I think this is brilliant! the effects are so cool and as been said before, it fits with the song.

 

Riri with short hair is definitely better! :)

New sig. :kink:

 

Bit big, but people will live.

f***. That video was PURE FIRE.

 

I know I hated on Rihanna alot at the beginning of this era but this new sound and image is REALLY growing on me. Scratch that, I LOVE it. That video just confirmed it for me.

 

*goes to watch the video 83 more times*

This is now easily my favourite Rihanna song ever. :wub: It's so slick and groovy it's insane. Best video to-date as well! Think it has even a chance of perhaps peaking in the top 3 judging by where it already is on iTunes - #8!

^^ It's #7 now. :D

What I'm finding so strange is that she's performing Rude Boy on ELLEN on the 15th and not Hard. They're going through the singles quite quickly in the US and I'm guessing then Rude Boy is the 3rd US single...

Dancer Jose Ramos speaks about working with Rihanna on the set of the Rude Boy video: http://www.itemlive.com/articles/2010/02/12/news/news04.txt

She's probably moving on to Rude Boy in the US because she needs to have a hit song on her hands on pop radio. Rude Boy would be so much more effective then 'Hard'. And it's smart imo, it's keeping album sales going. Not to mention 'Hard' has already been out for almost two months so it's done it's job.

That music video is brilliant. Really liking the song a lot more now that it's a single.

to #6.

#10 in the UK Singles Chart! :wub:

Woop, hopefully Top 5 next week. Although the Brits might get in the way I guess.

It would be great if it could reach top 5 officially next week, but I agree, the Brits will probably keep it just outside of it.

Well even if it doesnt go top 5 it has just become her 12th UK top 10 hit.

This is probably one of the biggest songs of the year in terms of the impact it seems to be having right now. I'm sure it'll also go top 3 in the longrun too.

Performance on Ellen:

 

 

I swear she gets better, like, EVERY performance! :o

 

Decent performance! Not her best but her vocals were really good. ^_^

 

So gutted I'm not seeing her on tour this time round. :(

Decent performance! Not her best but her vocals were really good. ^_^

 

So gutted I'm not seeing her on tour this time round. :(

 

On the bright side, I am. :D

On the bright side, I am. :D

Ooh have fun. ^_^

It was #1 on today's BOX Breakers ^_^