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* BellyDancer: Rihanna incorporates a few belly-dancing moves, as well as her backup dancers, in a beach at night in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5MRBzY1uM If It's Lovin' That You Want]].
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* BellyDancer: UsefulNotes/BellyDancing: Rihanna incorporates a few belly-dancing moves, as well as her backup dancers, in a beach at night in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5MRBzY1uM If It's Lovin' That You Want]].
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In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LVII halftime show.
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In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LVII halftime show.
show, and gave birth to a second boy later that August.
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* ButNotTooBlack: Some pictures of her show her like this. Not the one at the top of this page, though.
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Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988) is a popular singer who hails from Saint Michael, UsefulNotes/{{Barbados}}, although her mother was from UsefulNotes/{{Guyana}}. Discovered by Music/JayZ, she gained fame in the music industry via her first single, "Pon de Replay".
Her third album, ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', is considered her breakout album, containing what many would call her SignatureSong, "Umbrella".[[note]]Or else, as lots of people pointed out to the Creator/{{BBC}}, a completely irritating and ever-present EarWorm. She did sheepishly appologise to people who coundn't get the damn thing out of their heads, however.[[/note]] However, what catapulted her into mainstream worldwide focus was when she was physically assaulted by her then boyfriend, R&B singer Music/ChrisBrown, in February of 2009. The incident [[BreakTheCutie seemed to have changed her once upbeat and pop-laden image]], as her more recent works, as well as her appearance, have become almost blatantly DarkerAndEdgier. Even her happy, upbeat songs have an edge to them that didn't happen by coincidence...
She released an astounding seven albums in ''twelve years'' leaving her in the public eye at all times in some form thanks to annual releases from 2005 to 2012. Also thanks to that, she quickly skyrocketed to become one of the most successful singers ''ever''. Less than 10 years since her first album was released, she had already sold over '''150 million records'''.
In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line (Fenty). In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky. She’s never formally announced his name. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LVII halftime show.
Her third album, ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', is considered her breakout album, containing what many would call her SignatureSong, "Umbrella".[[note]]Or else, as lots of people pointed out to the Creator/{{BBC}}, a completely irritating and ever-present EarWorm. She did sheepishly appologise to people who coundn't get the damn thing out of their heads, however.[[/note]] However, what catapulted her into mainstream worldwide focus was when she was physically assaulted by her then boyfriend, R&B singer Music/ChrisBrown, in February of 2009. The incident [[BreakTheCutie seemed to have changed her once upbeat and pop-laden image]], as her more recent works, as well as her appearance, have become almost blatantly DarkerAndEdgier. Even her happy, upbeat songs have an edge to them that didn't happen by coincidence...
She released an astounding seven albums in ''twelve years'' leaving her in the public eye at all times in some form thanks to annual releases from 2005 to 2012. Also thanks to that, she quickly skyrocketed to become one of the most successful singers ''ever''. Less than 10 years since her first album was released, she had already sold over '''150 million records'''.
In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line (Fenty). In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky. She’s never formally announced his name. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LVII halftime show.
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Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988) is a popular singer singer, actress and businesswoman who hails from Saint Michael, UsefulNotes/{{Barbados}}, although her mother was from UsefulNotes/{{Guyana}}. UsefulNotes/{{Guyana}}.
Discovered by {{record producer}} Evan Rogers, and later Music/JayZ, she gainedfame her first recognition in the music industry via her first single, "Pon de Replay".
HerReplay". She signed with Def Jam in 2005 and gained further fame through her first two albums, solidifying her status with the breakout success of her third album, ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', is considered Bad''. Containing smash hit singles such as "Shut Up and Drive", "Don't Stop the Music", and "Umbrella" (done in collaboration with Jay-Z), the lattermost topping the charts and winning her breakout album, containing what many would call her SignatureSong, "Umbrella".[[note]]Or else, as lots of people pointed out to first UsefulNotes/GrammyAward, the Creator/{{BBC}}, a completely irritating and ever-present EarWorm. She did sheepishly appologise to people who coundn't get the damn thing out of their heads, however.[[/note]] However, what album catapulted her into Rihanna to mainstream worldwide focus was fame.
While Rihanna's earlier music exhibited her Caribbean roots, incorporating dancehall and reggae music, her later work would take influence from a wider range of genres including {{pop}}, dance, RAndB, [[HipHop hip-hop]] and [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM]]. Among the variety of motives for her shifts in sound, one direct instance occurred following a dark chapter in her life, when she was physically assaulted by herthen boyfriend, R&B singer then-boyfriend, Music/ChrisBrown, in February of 2009. The incident [[BreakTheCutie seemed assault directly inspired her next album, ''[[Music/RatedRRihannaAlbum Rated R]]'', and motivated its [[DarkerAndEdgier darker tone]] in comparison to have changed her once upbeat and pop-laden image]], as image.
Rihanna has sold over 250 million records worldwide, making hermore recent works, as well as her appearance, have become almost blatantly DarkerAndEdgier. Even her happy, upbeat songs have an edge to them that didn't happen by coincidence...
one of the highest-selling female artists in history. She also released an astounding seven albums in ''twelve years'' years'', leaving her in the public eye at all times in some form thanks to annual releases from 2005 to 2012. Also thanks to that, she quickly skyrocketed to become one of the most successful singers ''ever''. Less than 10 years since her first album was released, she had already sold over '''150 million records'''.
2012.
In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line(Fenty). (Fenty).
In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapperMusic/ASAPRocky. She’s never formally announced his name.Music/ASAPRocky. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LVII halftime show.
Discovered by {{record producer}} Evan Rogers, and later Music/JayZ, she gained
Her
While Rihanna's earlier music exhibited her Caribbean roots, incorporating dancehall and reggae music, her later work would take influence from a wider range of genres including {{pop}}, dance, RAndB, [[HipHop hip-hop]] and [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM]]. Among the variety of motives for her shifts in sound, one direct instance occurred following a dark chapter in her life, when she was physically assaulted by her
Rihanna has sold over 250 million records worldwide, making her
In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line
In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper
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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Throughout her tune "Umbrella," Rihanna puts the accent on the third syllable ("um-brell-LA").
* ActorSharedBackground: Tip from ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'' is an immigrant and is half Barbadian, just like Rihanna (half Afro-Guyanese, half Barbadian).
* AlbumIntroTrack: ''Rated R'' starts with "Mad House", which incorporates a Creator/VincentPrice-like speech "warning" uneasy listeners and inviting those "who can take it".
* ActorSharedBackground: Tip from ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'' is an immigrant and is half Barbadian, just like Rihanna (half Afro-Guyanese, half Barbadian).
* AlbumIntroTrack: ''Rated R'' starts with "Mad House", which incorporates a Creator/VincentPrice-like speech "warning" uneasy listeners and inviting those "who can take it".
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* AuthorAppeal: Starting from "Disturbia", she seems to have a thing for BDSM and being dominating.
** That's just her image, though. She's actually [[http://blogs.menshealth.com/mh-feminist/pain-pleasure-and-feminism/2011/04/11/ either a switch or a sub.]]
* AxCrazy: The video for "Bitch Better Have My Money". Let's just say that if you don't, [[ColdBloodedTorture the consequences are worse]].
* BathtubScene: The video for "Stay."
* BoastfulRap: "Hard" and "Bitch Better Have My Money"
** That's just her image, though. She's actually [[http://blogs.menshealth.com/mh-feminist/pain-pleasure-and-feminism/2011/04/11/ either a switch or a sub.]]
* AxCrazy: The video for "Bitch Better Have My Money". Let's just say that if you don't, [[ColdBloodedTorture the consequences are worse]].
* BathtubScene: The video for "Stay."
* BoastfulRap: "Hard" and "Bitch Better Have My Money"
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* AuthorAppeal: Starting from "Disturbia", she seems to have a thing for BDSM and being dominating.
** That's justdominating and it became part of her image, though.image. She's actually [[http://blogs.menshealth.com/mh-feminist/pain-pleasure-and-feminism/2011/04/11/ either a switch or a sub.]]
* AutoTune: Uses this in a few songs, notably "Disturbia" and her T.I. collaboration "Live Your Life". Justified in these two; in "Disturbia" it is used to create distortion to aid the dark atmosphere and vibe of the song, and in "Live Your Life" it's used only on the chorus, and there's a slight surprise when it's not used on her verse.
%%* AxCrazy: The video for "Bitch Better Have My Money". Let's just say that if you don't, [[ColdBloodedTorture the consequences are worse]].
* BathtubScene: The music video for"Stay."Stay" has Rihanna lounging in a bathtub for the entire song. It's supposed to be a [[ShowerOfAngst bath of angst]], but the MaleGaze camera shots make it clear it's also for {{Fanservice}}, although she's only ever seen from [[ShouldersUpNudity the shoulders up]], with ToplessnessFromTheBack or with her curled legs providing SceneryCensor.
* BellyDancer: Rihanna incorporates a few belly-dancing moves, as well as her backup dancers, in a beach at night in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5MRBzY1uM If It's Lovin' That You Want]].
* BetterPartnerAssertion: "Sex with Me" has her bragging [[SexGoddess she's better at sex]] than the girlfriend of the person she's singing at.
-->''Sex with me is amazing, with her, it'll feel alright\\
The sex doesn't get any better, make it long, let it be all night''
* BillingDisplacement:
** The 2008 song "Live Your Life" was ''overwhelmingly'' seen as a Rihanna song in the eyes of most listeners, despite the fact that T.I. reached #1 with parent album ''Paper Trail'' and was coming off the success of "Whatever You Like."
* ** "Take Care" is the title track to Music/{{Drake}}'s second studio album and its biggest hit. It's better recognized as a Rihanna song.
%%* BoastfulRap: "Hard" and "Bitch Better Have My Money"
** That's just
* AutoTune: Uses this in a few songs, notably "Disturbia" and her T.I. collaboration "Live Your Life". Justified in these two; in "Disturbia" it is used to create distortion to aid the dark atmosphere and vibe of the song, and in "Live Your Life" it's used only on the chorus, and there's a slight surprise when it's not used on her verse.
%%* AxCrazy: The video for "Bitch Better Have My Money". Let's just say that if you don't, [[ColdBloodedTorture the consequences are worse]].
* BathtubScene: The music video for
* BellyDancer: Rihanna incorporates a few belly-dancing moves, as well as her backup dancers, in a beach at night in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5MRBzY1uM If It's Lovin' That You Want]].
* BetterPartnerAssertion: "Sex with Me" has her bragging [[SexGoddess she's better at sex]] than the girlfriend of the person she's singing at.
-->''Sex with me is amazing, with her, it'll feel alright\\
The sex doesn't get any better, make it long, let it be all night''
* BillingDisplacement:
** The 2008 song "Live Your Life" was ''overwhelmingly'' seen as a Rihanna song in the eyes of most listeners, despite the fact that T.I. reached #1 with parent album ''Paper Trail'' and was coming off the success of "Whatever You Like."
%%* BoastfulRap: "Hard" and "Bitch Better Have My Money"
* BreakUpBonfire: "Breakin' Dishes" has her singing about burning the clothes of her cheating lover.
-->''I'm roasting marshmallows on the fire\\
And what I'm burning is your attire''
-->''I'm roasting marshmallows on the fire\\
And what I'm burning is your attire''
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* CarSong: Ignoring all theimplications in the lyrics, "Shut up and Drive" is this on the surface. It was even used during a driving scene in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''.
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* CarSong: Ignoring all theimplications the implications in the lyrics, "Shut up and Drive" is this on the surface. It was even used during a driving scene in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''.''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''.
* CensorBox: The pages for "Hard" in the CD booklet for ''Rated R'' include a color picture of her nude and holding a big "CENSORED" sign in front of her.
* CensorBox: The pages for "Hard" in the CD booklet for ''Rated R'' include a color picture of her nude and holding a big "CENSORED" sign in front of her.
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* ClusterFBomb: "Phresh Out the Runway".
** She's been liberally cursing since ''Rated R'', especially in her rap songs.
** She's been liberally cursing since ''Rated R'', especially in her rap songs.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Her entire career after Chris Brown assaulted her, starting with ''Rated R''. "Russian Roulette" is especially worth noting, as it is possibly her darkest song to date.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: DarkerAndEdgier:
** Her entire career after Chris Brown assaulted her, starting with ''Rated R''. "Russian Roulette" is especially worth noting, as it is possibly her darkest song to date.
** Her entire career after Chris Brown assaulted her, starting with ''Rated R''. "Russian Roulette" is especially worth noting, as it is possibly her darkest song to date.
* DestructiveRomance: Her hit with Music/{{Eminem}} "Love the Way You Lie". The relationship is "mutually destructive".
-->''Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?\\
Well, that's alright, because I like the way it hurts\\
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?\\
Well, that's alright, because I love the way you lie''
-->''Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?\\
Well, that's alright, because I like the way it hurts\\
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?\\
Well, that's alright, because I love the way you lie''
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* DragonLady: In the video for [[{{Music/Coldplay}} "Princess of China"]].
* ExhortTheDiscJockeySong: Her first big hit, "Pon de Replay."
* ExhortTheDiscJockeySong: Her first big hit, "Pon de Replay."
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* DragonLady: In the video for [[{{Music/Coldplay}} "Princess of China"]].
China"]], Rihanna plays the eponymous princess of China, and she both dresses up and acts like the stereotype of a sexual and domineering powerful Asian woman, even spending most of the song as a RecliningReigner on throne room.
* DyeHard: Rihanna is naturally brown-haired, yet several of her videos and performances feature her with dyed hair, most often black or red.
* EmasculatedCuckold: "Unfaithful" is written from the perspective of a woman that's cheating, and feels guilty about it. She specifically sings about how the affair is hurting him because he knows she's happy with her lover.
* ExhortTheDiscJockeySong:Her first big hit, "Pon de Replay."Replay," features one of the politest versions of the trope with the line, "Hey Mr. DJ, won't you turn the music up?"
* FakeOrgasm: In "Rude Boy", she pointedly tells her lover she's ''not'' going to fake an orgasm to stroke his ego if he [[LousyLoversAreLosers can't satisfy her]]
-->''Babe if I don't feel it I ain't faking no-no''
* DyeHard: Rihanna is naturally brown-haired, yet several of her videos and performances feature her with dyed hair, most often black or red.
* EmasculatedCuckold: "Unfaithful" is written from the perspective of a woman that's cheating, and feels guilty about it. She specifically sings about how the affair is hurting him because he knows she's happy with her lover.
* ExhortTheDiscJockeySong:
* FakeOrgasm: In "Rude Boy", she pointedly tells her lover she's ''not'' going to fake an orgasm to stroke his ego if he [[LousyLoversAreLosers can't satisfy her]]
-->''Babe if I don't feel it I ain't faking no-no''
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* TheFashionista: She's become very well known in fashion circles for her cutting edge sense of style and appreciation for couture. She has her own fashion and jewelry lines with Puma and Chopard and was once crowned "Fashion Icon of the Year" by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
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* TheFashionista: She's become very well known in fashion circles for her cutting edge cutting-edge sense of style and appreciation for couture. She has her own fashion and jewelry lines with Puma and Chopard and was once crowned "Fashion Icon of the Year" by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.America.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: In the music video "Shut Up and Drive", the first thing see Rihanna's character is her heeled feet as she steps out of her car.
* FlippingTheTable About 2:25 into the music video for "Hard", Rihanna flips the table during a card game.
* FriendshipSong "Umbrella" is about being there for your friends.
-->''When the sun shines, we'll shine together\\
Told you I'll be here forever\\
Said I'll always be your friend\\
Took an oath, I'ma stick it out to the end''
* FeetFirstIntroduction: In the music video "Shut Up and Drive", the first thing see Rihanna's character is her heeled feet as she steps out of her car.
* FlippingTheTable About 2:25 into the music video for "Hard", Rihanna flips the table during a card game.
* FriendshipSong "Umbrella" is about being there for your friends.
-->''When the sun shines, we'll shine together\\
Told you I'll be here forever\\
Said I'll always be your friend\\
Took an oath, I'ma stick it out to the end''
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* GoodBadGirl: Part of her image, if her music is any indication. She has an album called ''Good Girl Gone Bad''. See also her song "S&M": "I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it!"
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* GenreRoulette: She is supposedly a RAndB singer but has done everything from electronic (including techno, house, EDM, trap, and dubstep), reggae, folk, dance-pop, new wave, hip-hop, synthpop, latin music...
* GoodBadGirl: Part of her image,if her music is any indication. She to the point she has an album called ''Good Girl Gone Bad''.Bad''. The TitleTrack describes a woman who tries to be a good and loyal girlfriend to her partner, but eventually gets sick of it after he cheats on her one time too many (in addition to being emotionally neglectful and controlling), giving him a taste of his own medicine. See also her song "S&M": "I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it!"
* GoodBadGirl: Part of her image,
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* HotterAndSexier: Starting with ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' and, apparently, [[http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2011-11-09/album-preview-rihannas-talk-that-talk-is-the-dirtiest-pop-record-since-madonnas-erotica/ especially the case]] for ''Talk That Talk'', which Creator/VH1 called "the dirtiest pop record since Music/{{Madonna}}'s ''Music/{{Erotica}}''.
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* HotterAndSexier: HotterAndSexier:
** Starting with ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' and, apparently, [[http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2011-11-09/album-preview-rihannas-talk-that-talk-is-the-dirtiest-pop-record-since-madonnas-erotica/ especially the case]] for ''Talk That Talk'', which Creator/VH1 called "the dirtiest pop record since Music/{{Madonna}}'s ''Music/{{Erotica}}''.
** Starting with ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' and, apparently, [[http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2011-11-09/album-preview-rihannas-talk-that-talk-is-the-dirtiest-pop-record-since-madonnas-erotica/ especially the case]] for ''Talk That Talk'', which Creator/VH1 called "the dirtiest pop record since Music/{{Madonna}}'s ''Music/{{Erotica}}''.
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-->Suck my cockiness\\
Lick my persuasion\\
Eat my words and then\\
Swallow your pride down, down
Lick my persuasion\\
Eat my words and then\\
Swallow your pride down, down
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Lick my
Eat my words and
Swallow your pride down,
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: "Shut Up And Drive" is basically a massive amalgam of sexual innuendos spun into the language of cars and driving.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: "Shut Up And Drive" acknowledges some of it's DoubleEntendre.
--> ''Got you where you wanna go, if you know what I mean\\
Got a ride that's smoother than a limousine''
--> ''Got you where you wanna go, if you know what I mean\\
Got a ride that's smoother than a limousine''
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* LoveIsADrug: Presented in "Drunk On Love".
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* LoveNostalgiaSong: "A Million Miles Away", "California King Bed" and "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)".
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* LyricalShoehorn:
** In "Umbrella" there's a lyric that goes "When the war has took its part..." Irritating, but "taken its part" wouldn't scan.
** In the chorus of "Disturbia," she informs us that the titular state of mind "ain't used to what you like." That should probably be the other way around, in order to make any sense at all.
** In "Umbrella" there's a lyric that goes "When the war has took its part..." Irritating, but "taken its part" wouldn't scan.
** In the chorus of "Disturbia," she informs us that the titular state of mind "ain't used to what you like." That should probably be the other way around, in order to make any sense at all.
* MarionetteMotion: The "Disturbia" music video has Rihanna and the background character move in a creepy puppet-like manner, to add to the creepiness and surreal factor of the video.
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* MoneySong: "Pour It Up" and "Bitch Better Have My Money".
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** In ''Unapologetic", the sharp contrast between "Right Now" and "What Now", despite having similar titles.
* MsFanservice: She tends to wear outfits that show off her voluptuous yet toned body, buxom breasts, toned stomach, and long toned yet shapely legs.
* MsFanservice: She tends to wear outfits that show off her voluptuous yet toned body, buxom breasts, toned stomach, and long toned yet shapely legs.
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** In ''Unapologetic", "Unapologetic", the sharp contrast between "Right Now" and "What Now", despite having similar titles.
* MsFanservice:She Rihanna is an attractive woman who is famous for her sexy and fashionable clothing (once she was crowned the "Fashion Icon of the Year"). Starting from "Disturbia", many of her songs tend to portray her as a {{Dominatrix}} and she tends to wear revealing or fetishistic outfits that show off in her voluptuous yet toned body, buxom breasts, toned stomach, videos and long toned yet shapely legs.performances, with many of her songs featuring MaleGaze shots and ThreeMinutesOfWrithing.
* MsFanservice:
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* NippleAndDimed: In "Love The Way You Lie Part II".
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* ThePowerOfFriendship: "Umbrella".
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The whole idea behind "Bitch Better Have My Money"'s music video is Rihanna getting revenge on an accountant who left her bankrupt. So she enlists two minions to kidnap his wife and torments her until he pays up. When that failed, she tortures him ''Series/{{Dexter}}''-style. The video ends with Rihanna naked on a chest of money...and covered in blood.
* RockStarSong: "Rockstar 101".
* RockStarSong: "Rockstar 101".
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* RevengeByProxy: The video for "Bitch Better Have My Money" has Rihanna's character kidnapping and torturing the {{Socialite}} wife of the accountant who left her bankrupt.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The whole idea behind "Bitch Better Have My Money"'s music video is Rihanna getting revenge on an accountant who left her bankrupt. So she enlists two minions to kidnap his wife and torments her until he pays up. When that failed, she tortures him ''Series/{{Dexter}}''-style. The video ends with Rihanna naked on a chest of money... and covered in blood.
* %%* RockStarSong: "Rockstar 101".
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The whole idea behind "Bitch Better Have My Money"'s music video is Rihanna getting revenge on an accountant who left her bankrupt. So she enlists two minions to kidnap his wife and torments her until he pays up. When that failed, she tortures him ''Series/{{Dexter}}''-style. The video ends with Rihanna naked on a chest of money... and covered in blood.
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** The lyrics to "Disturbia".
** A theme of ''Rated R'', for example "[=G4L=]" and "Russian Roulette".
** A theme of ''Rated R'', for example "[=G4L=]" and "Russian Roulette".
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** The lyrics to "Disturbia".
**"Disturbia" are about how she's slowly losing her mind
-->''No more gas in the rig\\
Can't even get it started\\
Nothing heard, nothing said\\
Can't even speak about it\\
Out my life, out my head\\
Don't want to think about it\\
Feels like I'm going insane, yeah''
%%** A theme of ''Rated R'', for example "[=G4L=]" and "Russian Roulette".
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-->''No more gas in the rig\\
Can't even get it started\\
Nothing heard, nothing said\\
Can't even speak about it\\
Out my life, out my head\\
Don't want to think about it\\
Feels like I'm going insane, yeah''
%%** A theme of ''Rated R'', for example "[=G4L=]" and "Russian Roulette".
* SexGoddess: Several of her songs feature her boasting about her sexual prowess, such as "S&M" ('''Cause I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it''), "Rude Boy" (''Buckle up, I'ma give it to you stronger, hands up, we can go a little longer'') or "Sex with Me" (''Sex with me, so amazing'').
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* ShoutOut: "Roc Me Out" is named in reference to Creator/RocNation, the company that manages her.
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* ShoutOut: ShoppingCartAntics: The music video for "We Found Love" features Rihanna being pushed around in a shopping cart by her lover.
* ShoutOut:
** "Roc Me Out" is named in reference to Creator/RocNation, the company that manages her.
* ShoutOut:
** "Roc Me Out" is named in reference to Creator/RocNation, the company that manages her.
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* SillyLoveSongs: "Fire Bomb," "Umbrella," "Diamonds," "Where Have You Been"...
* SingerNamedrop: Future in "Loveeeeeee Song".
* SingerNamedrop: Future in "Loveeeeeee Song".
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* SingerNamedrop: "Umbrella" featuring Music/JayZ:
-->''Jay'', Rain Man is back with little Ms. Sunshine.\\
''Rihanna'' where you at?
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* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5' 8".
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* SubduedSection: "Roc Me Out".
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "We All Want Love" on ''Talk That Talk''.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "We All Want Love" on ''Talk That Talk''.
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* SupermodelStrut: She often confidently struts like a supermodel during her shows and presentations, and a few of her music videos, such as the beginning of "Shut Up and Drive" where she does a hip-swaying strut down the garage or in "Only If For a Night" which has her doing an exaggerated, purposeful strut in several fancy outfits for most of the video, at one point even doing it with a ClassyCane.
%%* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "We All Want Love" on ''Talk That Talk''.
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* TitleTrack: ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', ''A Girl Like Me'', ''Music Of The Sun'' and ''Talk That Talk''.
* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: Most of her music videos.
** "Breakin' Dishes". If a guy did a song like that, he'd be scorned.
%%* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Take a guess.
* TheUnintelligible: Subverted in "Work". Upon first listening, she appears to be slurring the lyrics, but upon closer inspection, she's actually singing in her home dialect of Bajan Creole.
* AWildRapperAppears: {{Music/Drake}} in "What's My Name?".
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Music/KatyPerry. They teased being more than that. By 2018, they were done, with Perry's feud with Music/TaylorSwift being a side-plot to her split with Rihanna.
* WomanScorned: "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Breakin' Dishes", "Cold Case Love", and "Coulda Been The One".
* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: Most of her music videos.
** "Breakin' Dishes". If a guy did a song like that, he'd be scorned.
%%* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Take a guess.
* TheUnintelligible: Subverted in "Work". Upon first listening, she appears to be slurring the lyrics, but upon closer inspection, she's actually singing in her home dialect of Bajan Creole.
* AWildRapperAppears: {{Music/Drake}} in "What's My Name?".
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Music/KatyPerry. They teased being more than that. By 2018, they were done, with Perry's feud with Music/TaylorSwift being a side-plot to her split with Rihanna.
* WomanScorned: "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Breakin' Dishes", "Cold Case Love", and "Coulda Been The One".
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* TitleTrack: ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', ''A Girl Like Me'', ''Music Of The Sun'' ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Rihanna presents a much more hopeful version with the first line of her chorus in 'The Monster'. But the second line may imply that she is crazy and ''Talk That Talk''.
simply imagining stuff.
-->I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed.\\
Get along with the voices inside of my head.
* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: Most of her musicvideos.
**videos are of her pretending to walk the catwalk in barely-there outfits.
%%** "Breakin' Dishes". If a guy did a song like that, he'd be scorned.
%%* * UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Take "Umbrella" uses this as a guess.
metaphor, with her reassuring her friend that she has their back by claiming they can stand "under her umbrella".
-->''Now that it's raining more than ever,\\
Know that we'll still have each other.\\
You can stand under my umbrella.\\
You can stand under my umbrella.''
%%* TitleTrack: ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', ''A Girl Like Me'', ''Music Of The Sun'' and ''Talk That Talk''.
* TheUnintelligible:Subverted {{Subverted|Trope}} in "Work". Upon first listening, she appears to be slurring the lyrics, but upon closer inspection, she's actually singing in her home dialect of Bajan Creole.
*AWildRapperAppears: {{Music/Drake}} in "What's My Name?".
*ViewerPronunciationConfusion: Contrary to popular belief, Music/{{Rihanna}} pronounces her name as "Ree-AN-na" not "Ree-AH-na".
%%* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Music/KatyPerry. They teased being more than that. By 2018, they were done, with Perry's feud with Music/TaylorSwift being a side-plot to her split with Rihanna.
* WhipOfDominance: "S&M", being an ObligatoryBondageSong, naturally has her singing about whips, singing about how they "excite her". The music video also has Rihanna wielding riding crops while acting domineering.
* AWildRapperAppears: {{Music/Drake}} shows up suddenly in both "What's My Name?" and "Work".
%%* WomanScorned: "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Breakin' Dishes", "Cold Case Love", and "Coulda Been The One".
-->I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed.\\
Get along with the voices inside of my head.
* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: Most of her music
**
%%** "Breakin' Dishes". If a guy did a song like that, he'd be scorned.
-->''Now that it's raining more than ever,\\
Know that we'll still have each other.\\
You can stand under my umbrella.\\
You can stand under my umbrella.''
%%* TitleTrack: ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', ''A Girl Like Me'', ''Music Of The Sun'' and ''Talk That Talk''.
* TheUnintelligible:
*
*
%%* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Music/KatyPerry. They teased being more than that. By 2018, they were done, with Perry's feud with Music/TaylorSwift being a side-plot to her split with Rihanna.
* WhipOfDominance: "S&M", being an ObligatoryBondageSong, naturally has her singing about whips, singing about how they "excite her". The music video also has Rihanna wielding riding crops while acting domineering.
* AWildRapperAppears: {{Music/Drake}} shows up suddenly in both "What's My Name?" and "Work".
%%* WomanScorned: "Good Girl Gone Bad", "Breakin' Dishes", "Cold Case Love", and "Coulda Been The One".
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* XtremeKoolLetterz: "Phresh Out the Runway".
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Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988) is a popular singer who hails from Saint Michael, Barbados, although her mother was from UsefulNotes/{{Guyana}}. Discovered by Music/JayZ, she gained fame in the music industry via her first single, "Pon de Replay".
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Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988) is a popular singer who hails from Saint Michael, Barbados, UsefulNotes/{{Barbados}}, although her mother was from UsefulNotes/{{Guyana}}. Discovered by Music/JayZ, she gained fame in the music industry via her first single, "Pon de Replay".
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* DreamTeam: She's collaborated with Music/NickiMinaj, Music/BritneySpears, Music/{{Maroon 5}}, Music/KanyeWest, Music/{{Coldplay}}, Music/AvrilLavigne and Music/{{Eminem}}.
** and with her [[TheMentor mentor]] Music/JayZ in "Umbrella".
** Arguably the best examples are "Umbrella" (above), "Love the Way You Lie" and "The Monster" with Music/{{Eminem}}, "Princess of China" with Music/{{Coldplay}} and "All of the Lights" with Music/KanyeWest.
** and with her [[TheMentor mentor]] Music/JayZ in "Umbrella".
** Arguably the best examples are "Umbrella" (above), "Love the Way You Lie" and "The Monster" with Music/{{Eminem}}, "Princess of China" with Music/{{Coldplay}} and "All of the Lights" with Music/KanyeWest.
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* WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon: Hails from the island nation of Barbados, resulting in a distinctive accent. She's likely the most significant performer to come out of that part of the world since Music/BobMarley.[[note]]Since Music/GloriaEstefan's home country of UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} isn't counted for this trope.[[/note]]
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In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line (Fenty). In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky. She’s never formally announced his name. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LVII halftime show.
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In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line (Fenty). In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, child with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky. She’s never formally She hasn't publicly announced his her first child's name. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LVII halftime show.
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* LipstickLesbian: Both Rihanna and collaborater Shakira's characters are this, both being very feminine lovers in "Can't Remember To Forget You".
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* LipstickLesbian: Both Rihanna and collaborater Shakira's characters are this, both being very feminine lovers in In the music video for "Can't Remember To Forget You".You", Rihanna and Music/{{Shakira}} play lovers; both women are wearing lingerie and heavy makeup.
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->''"When the sun shines we'll shine together\\
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Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end\\
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Took an oath oath, I'ma stick it out till the end\\
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You can stand under my umbrella."''
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-->-- "Umbrella"
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You can stand under my umbrella."''
-->-- "Umbrella"
umbrella''
-->--'''"Umbrella"'''
-->-- "Umbrella"
-->--'''"Umbrella"'''
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In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line (Fenty). In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky. She’s never formally announced his name. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LVII halftime show.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line (Fenty). In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the Super Bowl Half Time show.
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In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line (Fenty). In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the Super Bowl Half Time UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LVII halftime show.
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In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line (Fenty). In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky.
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In the 2010s, Rihanna branched out into business endeavors under the brand Fenty. These include a cosmetics line (Fenty Beauty), an underwear line (Savage x Fenty), and a fashion line (Fenty). In May 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, with her partner, rapper Music/ASAPRocky.
Music/ASAPRocky. She confirmed her second pregnancy in February 2023 while performing at the Super Bowl Half Time show.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Contrary to popular belief, she pronounces her name as "Ree-AN-na" not "Ree-AH-na".
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* SpiritualSuccessor: It has been implied that ''Talk That Talk'' is the second half of ''Rated R''. Even though the albums are technically and creatively unrelated, they both are edgy, deep and extremely personal.
** The music video to "Where Have You Been" can be seen as a successor to the music video to "[[SanitySlippageSong Disturbia]]".
** The music video to "Where Have You Been" can be seen as a successor to the music video to "[[SanitySlippageSong Disturbia]]".
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Music/KatyPerry. They teased being more than that. By 2018, they were done, with Perry's feud with Music/TaylorSwift being a sideplot to her split with Rihanna.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Music/KatyPerry. They teased being more than that. By 2018, they were done, with Perry's feud with Music/TaylorSwift being a sideplot side-plot to her split with Rihanna.
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->''When the sun shines we'll shine together\\
Told you I'll be here forever\\
Said I'll always be a friend\\
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end\\
Now that it's raining more than ever\\
Know that we'll still have each other\\
You can stand under my umbrella''
-->-- '''"Umbrella"'''
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Told you I'll be here
Said I'll always be a
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the
Now that it's raining more than
Know that we'll still have each
You can stand under my
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* SheIsAllGrownUp: Her image over the years.
* ShesGotLegs: She tends to wear outfits that show off her long toned yet shapely legs.
* ShesGotLegs: She tends to wear outfits that show off her long toned yet shapely legs.
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* ShesGotLegs: She tends to wear outfits that show off her long toned yet shapely legs.
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+ Music/{{Madonna}}, Music/WhitneyHouston, Music/MariahCarey, Music/BobMarley, Music/JanetJackson, Music/{{Beyonce}}, Music/DestinysChild, Music/{{Aaliyah}}, Music/FefeDobson, Music/GraceJones, Music/LilKim, Music/{{Brandy}}
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+ Music/{{Madonna}}, Music/WhitneyHouston, Music/MariahCarey, Music/BobMarley, Music/JanetJackson, Music/{{Beyonce}}, Music/DestinysChild, Music/{{Aaliyah}}, Music/FefeDobson, Music/GraceJones, Creator/GraceJones, Music/LilKim, Music/{{Brandy}}
