Russian Roulette

Rihanna is back on the hot spot, but this time it’s for her music, and that’s very good news. Her fourth studio album is decidedly her most complete, mature and personal work, taking into consideration she is the co-writer of nine of the thirteen tracks. A renovated Rihanna is back to stay. Now it’s her time to shine.

The semi-instrumental one-and-a-half-minute intro ‘Madhouse’ prints the new Rihanna intentions from the very start. The whole thing is grotesquely terrifying! Especially the freaky spooky organ notes that follow Rihanna’s voice inviting us to “come on, come on, come on in”.

I don't have a lot of time to write a full blog on this music video but just like the song it was recorded for, this video is dark, violent, edgy and one of her best works yet. I've really warmed to this new Rihanan from the Rated R era, previously she was just a wooden throwaway pop star but in this video she actually shows some charisma and real vunerability...in a very high fashion way of course lol!