people, and she's almost unfazed and always uniquely cool.
Rihanna absolutely deserves respect and a kiss on the ring. But like... I wish she seemed like she was even enjoying giving the world a chance to kiss her ass, you know?
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