It’s here!
Rihanna has unwrapped the video for new single ‘FourFiveSeconds’ featuring Kanye West and Paul McCartney.
Released to a lukewarm reception last month, can the visual for the clip revive interest?
Peep the Inez and Vinoodh directed offering below and let us know!
A hot, fried, try-hard mess. And no amount of hand gestures and “feeling it” face movements can distract from that.
Riri, girl, what is going on?
The song is wack
Flop! This is so boring as f*uck!
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tragic!!!! like a fan-made video
Like a demo!!!! Rihanna sis…just cancel it!!
Four Five Seconds…of hell !!!
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I pressed stop after 30 seconds. 🙁
Don’t know they would have to pull out FIREWORKS and the Granmys to save this! Lol they should have plaid it coo on the video I think the expressions was FORCED AND OVERDONE no hate or Shade Honestly! This is a statement to the NAVY who always praise RIH and act like she always score #1s !! Not ruling this out of the #1 spot just yet cuz this work could be very TWOSIDED one day they hate next day it’s LOVED just saying this may stop her supposed REIGN
I agree with you this song is wack 7/11 is better
4 5 seconds forgot
four five seconds of …irrelevancy.
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SCREAMINGG. I can’t
The video isn’t bad, but I expected more from a kabye / rihanna video. Don’t give me a live action photoshoot and say that’s the best u can do. They coulda told the story if the song about waiting for Friday to get turnt and working a 9-5 type job and living the ground hog life til the weekend comes.
Both Kanye and GonaRIHa have been releasing home made videos shot with an Motorola Razor.
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TF is this shitt!
I. Can’t. Stop. Laughing
At the pinkflop sales? Yeah neither can i
Yo I love Rihanna because she’s one of the FEW artist that like to step out the box and not do what’s “hot” at the moment. Even tho I really don’t like the song and I’m disappointed in the video, i respect her for switching it up. Now cmon second single lol
Bye Felicia
NEXT…… Try again
Love this song!!!!!
Beyonce, Beyonce, Beyonce. Nothing pisses off the Gavy more than just the mention of BEYONCE.
I love Rihanna but she really dropped the ball with this wack song
she needs to relax on the blunts, her already ashy vocals are reaching new lows, in 3 years she’ll be like mariah is now, acc no mariah still sounds better
Mariah destroys her even now in 2015, so obvious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad4HhG2na50
HEIDIGKGSHEJGJFHDVE
This is a cute song for Kanye, but as a Rihanna single the song is a little odd and doesn’t play to her strengths and neither does the video.
Not this big headed alien trying it with this Dolly Parton/Alison Krauss reject. The song is wack, the video. A basic mess. Not different from Keyshia Cole’s latest videos. And she’s supposed to be this “big superstar”???
Not Keyshia Cole! Chile, you got me dead before I even get my new sew-in. More people are gonna watch that flop’s show than people who even bought her album. Putting Rih and that flop in the same post is a no-no. Lol!
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Usually Black and White videos tend to be very edgy and iconic, but words can’t describe how basic this looks and sounds.
Rihanna sis…. God. I can’t even justify this mess.
Lol. Try again Rih. Song is a mess, video is bland.
Love Rihanna but not impressed with this! She needs to leave Kanye and do her own thing
She took a risk and i see it paying off in the long run
8th album y’all expect her to deliver the same thing over and over again but i guess that’s what happens when you stan for sales and success and not music
No babes the song and video is just wack. Has nothing to do with sales. She could’ve done something different and impressive. This wasn’t it.
K
Say the hives go rescue bey 7/11 and stop Hating on rih who cares what you haters think the song will be number one without your welfare cheques fight amongst yourselves mongrels no one cares if u hate it rih and her fans will buy her music by the end. Of the day this post will fill with hate and rih will f****** stay winning
@Keke NO U ARENT DEFENDING RIH BASED OFF PEOPLE CRITICING THE MUSIC and it’s video!! NO ONE IS MENTIONING SALES U IDIOT!! CAN U READ EVEN HER FANS ARE SAYING THIS S*** IS DEAD AND RIH FANS WHO ARE SAYING S*** LIKE “This is diff and respect her from stepping out the box or SHES on her 8th album s***!” CUT THE BS THIS IS WACK! RIH IS RUNNING OUT OF TRICKS AND SHE THINKS SHES ICONIC OR CREATIVE OR SOMETHING THIS S*** IS A MESS
Lol i got you seething to a point where you forgot to switch your caps off .. Yawn go type that s*** ti someone that actually gives a f*** bye bye you worthless c** stain
Not Rhianna fans saying ppl stan for “sales” and not music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dead. They have no chemistry at ALLLL.
Beyonce fans…rejoice!!!! 😀
She looks gorgeous n the song is different. I still like the tone of the music and video. This is a risky 1st single for Rih but she’s going for it. So im happy for her.
The production on this song is terrible, Rihanna’s voice does not belong on this song. Neither does Kanye. Paul Mc Cartney served absolutely no purpose whatsoever. This song is terrible.
How do one take a risk if they are just singing what other ppl give them. Her name is nowhere on the writing credits. At least she could have been involved in the arrangement. Rihanna is so lazy as a artist, resting on her looks and fashion. Girl take vocal and dance lessons. Hell, even learn to play an instrument. Ten years in the game and BARELY any improvement. And before you crazy navy’s try to attack, chart success don’t equate talent or artistic growth all the time..now bye
How the f*** do you know who arranged dumb ass? Whether it was written by her or not commend her for having the balls to release it and not follow trends.
Idiot! If she arranged the song, she would be on the credits. And pls Rihanna is the biggest trend hopper in pop music.
Good lawd. They are dragging & reading her for filth on twitter and IG. This really sounds like an unfinished demo a try hard punk fem bottom queeer would do. The kii kii come Sunday night.
Why does this dumb ass keep saying her album is delayed when it never had a f****** date? So f****** stupid.
Btw, bet you wont be posting no UK chart news this week. Haaaaaaa!
She had to take a risk to take her career to the next level—but this wasn’t the right one. It’ll do okay, but it’s got no legs.
Anyway, like Rated R, which had its Russian Roulette, and then Rude Boy, I’m sure there is a bonafide hit waiting to follow this up.
This is her Applause í ½í±. And #R8LT will be her Artpop
Gaga was at least doing something in that song and video. What does Rihanna do exactly?
I can’t at the Navy saying she’s taking risk when she had no creative input whatsoever. This clearly ALL Kanyes decisions. Rihanna just jumped on the track thinking she’s being different and failed to sing well over it. The video is also a mess, this is not even hating. They better pull out all the stops at the Grammys. And this has nothing to do with ‘Beyonce fans seething, threatened’ it’s just simply SHITT!
I’m an objective person, even though I’m Bey all da way. I would have given Rihanna her props if she had slayed, but this is terrible. Awful.com *Tamar voice*
No you guys are just stanning low key. Always perched on a rihhana post. Had it been an urban cut, you guys would say she is a w****; playing it safe. Pnce she decides to jump out the box, you guys say she is copying; blah blah. Im not even upset with the comment and excuses you guys make at this point. Bey still hasnt gad a hit song in like ten years. And rihanna is still paid with an album and more singles to promote. That 14th number 1 is soon to come. No worries. Should be worried about bey and nicki’s flop performance to bring life to im flopping myself. Obviously the massea feel like four five seconds is better than any of those late releases. Muah
Oh sweetheart you can think that if it makes you feel better. No ones stanning for this mess. I don’t even think the Navy are. You can talk about Queen Bey all you want, doesn’t change the fact this is wack and majority agree.
You trying to compare 45secs of floppage to FM? FM will smash when its released. Don’t believe me just watch.
I like how its more hive in this post than anything!! Yassss! You better stan!!! Moreover when your faves are charting higher than 20 than comment below. None of your faves are anywhere to be seen on the itunes chart babes!
Out of all the stan bases. You only saw the hive???? Safe to say,they have you bothered, pressed and their hold a deeper meaning to you and your fave/fellow stans.
Girl bye. You not even sitting at the table.
“Out of all the stan bases, you only saw the hive???” Yaaaaas let that pressed cuntt know. Hive on ha mouth like liquor.
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@Rihboy. Don’t be a delusional stan. The video is wack(she looks like a hobo in it). The song doesn’t suit her limited vocals. There are better routes she could have took if she wanted to be taken seriously. And still come on top. I commend her for trying something new but this isn’t it.
Gurl worry about the mess your fave will be serving come this upcoming Sunday night.
This song is obviously no where close to being her best, but i think the video suites it nicely since the song is very simple. Love rihanna but ill be waiting for the second single.
Rihanna———> Lady Gaga
And it’s giving me Ciara Speechless teas too.
I agree she is a fraud and ran out of ideas
Lousy!
RIP.
Parts of this video looks like Ciara’s video for “Speechless” I hate them both!
Now sis we all know ci was saving a penny bc she was releasing on her own dime
Rihanna has no excuse w/ that 360 as much as she toured she couldve come FARRR harder than this!
Say what you want about the song, but I think this video makes a beautiful statement, especially with race relations being so sensitive a topic in America as of late…and remember, The Girl Is Mine divided listeners in 1982…the reviews were mixed, with listeners saying that Michael and Quincy were making music for a pop white audience…some thought Thriller would be a disappointment (LOL)…one reviewer called Paul McCartney a “wimpy old fart”…in 1982!!!! So for Paul to still be doing it now makes a beautiful statement about ageism in the music industry as well…and Dallas Austin has a writing credit, so a top 10 hit for him would give him relevance before the TLC album…
REACHINGGGGG
You are completely REEEEEEEEEEAAAAACHING! “The Girl Is Mine” is WAYYY better than this mess. #R-Flop
I know the navi is lowkey disappointed. You don’t have to pretend no mo! I can’t wait to see the struggle live. I bet>>>>> This mess.
I bet she wont book a stage tho.
for real @sam. it’s not even shade. this’ not even artsy. this’ really just a damn cheap mess. ^_^
PREACH ON IT SIS!!! EVEN 7/11 IS 10X BETTER THAN THIS
SMH
The worst song in 2015.
Sis, scrap it now, please!
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Rih girl call this mess a buzz single go back into the studio and make those microwaveable easily forgotteable singles you are famous for…hoping the rest of R8 is not such a mess
Okay, I’m no fan of Rihanna or Beyoncé, but you as a Beyonce Stan have to admit that Rihannas songs are far from forgettable (apart from this one)
Rihanna makes catchy “for the moment” songs…they are big for a period then they die down…just like Katy Perry just like Miley Cyrus, they top singles charts until the next ho puts out a song and dethrones one ho…hence why they are described as “microwaveable”…Rihanna is a pop girl not an artist
I love this song!!!! It doesn’t have to alWays be commercial songs, I like that she is becoming mre artistic and more deep, I get the idea behind the video as well
Gurl even you don’t believe that BS you just typed. It’s over for this alien, back to Pluto it should go. Taylor, Ariana and Katy took her spot.
She needs to stop trying to act all “artistic”. She’s not that type of artist. Rihanna is known for microwavable generic “of the moment” type of pop songs. She ain’t no REAL artist. Nor, has she EVER been or will EVER be. She is just a POP singer with extremely catchy music & some decent ballads. Her next single better be fire. Or, R8 is gonna be a flop!
She is clearly trying to sabotage her career…hahahaha
She’s just trying to serve something different to y’all. I like 45S, hell I even bought it on iTunes, it’s a good song. The video though, I was expecting a huge punch from the visual to push the song up the charts, but oh well. Maybe it will. Xo
so what if she is known for pop songs, does that mean she will forever be forced to stick to releasing that kind of music? Lol isnt a certain fanbase always on about their fav not following hits but making classics? This is how you make classic, you take risks untill it pays off
this is below mediocre. second single please…
And the song is not different. It’s a generic sounding folk song, I’m sure most folk music lovers would despise it as well. The Navi think they’re all into folk now LOL LOL LOL.
NO SYNERGY WHATSOEVER AMONG THEM. A WORST COLLABORATION. NEXT???
i like the video, its not one of my favs from her but i get what she is trying to serve this era. Love the songs, stuck in my head! Keep catching my self humming to it.
Deflategate 2.0. Since when was the nazi into folk/country now????? Death at this broad thinking she can slay country/folk now that Taylor has gone fully pop and took her spot like oops I bumped ya. Back to those microvable singles you’re known for Puppethanna.
I heard 4-5 times..not feeling it. I give up.
anybody else thinks she looks like a maid? lmfaooo
She’s doing something different, it’s not generic, that’s why most of you don’t like it, it’s fresh, especially coming from a pop star, i applaud her.
No it’s a fat flop it will flop harder that artflop
I’m so confused. Does anyone else feel like they’re watching an old GAP commercial that’s advertising denim. The over acting was really bad. Visually, Rihanna should take the initiative to make another video for this single. Please get a different director.
LMAO! It kinda does look like a GAP commercial though.
February 2, 2015 at 4:22 pm
AnnaliseKeatingsNewWeave says:
Its giving me GAP commercial circa 90’s vibes
but i’m sleep tho
maybe we are just open to letting her do her thing, or tthe navy is full of people who actuallty enjoy different types of music and love it that rihanna doesnt just stick to one genre
So sad, this era will be her “beyonce”, no smash hits, and the navy will say it’s a whole body of work, that Rih isn’t into singles anymore.
its one think to be releasing radio friendly/commercial songs and have your favs claim ‘body of work’, its another to step out of your comfort zone and release something completely left field…
One is hoping for a hit while the other is just doesnt give a f
So Rihanna is gonna sell a million first week and go double platinum? LOL. Stop.
who said anything about first week sales or total sales? And is that what defines a body of work?
Stans who hype up their faves even they’re doing shitt. I’m not here for them. It’s like my fellow barbs thinking Nicki is a vocalist(and start shading real vocalists). Lambs who think Mariah still has a voice. Katy cats who compare Katy to real stage blazers based on her SB viewing numbers etc. Brandy/Ciara stans who think their faves still have a chance to slay mainstream again(that ship has long sailed) This country /genre is not for Rih. When you think of Rihanna. You think killer visuals, club bangers, Tumblr and Pinterest envy enducing fashion moments, IDGAF attitude and sass aplenty. Saucy IG pics etc. Rihanna must call this a buzz single and go back to the drawing board and come up with something new. And don’t @ me unless you’ll use a logical response.
i get you on the niccki thing, but in this business an artist is only one smash hit away from a comeback, so i dont mind fans being hopefull. Also you mention everything rihanna is none for and what she isnt and act like she is a rock(never changing), can she not experiment? Evolve? Find something new thats just has? Rihanna has always been praised for ability to adapt her voice to whatever she sings, her ability to slip between genres…why you trying to keep a girl down?
Stop trolling as me gurl, and just get yourself a life.
its one think to be releasing radio friendly/commercial songs and have your favs claim ‘body of work’, its another to step out of your comfort zone and release something completely left field…
One is hoping for a hit while the other just doesnt give a f
Whats going is a highly clever marketing scam by Rihanna and Kanye to put black artist back on mainstream radio! last year R&B was White washed with only white artist doing R&B and Hip Hop getting main stream play, so a clever idea from these to Mega stars was to do what is considered credible white music, inide/acoustic and then add one of pops pioneers Paul Mcartney to the track and what do you get? A song that will be played on every commercial radio station around the globe and put black artist back in the for front! Have a good think about it and don’t be so quick to judge, even the video looks like a typical indie band, Calvin Klien ad/video! they no exactly what they are doing! And more power to them!
she has moved to a different record company… 🙁
yep, a company where she actually has her own label, a company thats main thing is live concerts and live events so how smart is it to then make one of there new main artist release a live single! This could easily get her a headline spot at Glasto or Wireless in future
No darling it will not Bey her Beyonce, Beyonce went double plat the last Rihanna album to do that was GGGB. Also, Beyonce is highly critically acclaimed, with a 5 Grammy nominations…sit down
Hmmmmm…… I don’t know.
Love Rihanna. I like the song as an album track–definitely. As a lead single, I don’t think so. & the video, won’t ever watch it again.
i like it.
FourFiveSeconds
#1 Botswana
#1 Bulgaria
#1 Denmark
#1 Dominican Republic
#1 Ghana
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9/11
#20 Bermuda
#27 Bulgaria
#30 Nigeria
#30 The Bahamas
#41 South Africa
It’s 10 minutes to 18:00 o’clock. Shouldn’t you be getting ready for your underground shift at Anglo Gold Mining in Zeerust. You had us fooled you were working at this posh law firm in Sandton City(with an air conditioner nodal) (An air conditioner really gurl?, things basics brag about) . In reality you’re a shack dwelling miner living in Mpumalanga. Biitch you don’t even own a car lol. And don’t make pull receipts of who really are??? Or maybe I should ask your friend or I should say secret unrequited lover Themba Radebe @ThembaRadebeer on twitter whom you cling to his nutsack like a sidechick refusing to leave after a night of rendezvous. And don’t @me cause my colon is clean and I don’t give a f*ck. This is the 1st and last bone I’ll throw your way. And bask in the glory of me paying you an attention whether warranted or not. And next time you try to come for LB(whom I despise btw) about not attending Rihanna’s concert while she was in Johannesburg, bring receipts of your ticket from the Born This Way tour. I’m out.
Screaaaaaaaaamsssssssss! OMG!! What kind of a read?
@Barb Wire. Screaming at u dedicating an entire essay to me, I really have u pressed don’t I? 😀 😀 . When have I ever tweeted that fugly fat p**? U tried. B**** I’m an auditor, I live in Melville. My hometown is in Mpumalanga. I can provide u with my BTWB receipts, all u gotta do is ask. And crying at u stalking my twitter.
Death @ Barb Wire. I’m crying at the flawless read!
Oops. Damn Barb Wire went in. I’d troll under a new username if I were you. *searches for asthma pump*
Looooooooooooool
You claim to have impact??? On who gurl? Your 14 followers??? I’m in tears. How many RTs your last tweet got about me? Zilch, zero, nada. Yeah sweetheart your impact is undeniable. Speaking of undeniable, is @UnDEANiable one of the most popular twelebs you cling to for relevancy like your fave did to Tony Bennett. You know what they say, like fan, like fave. Gurl you talk about me being pressed when your biggest achievement is trolling this blog and dragging your fave in the process. No one is more pressed more than you honey. You seem to have stage 2 case of amnesia. Go scroll a few post’s back where Eloviano dragged you. And I know you didn’t call me a fat ugly p** when you’re built like the letter P. And I quadruple dare to bring em receipts.
@Barb troll then u better give me ur email address so I can send u those receipts. But YASSSS at my impact on u tho. 😀
Cryiiiiinnnnnngggggg at you wanting my email address. What’s so difficult posting the receipts/tickets on TGJ TL? Scared people will find out who you really are?? I mean you go out of your way to find the latest iTunes chart positions for 7/11(I don’t recall you wanting email addresses so you can show the latest chart positions for 7/11 or 45S) Such a dedicated stan that you are (all this for a woman you supposedly hate/call a t*****/riherpes). I’m sleep tho.
On a friendly note. Did S_boh finally give you his number via DM????(You know that rural guy you’re obsessed with) or are you still taunting Tokyo_Trev? Such low standards, are there not enough d*cks in Mpumalanga that you resort for attention on Twitter then you drag NickiIsMyBoss for the same thing. And death at you having a meltdown on Twitter. No sweetheart I’m not Career Ender or JustSbadz_RSA
I like the song…until Kanye starts “singing”. The video is not bad but it does look like a GAP commercial from back in the day lol.
If this is her attempt to get acclaim its not working. She should stick to what shes good at. And vocal slayage is not one of them.
I don’t like Riherpes, but we all know Diamonds is an iconic song. It also started slow and a month later became a hit. I predict the same for FourFiveSeconds. Just give a month or two, it will be big. It will even go to #1 on the Hot 100, something t********* can’t seem to do these days
Said the flopga Stan. Flopga can’t even go platinum let alone get a #1 stop clinging to Rihanna to shade Beyonce when both slayed flopgas last era.
Stfu
Meanwhile the 2009 fad and Madonna-copycat that is “Lady Gaga” is still desperately sucking on Tony Bennett’s sagging nuts in painful and humiliating attempt to revive her dead career after the public made it resoundingly clear that they aren’t interested in her anymore.
She looks like a druggy…so messy and her face looks battered.
Get into those dried up edges though!
This is so going like Gaga’s Applaushite that sent her straight to a karaoke club singer
Not u dedicated ur troll name to me. My impact >
Not u dedicated ur troll name to me. My impact >
That’s not impact, that’s mockery. You’re a joke and we’re laughing at you.
Everything about this is blah. I don’t even listen the whole way through cuz I lose interest after the first minute
Kanye tries to be authentic but it comes off as trying too hard. I detest anything, any project, that involves him.
I can see older people gettin into it maybe cuz paul McCartney validates it for them
interestingly all this haters are certain this song will be the end of rihanna and instead of being pleased they are begging her to release something more commercial that will insure sales for her.
“A hot, fried, try-hard mess”! No your blog is a hot fried try-hard mess and I don’t even like Rihanna. Can u be anymore bias and unprofessional. At this point it’s obvious that your hate towards her and Mariah is personal. Ok, they rejected an interview with you, move on. Step your blog, or lack thereof, game up sis! And you praise Beyoncé yet she knows you’re a sick person, which explains why she sent someone on her team to talk to you rather than coming herself. Sam you will forever be a miserable piece of s*** who gets no respect in the entertainment industry. – P.S you can delete this all you want as long as I know you read it! _/
14th #1.
for me as long as it hits top10 then it more than did its job.
Dont feed the haters on TGJ!! Lets get our queen to #1 boom!!
Wow I still hadn´t listened to the song until now and let me tell you it is basic as hell. It is not a change of direction, or slow jam or art even if not commercial. It´s just basic. I thought it was going to be slightly better. And that, with all the help of not only one but two big names in the song.
I mean, how much help has this girl needed throughout her whole career?
Plus LOL at Ri trying to sound interesting for as long as the song lasts. It´s just impossible girl, your voice is not for that.
and yet her voice is the one thing everyone has been praising on this song. Even sam gave some love to her voice…making you just a pressed hater…
Please name a time rihanna needed help ever?
After constant failed albums that for any other artist would have meant being known as a one hit wonder (if known at all after a few years), they cooked for Rihanna the perfect radio hit every year, till she finally achieved some status. Without all the push she wouldn´t have made it. Tons of features too. And now that she (or her label) want her to become something else, more mature, she needs to huge respected names to get some attention. Real artists did it by themselves. But hey, Rihanna doesn´t write, produce or does anything, plus her voice is mediocre, so how was she going to do it alone? 🙂
“came to read the SLAYAGE comments” I guess the SLAYAGE has past us!!:)
Ri~Whine~A DOESN’T have it VOCALLY!!
S*** has gone from bad…to worse. Rihanna’s like Mr. from “The Color Purple”, she’s CURSED.
I know She’s Basic But Is She Trying To Be extra Basic On Purpose? She Probably Thought She Could Make Anything Smash. Lmao Not! You’re Not Famous For Your Talent, Voice Or “artistic” input Girl. The Song And Video Is Just Too Wack For Me.Can’t Wait To See Her Embarrass Herself At The Grammys.
What kind of basic trash to try and appeal to the mass market is this? Rihanna you better come thru with a banger on R8 or at last whatever tf #barz is or it’s all over!
this song has rihanna sing raw! Like that is how her voice sounds unfiltered, naturally…the grammy performance will be a piece of cake.
One thing the hive cannot say is that Rihanna makes s***** music. Have a good day
Its a flop babe!
Don’t count it out yet!
I got anytime stuck in my mind though!
But the song is s*****
And yet sh*t stains your mommas dirty drawers but that’s not a good thing…..
boring a** video tbh.. still love rihanna
Four Five Seconds of Basicness I mean this is just a mess. Even stay video was better than this.
Both Kanye and GonaRIHa have been releasing home made videos shot with an Motorola Razor.
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TF is this shitt!
#FourOutofFivePeopleUnpurchased!
O.k, so what was that? I mean, I just cannot and refuse to get into her ‘I’m so sad’ pretend deep- facial expressions and hand gestures. Its unbearable at this point and cringe-worthy… I’m really disappointed she’s CLEARLY not comfortable with this marshmallow roasting- fire camping- out in the woods- all American look and just looks so extra.
Im so ready for the horrific and tragic Grammy DRAGG SESSIONS!
The song is actually starting to grow on me. Rhi is getting older and she simply doesn’t want to be the poster child f for partying and living like a 25 year old Without a care in the world. She’s rebranding and building a business. You got to respect that.
I just feel like she went along with this cos she couldn’t say no to a Paul McCartney, and probably had Kanye in her ear like “this will be hot, we should do this”… well, sorry to inform y’all but this beyond terrible.
This Song is so Ass it’s not even funny , should we be worried about the entire album? And then the Grammys wants to go ahead and let her perform this live she sounds like a dying cat. I would rather hear Ciara new song I Bet then to have to hear this song live. And yes it’s cute that it’s her 14th #1 but the song is still Undeniably ass.
Its a ck commercial ri changed it up. I love this song and her vocals raw one take style
It just shows that the last couple of hits Rih had she didn’t have to talk about s** and still chart higher than anything baddie Bey put out.
But wait… How is Rihanna charting high with love ballads/road trip music but Beyonce is struggling to make top ten with club/ stripper music? LOL
Critically acclaimed but cannot chart? Rihanna’s musicality is growing while beyonce is still behind waiting for a chance to steal.. I mean be “inspired” by one of the new girls so she could cop their style.
Musicality? What musicality? Beyonce’s mastered her crafted. She has waaaayyy more vocal/musical inclination than Rihanna does.
Just because you slap a big name on a song does not mean that it is mature or of quality. EXHIBIT A.
You can’t expect a Rih stan to understand that Tyler. Rihanna is not about musicality. She is about image, fashion and persona. She doesn’t thrive in any performing, singing, dancing, writing or instrument which is why she needs so much smoke and mirrors as an artist. This is all contrived and not even her work. Her name isnt even on the credits of nine writers.
JohnVidal, Gaga artistry is left to be desired. That’s why Madonna doesn’t like her. Nothing Gaga will create would be as grand as Like a prayer or even Man Down, I used to like her but then I realized her music is quite repetitive and generically simple. The only songs I like are Edge of Glory and Fame, (perhaps Beautiful dirty rich and Paprazzi get a honourable mention)the rest are Madonna rejects.
We are talking about Rihanna thanks. And Gaga destroys her btw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-huNrHAou-E
This is good but I heard better jazz from Amy Whinehouse. She is talented, yes but she is also bland and repetitive. It’s boring and doesn’t hold my interest, her vocals are basic, John, you would better to post eh eh eh
LOL what´s your point? We were discussing Rihanna vs Gaga. Not Amy. Of course Amy is so jazzy. But Gaga did amazing and Rihanna could never.
Man Down grand??? LOL ok…
Kiii beyhive so threatened by Rih
This was such a painfully awkward, transparent and ultimately failed attempt at being abstract for show. Like she wants people to think she’s “growing” as an “artist”. Girl, please.
I thought Rihanna would make the pop scene interesting again but she has disappointed once again. She has always been hit and miss with me and this is another miss. The song itself is straight @ss and the video is even more basic and stale. Sorry, but trying something new and outside the box for an artist doesn’t mean it’s good. This may be a new side to Rih as an artist but it is sh!t. Nobody asked for this.
Katy Perry is no better though 🙂
This sounds like a country music song! That’s the vibes I’m getting.
You’re a genius!
I know , but I still like to be told lol
Love it. It wasn’t try hard at all. Whoever wrote this article has the intellect of some of these commenters. We know this site and it’s founders are anti rihanna but this song is very raw and candid. I see the creativity but then again.. I have a creative mind. And no… I’m not a fan. I’m just real.
She looked great. This era may be her best. Everything seems promising
All I know is it’s way better than this Everest College knock off video of Funky Dineva back in the day. You better SEETHE now 😀
http://youtu.be/86G1FxnvXhQ
How many views does your fav have on Vevo?
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Plz lets not come for Video’s, Ciara slays Tinman in that department TOO!
Lol @ lukewarm reception. The song is critically acclaimed.
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I like the video. It kinda correlates with the song. I don’t know why the fleahive or any of these basic ass stans expected a thotish ratched video like “Poortiition” or “9/11”. With they’re sociopathic hatred for Rihanna, any direction would’ve been called it “basic” and “awful”. 😆
it is basic…a low budget video with a bunch of crackhead pretending they are having a good time. 🙁
Was this a GAP commercial?
Kwaaaaaaa this barb wire character MOER!!! How does one recover from that
I love it. It’s so fresh, so inspiring. Leaving the tricks, gimmicks and leotards to her lessor.
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So stoked to watch this live.
you didn’t go out much…did you?
I love Rihanna but this video is the definition of “gimmick.”
It’s her “I’m stripped down, minimal, raw” moment. Rihanna did this so much better on “Get It Over With.” THAT song is brilliant.
I like the song but the video is hilarious (in a bad way).
They look very uncomfortable and miserable.
Rihanna is trying to look s*** and funky but in the end she looks like a delusional crackhead singing a folk song!
she is regressing not progressing. i’m done with this song…..
It is a miss project. Rih0nna is trying hard to become the next Beyonce. Try harder….
There’s nothing but shade in your articles.
…especially in regards to Rihanna and Mariah Carey.
You guys just said “F–k Journalism” huh?
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Hahahahaha!!! Well damn…such a tragedy…Even G**** stans like LB are turning on this song lol. Rihanna, tricks are for kids and you ran out of them boo…and the nerve of her to want to perform this at the Grammys. She clearly wants to retire cause this era is looking like career s******….
This site is biased AF!!!…the song is amazing and so is the vid …raw , candid , real , free of gimmicks …this is exactly why the Beatles had so many no1s and sold so much records . I like the direction rih is heading with R8 and the I’m so glad she didn’t release a pop track or some generic edm trash ,cos then she would be a “cliché” .it will be a top 5 hit or a no1. It will grow on the gp…
If thats the case, then why is the GP already talking MAD s*** about it?
Y’all went IN omg. Can’t believe I missed this post.
I didn’t even know this video existed until I logged onto this site. Two years of Old Navy bragging about how no one would withstand the SLAYAGE of R8 and then this mess. Only One felt more like an event than this.
The FourFiveSeconds music video is like denim…”never out of style, it’s classic, it’s iconic like the f****** Beatles!”
I love the video, it is fantastic.
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This will be her best album to date, I can tell. This will be better than Rated R, she’s no longer that little girl from the island, she’s a Woman and letting it known.
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This is the moment I’ve been waiting for, Rihanna’ ray of light moment. And I am here for all of it. Yassss
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This is the moment I’ve been waiting for, Rihanna’ ray of light moment. And I am here for all of it. Yassss ➡ ROFL!! come on LB even you can’t defend this tragedy. why did you ignore me on the Katy post??
The song is good. The video is basic and boring. BTW, i’m still expecting that this song will outsell any Beyonce song from BEYONCÉ.
Like Rihanna, video is wack.. hopefully the rest of the album is better
She is definitely flopping with this one. No doubt on that. But she’s been singing puppet songs for too long now. So a even a flop like this one is welcome
This is how I know some of the members of TGJ are just low class with their thinking. Yes rihanna may not Sing as well as BEYONCÉ or any other RnB diva. Though, I never knew tht RNB was the default setting of “real music”? I also didn’t know that you have to sing like Whitney in order to have acclaim, afterall, beyonce and Gaga don’t have the vocal prowess she has had but yet, they have more musicality than Rihanna. Delusional as f***, they are not the standard of the industry, that’s why they will always play second fiddle to Mariah and Madonna, should actually listen to music rather than opinions that are baseless or have no merit. Real musicians and artists know this, that’s why you’re fans and they’re making the music. So keep trying to read the Barbados girl because she is mentioned with legend with sales and yet The knock offs are competing rejects and simplistic fillers. Beyonce is an entertainer not artist, if she was then she would expore different realms of music not just play it safe with RnB, get over yourselves
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Beyonce knows her SOUND. Your fave is the one playing it safe. She’s the one who consistently jumps onto the band wagon. Whether it is EDM, Ratchet Trap music, or this “Say Something” knock off Rihanna simply goes with whats hot or burning up the charts at the moment. She does not know her own identity as an artist. The fact that she doesnt have a substantial amount of vocal, writing, or dancing talent to back it up isnt really working in her favor either
So how exactly is Rihanna more musically inclined than Beyonce or Gaga again??? Elaborate…
That makes no sense tyler, rihanna always changes up her sound and tries different things, in Beyoncé’s music can you tell me how many times she tried to explore different music genres? We got a little dancehall and a generic rock song/edm.. Where’s the growth? Again this has nothing to do with vocals but MUSIC, you know the finished product? Your hate has no conviction, try expanding your tastes and stop with the unnecessary bashing.
So to make sure you understand, you hive have already stated that Rih is using a risk, she is trying something different, how is that playing safe? Also wasn’t Drunk in Love low budget but yet you are going to try drag this? That also makes no sense, not every video needs to be some Michael Bay production. Smh you are pressed man chill
Rihanna’s not exceptional at ANYTHING MUSIC RELATED, NOTHING. Yet, she’s an artist??? She has more musicality than Beyonce??? B*******.
In terms of making different sounds and trying something new, yes. She is more musicalty than BEYONCÉ and Gaga. This song proves it, yall thought it would be a generic pop tune but look what we have? She chose a different avenue, there is nothing you could say that would change everyone’s mind. The receipts are all over the posts from the coming to “R8 to Rihs first single dropping. The joke is on you
She has ***
Beyonce has tried different sounds whether we are talking about dancehall, Jazz, or Opera. Oh, and Rihanna doesnt make good music her creative team does.
She didnt write the song, she didn’t produce the track, she couldnt even successfully execute the rifts and runs or high notes. So how does she have more musicality than Beyonce??? I still dont follow…..
Does Beyoncé create or write her own music? Self drag.
Tyler, what am saying is musicalty has nothing to do with vocals. Music is a process, meaning that it does take a team to help create music.
Last time I checked Bryonce doesn’t produce or rearrange anything thing, does that mean her music is any less bad than others? No that’s just not her artistry, it’s not her genius. Her lane is to entertain.
Also just because BEYONCÉ did a few Adlibs in i care doesn’t mean she sang opera
Unlike Rihanna, Beyonce manages herself and is involved in EVERYTHING that goes on in her career, including the creative process of her songs. So maybe, you should check again. Fact is, neither Beyonce or Rihanna are ground breaking songwriters. FourFiveSeconds isnt even an original song but a Dolly Parton REMAKE…a REMIX that someone else CREATED FOR HER lol. You can check the credits if you don’t believe me. So no, the self drag is really on you.
Now, if we were talking about fashion it would be a different story, but we aren’t. Beyonce actually brings something to the table. She’s a good entertainer who just so happens to know how to sing rather well as opposed to Rihanna…a MUSE, A PUPPET, A MODEL WITH A MIC. Like I said! Rihanna isnt GREAT or EXCEPTIONAL at anything music related. She is not more musically inclined than Beyonce, or Gaga for that matter.
Huh? This post makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Look, Rihanna is a brilliant pop artist. This has nothing to do with the definition of “real music.” Rihanna is not being shaded because she tried something new. She’s being shaded being that video is atrocious. Period. I like the song (most hate it).
Beyoncé & Gaga are completely different from Rihanna, which is why I never compare them but b/c they are all contemporaries, their abilities get compared. Some people believe that Rihanna has a terrible voice. I happen to love it. That’s the nature of subjectivity.
You coming for Beyoncé, who will ALWAYS be more respected than Rihanna, is not the deal. Your preference does nothing to change that. Rihanna has received her props. People just think that this song & this video are horrible.
People hated Beyoncé’s “Run The World” & she still performs it. That’s a boss.
I hope Rihanna can change people’s mind about this song b/c I think the song is good.
& why are you discounting R & B? R & B has been so innovative these past 5 years. Dawn Richard’s new album is proof of that. Jazmine’s Sullivan’s deceptively “traditional” R & B album is anything but. See her 85 metacritic score.
If you love the song & video, cool. But no need to talk nonsense to justify it.
That’s how you know I hit a nerve, Notice how I agreed that Rih is not vocally as strong as bey (gaga could be left to be desired) but having a voice is not the same as making good music. Your opinions aren’t the pinnacle of who deserves to be praised and who isn’t worthy. You are fans, deal with it
LMAO what was this try hard to be artist and minimalistic garbage!??? And her edges look crusty as hell.
I don’t get it :/
Weak comeback. I predict it will be called a buzz single in a few weeks time then they’ll drop a twerking Rihanna song to keep up with the pop trend as usual..
the video has almost 2 million views already lol thanks guys for making a flop a hit
Even I’m disappointed at this riri, this is not playing to her strengths,