Rihanna Rocks ‘Vanity Fair’ With Red ‘Do

Published: Tuesday 6th Oct 2015 by Sam
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Rihanna revisits red on the November 2015 cover of ‘Vanity Fair’.

The Bajan bombshell famously rocked the hue during her ‘Loud’ era in 2010 and channels that look – perhaps in hope of drumming up buzz for her eighth studio album.

With the set still being worked on after allegedly being scrapped multiple times, the star has attempted to maintain momentum by flooding the media scape with shoot after photoshoot.

A smart distraction tactic for now, but with three underperforming singles under her wig, one has to wonder how long it’ll be before even her trusty Navy sail on to more organised shores.

For now, check out more from the Annie Leibovitz lensed shoot (which took place n Havana) below…

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  1. Lala October 6, 2015

    R Flop…

    • LOL October 6, 2015

      She has no choice other than doing this kind of tacky photoshoot to stay relevant. Her songs haven’t done well chartwise. “American Oxygen” didn’t do well, topping out at no. 78 on the Billboard Hot 100. She joined Kanye West and Paul McCartney on the colossal bore of “FourFiveSeconds,” which displayed a depth to her vocals usually hidden under layers of beats and synthesizers but she ended up sounding like a horny goat. In March, she released “B**** Better Have My Money,” an aggressively on-brand banger served with a ridiculous, violent (and extremely GIF-able) video and that’s about it. She might release a surprise album like Bey but then, 3 songs have done enough damages to her dwindling caree. She pretends to throw oysters to her Navy but the fact is…. she is giving them sandwiches. 🙁

      • Opsss October 6, 2015

        In terms of music, 2015 has been a disastrous year for Rihanna. Her two latest singles “B*tch Better Have My Flop” and “American Oxymoron” have failed to attract the listeners she is used to while many question why her record company keeps delaying her new album. Besides not scoring hits at Billboard, Rihanna has also suffered a huge backlash for her outfits, and the one she wore at the 2015 Met Gala produced some really harsh venom from commenters. She looked like a walking dead grass behind your grandma’s sewage tank.

      • Tyler Makiavelli October 6, 2015

        If her trend hopping ass tries to pull a Beyonce with this upcoming release OFF WITH HER HEAD. Let the dragging begin!

      • rosy October 6, 2015

        Wtf is your choice in life selling dry p**** on the corner to pay your rent don’t come for rih with your Long as essays you have nothing stop hating when,your dirty as is a nobody self hating piece of shut

    • Pat October 6, 2015

      You mean #R S***, that’s a bad woman!

    • Jennifer October 6, 2015

      Rihanna, no one cares about your hair color anymore. LOUD was your moment.

      Your performances are LAZY, you live vocals are harsh and out of tune and your a DRUG ADDICT which just is not cool no more.

      GO AWAY and get your life right. Or rather do what you usually do avoid music because your not inspired and chill with your LESBO drug provider Mellisa Forbe who is using you.

    • Rosy October 6, 2015

      now she is a model? yawn…..

  2. Career Enderer October 6, 2015

    this era is a mess.

    • toohotfortv October 6, 2015

      But she’s still on the cover of Vanity Fair. What have you done lately?

      • Opsss October 6, 2015

        Riri is the new..Gaga. 🙁

    • Slay_Riah Carey October 6, 2015

      Yes a mess.
      Thanks to Tidal- the sinking ship company runs by a bloodsucker baboon and of course her phony wannabe white woman wife named…Bey.
      Their delusion is strong in this one. TIDAL is a flop and their offices will be closing 2-3 years.

      • HailBeysus October 6, 2015

        Umm…. Please elaborate on how exactly TIDAL, Jay-Z and Beyonce are to blame for Rihanna’s nowhere to be found album? Im anticipating the album so much. But the messy era is all on her. I mean does she not OWN her own MASTERS!?!?!

      • Tyler Makiavelli October 6, 2015

        *Dead* @ u call Bey a wanna be white woman WHEN Rihannas over here lookin like Ronald McDonald…B**** please!

  3. BLACKOUT TBH October 6, 2015

    She should have stuck with the red. It would have eventually become something iconic she’d be remembered for just like the Rihanna bob back in the GGGB era. Red suits her more than any other colour IMO. As for the album…I really don’t care how long it takes anymore, we had a Rihanna album every year for the most part of a decade – we can wait tbh. Besides, judging by what she’s released so far as singles, whatever she had for R8 needs to be seriously rethought anyway. OMG I HAVE THE ALBUM TITLE – RITHOT

  4. Mama Mya October 6, 2015

    She is SO busy giving Travis Scott a multiple rimjob and trombone till she forgets she has an album coming out. That’s tragic….

    😀

    • Faf October 6, 2015

      Trombone ????????

  5. Bey_Hive October 6, 2015

    she doesn’t care about her fans anymore. she is busy donating her clit0ris to a fugly guy named scott.
    time for a new fav……

  6. HailBeysus October 6, 2015

    Rihanna Honay…. Gurl.. what are you doing??? You love to play with your fan base don’t you. Teasing us with music throughout the year and not releasing an album! I need new music!!!! P.S love the hair!!!

  7. Tyler Makiavelli October 6, 2015

    Not feeling the cover. He hairline looks like its running away from the feds.

    • Tyler Makiavelli October 6, 2015

      *Her

  8. Tyler Makiavelli October 6, 2015

    #SCAREDanna
    #SNIPPETanna
    #NoRIHleaseDate

    Karma’s a BEYatch!

  9. Rosie October 6, 2015

    Screaming at this tragic ass cover, wtf @ her forehead/hairline. And she looks frustrated. Annie Lebowitz should’ve retired like a decade ago.

    Sam, you really need to fix this mobile site, I literally had to download a new browser just to stop the page from redirecting to the App Store. Also what the hell are these ugly ass Nicki vs Vanetei or w/e things.

  10. Opsss October 6, 2015

    Let’s hope that Christian Dior will drop Rihanna as she has become far less profitable than she has in the past.

  11. Gagadaily October 6, 2015

    R8—-> ARTPOP pt2

  12. Taylor Sells More October 6, 2015

    this mediocre b*tch is annoying as f*ck. she is a not a model…she will never be. she should stick with chris brown and let him beat her up again so that she could sell tabloids and some pity singles.

    • rosy October 6, 2015

      Your dirty as is the first to come hate you broke no job b**** you need a life you nasty troll hating is tiresome get a life and go love your insecure self u sound like a batty man with loose ass stfu

      • Slay_Riah Carey October 6, 2015

        the truth told tho…

    • WIN!!! October 6, 2015

      screaaaammmmmmmmm!!!!! 😆

  13. Buy Unbreakable October 6, 2015

    I believe that Tidal did hurt Riri. I mean the service only has 100k downloads on the Android market; imagine if Riri did this incredible marketing with Spotify (or even Shazam like Mimi did for the Infinity single cover). No one can tell me that it wouldn’t slayed. AO is the best (buzz?) single she has released thus far. There is no way it should not be top 20 this week and entering top 10 next week. Still, I can’t say too much bc every artist declines in one way or another. I guess we all we just wait and see what happens to R8.

  14. Queen Molly October 6, 2015

    Dirty tired recycling ass popstar….

    • rosy October 6, 2015

      Wtf is your choice in life selling dry p**** on the corner to pay your rent don’t come for rih with your Long as essays you have nothing stop hating when,your dirty as is a nobody self hating piece of shut

  15. Queen Molly October 6, 2015

    FlopHoe! Beyonce is so much prettier.

  16. Slay_Riah Carey October 6, 2015

    It’s simple. The U.S. economy is not built for people to spend $20 a month for music/single especially from an overrated goat Riri. Thats why she wats to b a gred-B model.

  17. Queen Molly October 6, 2015

    This bitttch looks so tired miley and rita slay her image wise. #WheresR8 ?

    • rosy October 6, 2015

      Says a stinking mouth Beyonce fan your favorite married to the ugliest man on the planet name a** town you bey hives should not be talking about no one’s man bey can’t even read or write her vocabulary is zero that’s why she gives no interview and you illiterate hives thought it’s cool you nasty hives can’t even give bey a number one so how the f*** you come at rih call her a flop

      • HailBeysus October 6, 2015

        Longest run on sentence of my LIFE!!!! Please show some literacy before you try and point out other’s illiteracy. Thank You!

  18. Queen Janet October 6, 2015

    Her pancake boobs are making more appearances than her hit singles lately.

    Time to pack and head to Vegas with Britney and Mariah.

    • RealTalkBSWalk October 6, 2015

      pancack boobs____^_____^^________________________________________

  19. Rosie October 6, 2015

    Where’s the post on her calling Rachel Dolezal a “hero,” from this same interview? Feminist Twitter/Tumblr is dropping her by the second right now. Thank god, can’t stand their “black feminist qweenz Bey Nicki Rih!!!!” thing when the only one of those three who identify as such is Bey.
    Their delusion and bandwagoning for every person of color who says some s*** like “go to school!!” in interviews or w/e is a mess.

    • rosy October 6, 2015

      So what your point is mute that’s her opinion she is allow to have one your favorite be cannot think or read to have a legit opinion of her own what does bey stand for pusssy popping dropped it like it’s hot let me take your welfare cheque

  20. Miley Minaj October 6, 2015

    this era is rated r era once again. even tidal and jay won’t take chances because her music direction sucks. imagine the rest of the songs sound like………RIP

  21. She Stinks Badly October 6, 2015

    she should wax her @nus and sell to her Navy….more profitable that way than releasing a flop album name R Flop !!!

    😆

  22. LB October 6, 2015

    SLAY

  23. King Mark111 /.\ October 6, 2015

    Rihanna, been keeping the haters mad since 2005. lol

    • rosy October 6, 2015

      I agree these hives can’t stand the fact that rih wants to do other things than music the hatred comes from these welfare black self hating women with no ambition in life come on here and troll rih all day these gay nasty wannabe he she men with their d**** tuck back trying to hate on rih no life self broke as a skunk stealing Internet from their section A neighbor to come hate rih on this website

  24. Queen Molly October 6, 2015

    I cant with this struggle ass cover hahaha navy been taking Ls all year long kii

  25. LB October 6, 2015

    But Mark, Rosie has resurfaced. I thought its dug out canoe would have capsized before it made it to the Hive ????????????????
    ,
    If only Lana’s album can recover like this, it’s flopping harder than Artpop right now

    • DEL BEY October 6, 2015

      But my funeral music fav still outsold your coconuts first three albums

  26. No Thanks! October 6, 2015

    I can’t even at her druggy face. 😀 Mother goat looks like a jobless stripper in Jersey. Kids, don’t do drugs.

  27. LB October 6, 2015

    This cover will sell more copies than Jackie

  28. LB October 6, 2015

    Girl Rosy, Molly isn’t a Beyonce fans, it’s an Igor/Ciara Stan.

  29. LB October 6, 2015

    California needs to move its state here, so many tears up in here, they’d never have a drought again ????????????

  30. Rosy October 6, 2015

    Release or not release (R 8)…as if she is going end up with more than 150k sales 1st week in the US. 😉

    Why even bother? She should follow Mariah to Vegas long time ago. 🙁

  31. Taylor Tart October 6, 2015

    She really is DONE….. I mean her ex Boyfriend who’s an actor/dancer/singer/boxer/writer e.t.c
    just rated her 0 on his new single and I just have to agree
    she wen’t from being almost hero to zero

  32. JUST SAYIN’ October 6, 2015

    THE IS NEAR. SHE SHOULD CONVERT TO MUSLIM LIKE JANET……

    HA!

  33. Stephy. October 6, 2015

    She looks cute. I love that pic with her in the middle of the crowd. Anyways, back to Miss Jackson’s new album.

  34. Poohanna October 6, 2015

    once a “one trick pooney..always a one trick pooney”

  35. Pray for #R8 October 6, 2015

    *gasp* She Did call Rachel dolazel a hero. And her logic behind it is elementary. How simple can one be? Anyways. Goodbye Rihanna. Goodbye.

  36. .::Centurion::. October 6, 2015

    F∆SHION KILL∆

  37. jjsrb October 6, 2015

    This reminds me on Mariah postponing her album forever cause singles flopped and when she finally released it no one really cared about it.

  38. xedos October 6, 2015

    one of the major thing in the article no one talks about is that she has her own music label and she now owns the Masters to all her recordings. that’s major. that’s something 99% of artist don’t have. Something Rita will never achieve. this means she don’t have to rush to meet deadline. she’s her own boss

    • jjsrb October 6, 2015

      She has to rush to meet her natural deadline cause she’s not Janet nor Madonna. Once she’s 30 she’ll share Britney’s destiny.

  39. .::Centurion::. October 6, 2015

    CRYING @ Rosie coming out of hiding. ???? ???? ???? Babe, where have you been? So many questions have been left unanswered. It’s Lana season. ☀???????????? Why art thou going into hibernation when your fav has an album out? ????

    • DEL BEY October 6, 2015

      But your fav is scared to release b****, why did my favs funeral music album Born To Die outsold Rihanna’s first two/three albums? Can you explain s***?

      • What now October 6, 2015

        Ur fav declined by her 3rd album, mine fav’s careeer did the total opposite. Don’t even try 2 compare bc ur fav can’t compete.

      • .::Centurion::. October 6, 2015

        Huh? Why in God’s name is this Arabic phaggøt even comparing Lana to Rihanna? TF? None of Lana’s albums have outsold GGGB, no no no, LOUD. No Lana single has outsold “Unfaithful”. No Lana tour has outsold ‘The Last Girl on Earth’ Tour. Lana has nothing over Rihanna. Go sit down Nieem before I permanently banish you to hell together with your 974246647847 ISS gorilla welfare uncles.

  40. Keri Qween October 6, 2015

    The b**** is badddd, badder than ya faves

    • RealTalkBSWalk October 6, 2015

      Girl the only fav she is badder than is the drug she favs and the h** in ur avi

  41. Rosie October 6, 2015

    Sorry I have a life and a degree I have to earn, unlike you f*** who spend 8 hours a day leaving comments on a blog and another 8 working double shift at retail. Death at me getting the Navi so hot and bothered 24/7 just by leaving a comment, and I don’t even drag Rihanna as much as I used to back in 2013. Even the other fanbase has moved on.
    And yes, fägs, I still stan Lana and will continue to do so while also enjoying multiple other artists, regardless of whether she sells 6K first week in the US (like my 2nd most played artist last month) or not, as long as she continues to release quality music.

  42. MsYonce October 6, 2015

    I don’t like covert tbh that hairline just offset everything tbh

  43. What now October 6, 2015

    This beautiful girl 4eva has haters seething 4 the Gawds. Do u Riri!!!!!!!!!!

  44. aretha October 6, 2015

    she looks old

  45. DEL BEY October 6, 2015

    She looks tired

    • RealTalkBSWalk October 6, 2015

      Ok sis, dont she have the drug binge look

  46. .::Centurion::. October 6, 2015

    Tehahahahaha. Not the “I have a life” excuse. ???? I stopped reading after that sh*t. Who goes into hiding when their fav has an album out? ???? I know for a fact its the other way around (pardon ‘hiding’). We all know the current status of Lana – the Queen of Interscope. We already snatched that sewer-smelling Canadian mountain Lion Bobcat wig. It’s best you stay in hiding. Catch you later in the next Rihanna post.

  47. african music lover October 6, 2015

    SHE LOOKS LIKE RITA ORA IN THE SECOND PIC… I DONT KNOW BUT SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS LOST HER S** APPEAL. I MEAN THE CHICK USED TO BE SOO HOT ON MAGAZINE COVERS….
    NOW BACK TO LISTENING TO TAMAR’S NEW ALBUM

  48. Msyonce October 6, 2015

    She called Rachel Dolazel a hero……………………………

  49. Rosie October 6, 2015

    You sound mad that your biggest accomplishment in life is starting a few stan wars on a slightly popular music blog comments section, mess.
    Going into hiding? I never left, I just don’t sit here for 8+ hours like a fatass leaving 100+ comments per posts for a few “kiis!!1” I’ve been commenting this entire time. None of you care to look back.

  50. Taylor Tart October 6, 2015

    Forget Lana…… Thugyonce’s new single debuted one spot higher than AO
    let’s all focus

    • Taylor Tart October 6, 2015

      ……..On that

  51. Msyonce October 6, 2015

    She’s getting draggeddddddd

  52. AnnaliseKeatingsNewWig October 6, 2015

    Sings Aaliyah’s ‘hot like fire’ to Hœhanna’s burnt edges ????????????
    ____
    #FireInTheHouse #BurnThatSonOfA #BURNITUP #Unbreakable #ButYourHairsBreaking?

  53. Rihboy October 6, 2015

    Another slay. Another day. Lol at folks talking about this is what she resorts too. Two sold out shows in both chile and Brazil. New shoe collaboration that has sold out in three days and now is available worldwide. Sock collection that sold out when it debuted. Rihanna is perfectly fine no matter how much you guys wish she would slip into the cracks. She’s here to stay and still outshine your faves. Even on her worst day she trends much more. No members of the squad should be present. Your fave resorted to being a football wife instead of promoting flappie. Using her son to keep some relevancy socially. Other than that no ones checking for her. And those bey fans talking about her team delaying her album. She never gave a date but cases. How many times and languages do you have to say that in. I hope she does pull a bet with this album. I’m pretty sure you guys will be the first to cop it. ????????

    • Rihboy October 6, 2015

      Furthermore let’s not talk music tallies and accomplishments. That’s a book you don’t want to open. Especially these new Lana fans feeling fresh

      • RihAmerican (hives scared of R8) October 6, 2015

        Exactly, Rihanna is winning without an album.And the ci stans need to know their place. Not Janet Jackson snatching that b**** bald! Unbreakable ended whatever’s left of her dead career.kii

  54. Jerome Thompson October 6, 2015

    that color is amazing on her,a little brighter then the “Loud” days !

  55. RealTalkBSWalk October 6, 2015

    Well at least they let her out of Rehab to do Puma ads and magazine covers

  56. B**** I Can’t Even Spell Welfare October 6, 2015

    Of course she’s looks great, per usual. I just hope Rihanna isn’t deterred from her artistic vision just because her 3 singles didn’t perform on the charts the way people expected her to. I personally loved all three songs but that’s water under the bridge.

    She should keep taking her time and release the album when it’s ready. She’s already proven that she can sell music. Now, at album #8, is time for her musical statement whatever it sells. She got very close with ‘Rated R’ & I have a feeling this one will be THE ONE.

    • Rihboy October 6, 2015

      I don’t believe that she is deterred in any way. Buzz singles or back to the drawing board I’m sure there is a plan. It was always going to be rihvember. I don’t know why anyone thought otherwise. Moreover her touring starts in the spring of 2016, so the album most likely will come 4th quarter as usual. I think her difficulty is at making a cohesive album. She has so many sounds to put into a story.

  57. RihYonce October 6, 2015

    Rihanna get it together the songs she been teasing actually sounds good “Only if for a night” should’ve been the first single & she should’ve waited until now to start Era 8 now it’s looking really bad lol she might as well just surprise release it , I’m still anticipating this album but this Era is very messy

  58. bunny October 6, 2015

    she HAS peaked.

  59. @JanetCIARA_ October 6, 2015

    ZZZZZzzzzzZZZZZzzzzz

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