Line #3 Music/WeFoundLove


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3	->''"It's like you're screaming, and no one could hear. You almost feel ashamed that someone could be that important, that without them, you feel like nothing. No one will ever understand how much it hurts. You feel hopeless, like nothing can save you. Then when it's over, then it's gone, you almost wish you could have all that bad stuff back, so that you could have the good…"''
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5	"We Found Love" is a 2011 single by Music/{{Rihanna}} and Music/CalvinHarris. Released as the first cut from her album ''Talk That Talk'', its music video was directed by Rihanna's frequent collaborator, Melina Matsoukas. It's widely believed that the visuals were partially inspired by the singer's highly publicized relationship with Music/ChrisBrown.
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7	The video has received high critical praise, earning comparisons to Creator/DannyBoyle's magnum opus ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' for its depiction of Rihanna and English boxer Dudley O'Shaughnessy as a couple in a drug-fuelled MasochismTango. It went on to win the 2012 [[UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward Video Music Awards]] for Video of the Year, as well as garnering additional nominations for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video. In the decade since its release, it's garnered nearly a billion views on Website/{{Youtube}}.
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9	You can watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg00YEETFzg here]].
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12	!! "We Found Love" contains examples of:
13	* CreatorCameo: Music/CalvinHarris, [[RecordProducer who produced the song]], is shown [=DJing=] during a party scene.
14	* DizzyCam: Used to show Rihanna and Dudley ''literally'' spinning out of control while high.
15	* DramaticThunder: Utilized after the OpeningNarration.
16	* LoveIsADrug: The music video, directed by Melissa Matsoukas, depicts two lovers are in an unsustainable relationship based on passion and drugs, more like an addiction than a healthy interest.
17	* MasochismTango: The relationship between Rihanna and her beau is passionate but stormy.
18	* NonNudeBathing: A few scenes have the couple sitting in a half-full bathtub with their clothes on.
19	* OpeningNarration: One courtesy of English model Agyness Deyn, though many have assumed it's actually Rihanna herself, pulling off a [[FakeBrit fake British accent]].
20	* ReflectiveEyes: At one point in the video, Dudley's eye shows a reflection of Rihanna screaming.
21	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Rihanna ultimately leaves Dudley, at the end of the video.
22	* ShoutOut: The look (and themes) of the video seems to borrow heavily from ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'', ''Film/RequiemForADream'' and ''Series/{{Skins}}''.
23	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Dudley O'Shaughnessy, Rihanna's love interest in the video, is an ''obvious'' stand-in for Chris Brown.
24	* TitleOnlyChorus: "We found love in a hopeless place" in the song's hook.
25	* VomitIndiscretionShot: An odd example; at one point in the video, [[MindScrew Rihanna vomits ribbons]].

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