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Feb 23, 2010 · "It's really colorful; it's a pop art video," Rihanna told MTV Korea. "We shot it all on green screen. Everything was done in post-production. It's really colorful, really energetic. It was really...
Feb 11, 2010 · By Leigh Belz. February 11, 2010. Today on video site Vevo.com, Rihanna debuted the video for her third single off of Rated R, "Rude Boy." In a recent interview, the singer told Carson Daly...
- Umbrella
- Shut Up and Drive
- Stay
- Rude Boy
- Only Girl
- Needed Me
- We Found Love
- Where Have You Been
- Diamonds
"Umbrella" was one of Rihanna's earliest hits, and it continues to be one of her most defining pieces. The song is well-crafted and well-performed enough to be regarded as legitimately artistic on its own, but its accompanying music video (in which Jay-Z co-stars) elevates it to a level of brilliance that few mainstream artists reach. In the video,...
This early Rihanna music video directly challenged gender norms (which were even more entrenched at the time of the song's release) by depicting a group of women performing car repairs without male accompaniment, rendering it one of the music videos by female artists that were ahead of their time. The sense of female empowerment conveyed by this vi...
The perfect expression of despondency that Rihanna displays from her bathtub during the "Stay" music video is higher-tier acting than a fair number of professional actors are likely able to execute, putting it among the best music videos about mental health. Paired with the haunting overlapping music and Mikky Ekko's subdued but effective supportin...
This music video is thoroughly and indisputably bizarre, but its psychedelic tone and cartoonish graphics are what distinguish it from the leagues of mediocre works that artists routinely produce simply out of contractual obligation. RELATED: The 10 Best Acting Performances By Musicians In Movies, According To IMDb Rihanna refuses to be apathetic t...
The music video for "Only Girl (In The World)" is visually stunning, incorporating color to an extent that might be considered excessive were it not so pleasing to the eye. Rihanna galavants through a meadow (with the flowers perfectly complementing her then-red hair) before dancing beneath a fireworks display after nightfall. Where the "Stay" vide...
While some of Rihanna's music videos opt for abstract storytelling that aims to communicate emotions rather than concepts, the phenomenal video for the hit song "Needed Me" - directed by famous filmmaker Harmony Korine- more closely resembles a short film, depicting the singer following her lover to a strip club and killing him. A key facet of Riha...
The music video for "We Found Love" depicts a deeply passionate whirlwind relationship between Rihanna and an unidentified lover, laden with physical intimacy, drug use, and heated argument. Such a romance is surely familiar to scores of audiences, and the video's representation of it is likely cathartic for those who have lived a similar experienc...
The strongest sign of an effective artist is their ability to captivate. The music video for "Where Have You Been" displays Rihanna's effortless ability to draw fans' attention in such a way, incorporating exceptional choreography, costume design, and filming techniques in order to develop a world that those who view the video can live within for i...
This music video primarily communicates its message through visuals rather than through story, which can be even more effective at conveying emotions in many instances. Its incorporation of both color and black-and-white imagery is the primary element that renders the video unique and memorable, and the repeated visuals of galloping horses add a na...
Feb 25, 2010 · With nods to Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, the pop-art inspired video is a far cry from the pair's work on "Hard" -- but as soon as they wrapped the latter, they knew...
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Nov 27, 2013 · When Rihanna's "Rude Boy" music video first hit the scene the video was immediately compared to M.I.A.'s, "Boyz." It's hard not to see the visual similarities between the two videos, but...
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Feb 11, 2010 · The singer told Carson Daly on his Amp Radio show that the pop-art-inspired video was shot by Melina Matsoukas, who also worked with the pop star on her equally sexy [article...
