Interesting Rihanna article
October 14, 2009 | Posted by Rodrigo on 9:00 pm

This article has been posted on CNN.com. Yes, it looks kinda long, but it’s pretty interesting. You should read it:

The best way to get tounges wagging is to say nothing at all, and it’s a skill Rihanna has down to a science.

The Barbadian songstress arrived a bit late to the Twitter party when she — or her people — created a “rihanna” tag yesterday and sent out a single, sparse tweet: “The Wait Is Ova. Nov. 23 09.”

Whether that’s the name of a new single, the beginning of a viral marketing campaign — or both — is unknown, but a representative for Rihanna told Entertainment Weekly that though the date “looks accurate” for her album release, “The Wait Is Ova” is not the album title.

The only other object fans can mine for clues about the singer’s upcoming release is the logo, a metallic nail fashioned into a crudely shaped “R” that has swarmed the Internet.

The new record would be her fourth since her debut at 17. In the four years since, she’s evolved from an unknown, breezy pop singer to a sonically and fashionably more distinct persona. One can only expect that her latest effort would continue to show that growth.

Yet there are extra layers of anticipation surrounding the unnamed work: Not only is this Rihanna’s follow-up to “Good Girl Gone Bad,” the album that made her an international superstar, it’s also the first time she is piping up as a solo artist since the infamous fight with her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown, in February.

Those who’ve worked with the star on the record have said to expect something with more ferocity. “Expect an edgier, almost angrier Rihanna on this one,” Ne-Yo told E! Online. “Rihanna says some things on this album that you’ve never heard her say before.”

But, said Mariel Concepcion, associate editor for Billboard.com, that statement shouldn’t be taken too literally.

“She has changed a bit, but I think she’s simply grown. Fans are expecting her to reveal some details, but I think she’s going to subliminally let it be known that ‘Yes, [Chris] hurt me, but I’m moving forward with life.’ This issue was such a serious issue, it calls for more than putting out an angry song about it.”

Tracey Johnson, who said she’s been a fan of the singer since the beginning, has high expectations for the upcoming release, but not because she expects to hear about Rihanna’s personal life.

“[Some fans] feel like it would be good for her to represent abused women in some sort of way and say something, but in my perspective, she doesn’t owe us anything,” Johnson said. “She’s always been pretty private about the relationship, and she’s never opened a lot in her music anyway.”

If Rihanna maintains her silence, Johnson said, it will be “kind of a hit back at the critics who said she disappeared after not becoming the spokesperson for domestic abuse. She’s saying this is what you should be paying attention to: I’m a fashion icon, and I make great music.”

Johnson, co-founder and editor of celebrity Web site NeonLimelight.com, has paid close attention to Rihanna’s reported studio time over the past few months, but said he didn’t expect to see the album appear so soon — and with a tweet, no less.

“I’m definitely expecting more for this album,” she said. “Rihanna has a platform now that she didn’t have before ‘Good Girl Gone Bad.’ She’s gone a step forward with each album, and I think it’s going to be a little more of what we heard on ‘Good Girl Gone Bad,’ but to the next level.”

That’s a prediction that Concepcion agrees with, considering that the people who have been pulled in on this album resemble the team who worked on “Good Girl”: Justin Timberlake, Ne-Yo and Tricky Stewart, who was behind the single “Umbrella” that launched Rihanna to a new level of pop stardom.

Devin Lazerine, editor of Rap-Up.com, said Stewart isn’t trying to top the success of “Umbrella,” but rather create a sound that would live up to its success.

“Just from hearing ‘Run This Town’ we can see the direction she’s heading in,” Lazerine said. “It’s going to be darker and more edgy. She was actually going to put that song on this album, and then Jay-Z heard it and they traded songs.”

Still, Lazerine said, “dark” and “edgy” don’t always equal “personal.”

“She’s all about the music and the sound — I think we’re going to get something that embodies her fashion sense,” he said. “I don’t think there’s going to be much about the Chris Brown situation; I don’t even think her fans expect that. They just want something that pushes the boundaries.”
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1. pryncedru commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:03 pm

1st Bitches!
2. Danielee commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:07 pm

longggggggggggg,
im just reading it, ahha
3. Lovinriri commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:10 pm

Excellent article…what’s so unique about Ri is she comes with something different on every album. Her songs appeal to the masses…this is why she has such a huge following globally. It’s mos def gonna be a much maturer & grown up Ri…And I’m sure she has a lot to say. I’m proud of her. Smile
4. anna commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:10 pm

That last line just took words outta my NIce article Wink
5. anna commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:13 pm

lol outta my mouth i ment srry Smile
6. lilly commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:13 pm

This article is amazing cnn can’t even wait to here this album she is getting a lot of reviews so far and the single isn’t even out yet. But in someway I can smell it coming it was like when take a bow came out I smelled that a new song would be on the way but didn’t know when. I just feel it in the air that a single is gonna drop in about let me say four days.
7. lilly commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:14 pm

including today
8. Qui commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:15 pm

Yeah…rih really is a fasion icon and a musical genious!!!!! Ijust cant wait for her album to drop!!! This badazz is coming and coming hard!!!! I’m ready for whatever she gives us……I totally agree that she doesnt have to be no spokesperson for domestic viloence….I mean its not her job….geeeee!!!!! I jus think that that whole situation jus opened the eyes of people and made them more aware and cautious…

NOV 23

NOV 23

NOV 23

NOV23

NOV 23!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!
9. david commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:15 pm

the single just has to be out by next week lol
10. AJ commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:16 pm

IM SO BUYING LIKE 2 COPIES OF THE NEW ALBUM

WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS HER 1ST #1 ALBUM IDC THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION FOR THAT WEEK Lol
11. vizionwarp commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:18 pm

RIHANNA KNOW SHE’S A BAD BITCH … SHE GOT CNN TALKING ABOUT HER TWEETS LAWD Lol…
12. henry commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:19 pm

wonder if whatever she wrote for this album is making the final cut cause she was writing i mean look at run this town she wrote her parts and that song was originally just her
13. MWNY commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:20 pm

WOW!!!! I love this article… great esp the last quote
14. Ray commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:21 pm

THERE RIGHT I DON’T WANNA HEAR ABOUT THE CHRIS BROWN SITUATION JUST KEEP IT LIKE YOU GOT IT….RIHANNA IS BACK HE WAIT IS OVA LADY GAGA PLEASE STEP DOWN LOL
15. Shakera commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:23 pm

Wow, that was an excellent article! I am soo ready for this album. Yesss! Get ready Nov 23 09 the wait is ova Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
16. cocoliza commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:24 pm

@HAHAHAHA

GET THE PHUCK OUTTA HERE DUMB BYTCH.

YOU ARE SUCH A LOSER FOR SPECIFICALLY COMING TO A RIHANNA FAN SITE TO HATE ON HER.

LOW LIFE.
17. Shakera commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:26 pm

@HAHAHAHA STFU. Ugh please just drink a bottle of bleach and sit in the corner.
18. rosie mae commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:47 pm

Great article and I agree. She should stay silent. She did’nt talk about the relationship when they were together and she should’nt talk now. Her private life is her business and should stay private,
19. TakeABow2 commented on October 14, 2009 @ 9:54 pm

That was a good article. They interviewed one of the forum members for the story! Congrats!

Haters get off this site and go back to whatever rock you slithered from under.
20. tina commented on October 14, 2009 @ 10:22 pm

this is not cnn first time reportin on riri , or other sites ,,so just stop it RD.
she was a big star before this chris brown incident.
others are saying that what make her big and its not true.
so RD just stop it and riri fans too.
21. lawgirl commented on October 14, 2009 @ 10:24 pm

Hey we need to ignore the negative people who come on here to stir controversy. Her album is dropping soon and there will be an influx of haters. Let’s do like Rihanna and say nothing at all and eventually they will go away….
22. HaHa commented on October 14, 2009 @ 10:26 pm

Norhing really said !! .. but .. She’s still .. on top of all !! .. so what ?! .. d-.-b ..
23. deliciousexquisite commented on October 14, 2009 @ 10:27 pm

great article and not long at all.. if you like Rih you will read.

thanks for posting!

Smile

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24. lawgirl commented on October 14, 2009 @ 10:38 pm

WOW!!!! Run this town was Rihanna’s song…If that was her first single it would have been a hit….With songs like that the album will be a classic…
25. rodrigo commented on October 14, 2009 @ 10:45 pm

….She’s saying this is what you should be paying attention to: I’m a fashion icon, and I make great music.”…. that’s all!! riri… never stop!!! you have the world now!
26. chick commented on October 14, 2009 @ 10:49 pm

I want Rihanna to do a Barbara Walters interview I’m just keeping it 100
27. nene commented on October 14, 2009 @ 10:54 pm

speech lesss ! all i can sayy is rihanna IS THE SHITT CANT WAITT UGH!
28. lawgirl commented on October 14, 2009 @ 10:56 pm

Chick I disagree…If Rihanna speak out now people will be saying she is only doing that to sell records. I can actually backfire….She should remain silent like she always has….
29. :) commented on October 14, 2009 @ 11:01 pm

It’s her descion if she wants to talk about it or not.
The haters are gonna hate if she DOES or if she DOESNT
30. tracee commented on October 14, 2009 @ 11:05 pm

I agree with law girl she should just keep her silence.no body can’t twist anything u haven’t said eg chris brown interview w/l.king.there is so much hype around this album that sheer curiosity will kill the cat.ppl will just buy/ d/load it just to see what she is aying.i’m soo excited i can’t wait!!!
31. chick commented on October 14, 2009 @ 11:08 pm

I still want a Barbara Walters interview
32. TakeABow2 commented on October 14, 2009 @ 11:13 pm

@Lawgirl

People who say that are never going to be satisfied with what Rihanna does. They’ve been wanting her to speak out since the beginning but the minute she does (if she does), they are going to bring up the trying to sell records BS. She can not win for losing. I do think she should do one exclusive interview and that’s it. Hopefully everyone could move on and focus on her music once that is out of the way.
33. cocoliza commented on October 14, 2009 @ 11:18 pm

i dont really think RiRi will EVER say shyt about this incident and she shouldn’t. it was so personal and traumatic. She deserves not to have to re-live that moment again and again in interviews. she is a human being and a woman just like anybody else. that shyt hurts, man. it doesnt go away in a year. it’s like asking a rape victim to talk in public about what happened. just saying it’s very personal and painful.
34. TakeABow2 commented on October 14, 2009 @ 11:25 pm

Good points Coco. I guess I’m just concerned with that night constantly being brought up during her interviews. Unless her team specifically requests that no questions related to that night are brought up, they are going to bring it up. I don’t want her to have to go through that ish over and over again.
35. Da Vinci commented on October 14, 2009 @ 11:33 pm

Wouldn’t She slay if she sold a million her first week the haters would b furious. I’m buying two copies one from bestbuy and one from iTunes. I can’t wait to hear the new single I check RD multiple times a day hopinp here single is out I’m so fuckin excited
36. Lu commented on October 14, 2009 @ 11:53 pm

Really nice article…

…and it made even more anxious to hear it!!!!… Grin
37. Lu commented on October 14, 2009 @ 11:55 pm

*it made me…
38. TARINB commented on October 15, 2009 @ 12:07 am

i heard that jayz told RIhanna sit down, lol,, is that tru??
my fren told me that, bcuz jayz was mad that she was wearin see though clothin
39. Lu commented on October 15, 2009 @ 12:09 am

@TakeABow2…yeah ,i think about the same thing…
40. TARINB commented on October 15, 2009 @ 12:28 am

@ NOELLE lol tru tru

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