Behind The Video: Rihanna’s ‘Man Down’ Video

Published: Tuesday 31st May 2011 by Sam

With Rihanna‘s visual for ‘Man Down’ merely moments away from debuting, the model has unveiled a behind the scenes look at the Anthony Mander directed clip.

Check out Ms. Fenty in do what she does best (walk and pose) on the streets on Kingston after the jump…

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  1. RYCH May 31, 2011

    LOOKS LIKE ITS GONNA BE A HOT JAMAICAN MESS! LMFAOOOO ….RIHANNA JUST NEEDS TO SIT SIT SIT! SHE’S DONE…STICK A FORK IN THE B****! #BOOM

  2. Madonnalover May 31, 2011

    Im first.
    Im excited, this video is gonna SLAY.

  3. Yellow Gorillah May 31, 2011

    SLAAAAAAAAY them Rih

    SLAAAAAAAAAY Them

    I f****** STAN for this song! Hold on to your WIGS!

    Brumpapapa Brumpapapa Brumapapaa

    #RihannaNavy

  4. MrsAubreyDrake May 31, 2011

    OMG! CANT WAIT :DDDDDD

  5. wow May 31, 2011

    THIS SAM GUY IS REALLY BUTTHURT ABOUT RIHANNA! DUDE GET THE F*** OVER IT!

  6. annie! :] May 31, 2011

    this is the only Rihanna video i’ve ever been excited about… Man Down is definitely her best song. can’t wait =)

  7. S*** May 31, 2011

    @MadonnaLover

    Are u Dionish?

  8. BIA May 31, 2011

    Cant wait!!!!

  9. SWEETHE♥RT (A.K.A. ICON) May 31, 2011

    YELLOW GORILLAH
    May 31, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    SLAAAAAAAAY them Rih

    SLAAAAAAAAAY Them

    I f****** STAN for this song! Hold on to your WIGS!

    Brumpapapa Brumpapapa Brumapapaa

    #RihannaNavy
    ______________________________________________________________________

    You totally said everything I wanted. I’m so excited to this video. It’s definitely going to be one of Rihanna’s best. I love how she never forgets her roots.

  10. JAY May 31, 2011

    @ Rych shut da f*** fool u sound like a f** jus like sam.

  11. MentalPhipps May 31, 2011

    What has Rihanna ever done to Sam? What is his problem. Lawd….

    This video is going to SLAY!!!

  12. princebarbietv May 31, 2011

    Yassss I am ready!!!

  13. MONROE May 31, 2011

    this is gonna be hot..love riri

  14. GAGA IS MY LORD HER MUSIC IS MY RELIGION May 31, 2011

    SHE NEEDS TO PRAY TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR GODGA SO THIS VIDEO WILL SLAY AND MAKE HER VOICE SOUND GOOD ON PERFORMANCES !!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU MY LORD AND SAVIOR GODGA

  15. MONROE May 31, 2011

    I HOPE I DONT HAVE TO WATCH 106 FOR LONG…MY TV IS ALLERGIC TO BET!

  16. UGh May 31, 2011

    Jamaica doesn’t need any more promotion. I hate this song

  17. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN May 31, 2011

    lady gaga’s album sold 1,110,420 in its first week…..

  18. SWEETHE♥RT (A.K.A. ICON) May 31, 2011

    @TS#1

    Yep she beat Taylor’s last album sales…

  19. cfddxed May 31, 2011

    she’s ugly without makup!!

  20. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN May 31, 2011

    @SWEETHE♥RT (A.K.A. ICON Not if you dont count the 330,000 she sold for 99 cents on amazon:)

  21. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN May 31, 2011

    Yeah “It should be noted that least 300k copies came from Amazon’s promotion, which made Born This Way available for just 99 cents to draw interest in the company’s new cloud service”

    Will other acts have their albums at 99 cent to get high numbers….

  22. GAGA IS MY LORD HER MUSIC IS MY RELIGION May 31, 2011

    THE FIRST AND ONLY OVER A MILLION DEBUT BY A LEGEND AND GOD!!!! ONLY GODGA!!!!!!!!

  23. FlopJuice May 31, 2011

    @ TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN

    That’s how capitalism works. 😉 Competition, competition and competition. Would you like to live in socialism?

    @ GAGA IS MY LORD HER MUSIC IS MY RELIGION

    Taylor Swift also debuted over a million, with far less hype, far less promotion, far less agressive promo. 😉

  24. chrisj May 31, 2011

    lmfao @sam walk and pose..

    video looks good

  25. S*** May 31, 2011

    LMAO!!

    I swear completely FORGOT all about Rihanna since Bey started Promo annihalating b****** with just her TALENT alone.

    What does she do again?? 😆

    http://i51.tinypic.com/24v4c8w.jpg

    LOL, I LIKE Rihanna but Ill turn on a B**** in a second for the Queen. I Swear if she took 6+ Months off the scene like Bey does she would be so Forgotten. 😕

  26. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN May 31, 2011

    @:FlopJuice All i know is, taylor sold a million selling at full price… others need to sell their albums for 99 cent to do it… do i need to name this person? Nope!

    Taylor’s million>>>>>>>>>>> Lady gaga cheap million

  27. S*** May 31, 2011

    *annihilating*

    I like MAN DOWN Though, My Fav song on LOUD along with Skin & LTWYL II not that thats saying much. 😕

  28. badd May 31, 2011

    YESS Gaga sold 1.1 million !!
    @TS#1Fan
    get over that amazon thing…this has already been
    talked about and justified….country is probably
    one of the easiest genres to sell albums….it
    has always been able ot sell well…so seeing that
    she is pop (especially with the way the music industry
    is going now) and she sold that much is amazing.

  29. BitchIcantevenspellwelfare May 31, 2011

    i am really forward to this video.

    @TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN, just because a website decides to use an artist’s album to create interests in THEIR product does not mean that other artists will be selected for this venture. You know why….because they are NOT Gaga.

    *plays Bloody Mary*

  30. badd May 31, 2011

    Ppl are always trying to knock someone down.
    Ppl just can’t accept Gaga’s success for what it is.
    Country ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS does better than
    regular music…with no promo or anything.
    the states are just like that…..some ppl know nothing
    about the industry and how it’s been doing…so comparing
    them isn’t fair…especially when Brad Paisley….someone
    you all have probably never heard of and has had no promo
    either has just has bigger 1st week sales than have of your
    favs….and it’s because he’s country…he would have been #1
    because he sold more than Adele (something that has been
    really hard to do lately) if it hadn’t been for Gaga…so gtf with the crap.

  31. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN May 31, 2011

    @BADD. The fact remains, she’s sold her album for the price of less then a single, of course people are gonna buy the album… if beyonce does that with her album.. i’d buy it.. even though i’m not that excited by her album. Lady gaga is pop music.. which is popular music…. She should have sold more… Also Taylor isnt full on country music.. she’s also pop.

  32. BitchIcantevenspellwelfare May 31, 2011

    *looking*

  33. Aaliyah May 31, 2011

    I hate how so many stans in here lie about her numbers… The Fame and The Fame Monster sold 12 million COMBINED!!! Where do you get 15 million + 7 million from? Delusions.

    So she actually sold about 800k? Congratulations, that is a lot! Still, Taylor and Adele are the sales queens as for now. I am with @TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN. Love Gaga though, but those Amazon sales shouldn’t be counted in.

  34. WildChild May 31, 2011

    @TS#1F is pissed ahahahaahahah!!! Taylor Swift still can’t sing live.

  35. Aaliyah May 31, 2011

    Taylor Swift’s album is hardly country. “Mean” is probably the only song that could be seen as a country song in that album. That’s like saying Rihanna’s “LOUD” is a country album because it has “California King Bed” on it, which has these country-vibes. Try again, next!

  36. WildChild May 31, 2011

    How did a Rihanna post turn into a Gaga and TS sales competition? Anyway, Rihanna always has decent videos.

  37. SWEETHE♥RT (A.K.A. ICON) May 31, 2011

    @TS #1 Fan

    Country artists do open with the best album sales in the States. This ploy was on behalf on Amazon and their loss and Gaga and her label had no say in it. I do agree with your points but Lady Gaga has done amazingly.

  38. badd May 31, 2011

    @TS#1Fan
    The Amazon sales weren’t even half of her sales anyways.
    She sold 800K WITHOUT any digital help that includes
    iTunes & Amazon….Taylor Swift doesn’t count for pop because
    she is country…and her and Kanye both still had the hype
    from the 2009 VMA’s. Both Gaga & Taylor did a good job
    so idk why your tyring to down Gaga. But since were getting
    technical…the Amazon sales weren’t Gaga’s fault. Amazon
    did it to promote this soundcloud thing and Billboard approved
    the sales because amazon is still paying Gaga’s label
    $9 for every CD sold…because they didn’t ask for it…
    so just gtf please.

  39. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN May 31, 2011

    @ Aaliyah Thank you

  40. Y’all are too fake May 31, 2011

    Gaga only sold 200,000 in 99c albums. IT ONLY LASTED TWO DAYS!!!!! U people act Like the album was 99c everywhere. The promotion was a sales event for the Regular Album, everyone bought the Deluxe anyway. FaCT. The rest of the 800,000 is all her. Not to mention she sky rocketed her Album sales all across the world. So please stop the hate. Rihanna didn’t even meet that goal her 1st week. State facts instead of getting pissy that another artist is on top of the game right now. Where is Man Down & California King Bed on the charts since y’all wanna talk numbers. Lets name sum facts instead of Biased Opinions.

  41. Yellow Gorillah May 31, 2011

    RIHANNA F****** SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYED MY LIFE

    THIS IS WHY I F****** STAN FOR HER!

    Can these monster’s get the f*** out of here nobody cares about gaga and her album

    Go Buy LOUD now and also download Man Down on itunes!

  42. S*** May 31, 2011

    F*** LADY CACA!! = IRRELEVANT

    RIHANNA >>>> CACA 🙂

    MAD??

  43. SWEETHE♥RT (A.K.A. ICON) May 31, 2011

    @Wildchild

    LOL. I find it strange that Taylor fan is here as TGJ don’t do posts on her. BTW has really grown on me. I love Marry The Night atm.

  44. badd May 31, 2011

    @Aaliyah…
    T-Swift is considered country
    that has nothing to do with what her album was like.
    She just is a country singer…she wins country awards
    not pop awards…she shows up to the CMT awards
    and everything else country related…one album doesn’t
    make her all of a sudden not country…the same way
    one song doesn’t make RIhanna all of a sudden not pop
    please take a seat sweetie.

  45. GAGA IS MY LORD HER MUSIC IS MY RELIGION May 31, 2011

    ALL YOU POOR SOULS I’LL PRAY FOR YOU GUYS TO LORD GODGA YOU GUYS MY HATE HER BUT SHE LOVES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!!!!! LET’S ALL PRAY AND WORSHIP LORD GODGA!!!!

  46. badd May 31, 2011

    Sam please make a Gaga post…were taking over RIhanna’s.

  47. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN May 31, 2011

    @badd Taylor isnt full on country! If you had checked her last album out…. you would see this. You cant seem to get away from Taylor swift being a country artist. Open your mind please!!
    I know its not lady gaga’s doing, but its un fair to count them, on other artists who’s music is at full price.. when if those sales.. stopped your fav from being number 1?

  48. WildChild May 31, 2011

    . @ICON I love MTN too. Bloody Marry is my favorite right now though. Do you like The Queen? I don’t like it at all.

  49. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN May 31, 2011

    @badd Justin bieber won a country award… does that make him a country artist? NOO

  50. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN May 31, 2011

    okay, hes not won.. hes nominated for one though. i stand corrected:)

  51. S*** May 31, 2011

    @Yellow Gorillah

    “Can these monster’s get the f*** out of here nobody cares about gaga and her album”

    For ONCE you say something that actually makes SENSE.

    We all know GAG GAG sold that all off HYPE, Over Exposure, more HYPE, & Gimmicks anyway. :/

    Much of Rihanna’s Music may be OVERRATED but GAGa’s herself is OVERRATED!!

    NEXT ==>>

    (I Like SCEIBE though but the Rest??… O.o)

  52. Aaliyah May 31, 2011

    @Y’ALL ARE TOO FAKE don’t you even start on Rihanna’s singles. They are PERFECT. CKB and Man Down are picking up, and will be hits like every other Rihanna song.

    Let’s keep this sweet. Gaga did in reality NOT beat neither Taylor Swift’s first week sales nor Britney Spears’. She, however, had strong first week sales and for that I must congratulate her.

  53. FlopJuice May 31, 2011

    @ Wildchild

    I love The Queen track. :-)) For me, the middle of the album is the weak point. Bad Kids Heavy Metal Lovers, Fashion of His Love, Highway Unicorn (just the ride ride pony part is good). These 4 tracks are very forgattable for me…

  54. SWEETHE♥RT (A.K.A. ICON) May 31, 2011

    @WildChild

    The Queen? That’s one of deluxe right? I don’t have that version only the standard. Bloody Mary is a grower. It’s scared me when I first hear it.

  55. badd May 31, 2011

    @Flop Juice
    Yeah I get what you’re saying.
    Bad Kids was HORRID to me….i actually hate
    hearing it…i skip it as fast as possible…but I LOVE
    Heavy Metal Lover & Highway Unicorn has definitely grown on me:)
    But Fashion of His Love is okay too….it’s just that Bad Kids MESS.
    That is annoying to me…every song is amazing except for that.

  56. badd May 31, 2011

    @TS#1Fan
    Nicki Minaj isn’t full on rap either but she’s still considered
    rap….and because Taylor’s not full on country she gets
    the support from two genres (just like Nicki) because they
    can’t usually stand on their own in one and compete with
    other artists and be as successful. Just look,, when they
    release songs that aren’t what they claim to be..like
    with Taylor’s new song which isn’t country at all its more
    pop and when Nicki released Check It Out…they flop.
    But when they do something according to what they claim to be
    like with Taylor’s Back To December or Mean it does fairly well.

  57. Aaliyah May 31, 2011

    Yes, Taylor Swift is considered a country-pop artist. Okay? Fine. You still got to give her credit for being one of the strongest album-sellers of today and probably the strongest in the US as for now.

  58. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN May 31, 2011

    @badd “Taylor’s not full on country she gets the support from two genres (just like Nicki) because they can’t usually stand on their own in one” You said earlier.. that country music normally sells the most etc….. and now.. its they cant usually stand onn their own feet with one!

    Taylor isnt a singles artist.. shes yet to have a number 1. Its her albums, that sell.

  59. BitchIcantevenspellwelfare May 31, 2011

    @ “Gaga only sold 200,000 in 99c albums. IT ONLY LASTED TWO DAYS!!!!!” Right! & technically, the sale was only supposed to happen 1 day but AMAZON, not GAGA, AMAZON extended the sale an additional day because SO MANY PEOPLE had trouble downloading the album from the site the first day.

    This $.99 sale foolishness being launched at Gaga is totally ridiculous.

  60. BitchIcantevenspellwelfare May 31, 2011

    My bad @ Y’all are too fake

  61. KYLE June 1, 2011

    AAHH—MAA—ZING!!

    THOUGHT PROVOKING

    GREAT SONG!

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