seems like a weird choice for a single tho.
Seems pretty obviously an attempt to capitalize on some Gotye hangover. I don't think this will have a ton of top 40 success, but it's definitely one of those THIS IS DEEP AND MEANS SOMETHING TO ME songs for teenagers.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:16 (eleven years ago) link
the whole album is pretty downtempo compared to other Rihanna records (maybe even Rated R?), so it kinda figures that this would be the time that they'd venture a piano ballad single for the first time since "Unfaithful" (which this is at least way way better than)
― BIG REUSS aka the fun.driver (some dude), Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
I was thinking Adele, rather than Gotye.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:23 (eleven years ago) link
I'll put Music of the Sun up with GGGB and Unapologetic. It's kind of a perfect Caribbean-pop trifle in a way.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:24 (eleven years ago) link
A little of both maybe? The duet reminds me of Gotye, the accompaniment is all Adele.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:25 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i get nothing Gotye out that other than 'for the first time ever, white boys can help Rihanna dominate pop radio'
― BIG REUSS aka the fun.driver (some dude), Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:34 (eleven years ago) link
out of that
yea as far as downtempo goes Stay is leaps and bounds ahead of Diamonds and Unfaithful jeez louise
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:50 (eleven years ago) link
both of those songs are like jackhammers in your brain
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:51 (eleven years ago) link
'for the first time ever, white boys can help Rihanna dominate pop radio'
please
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjFam_dQL85wCHZVi3jd-TCcUxhtItAFozAI5Of2W9AdByjbiEtA
― The Reverend, Thursday, 14 February 2013 07:20 (eleven years ago) link
eh i meant as performers obv
― BIG REUSS aka the fun.driver (some dude), Thursday, 14 February 2013 11:58 (eleven years ago) link
lol
well idk i kinda like this song actually, it sounded 'right' when i first heard it on the radio on a cold night
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
totally
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
One thing I've noticed about Rihanna as a singer is that she has started emoting more convincingly as she's gotten older; I cringe to think of what she would have done to this song had it come out at the same time as "Unfaithful".
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
it would have been very sad :(
and yes i've heard people comment similarly about her recent performances
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
she's pretty fantastic on "Loveeeeeee Song" imo
― weed, tumblr whites and wein (some dude), Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
ur pretty fantastic
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
ur pretty
― The Reverend, Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
thx surm happy valentine's day
― weed, tumblr whites and wein (some dude), Thursday, 14 February 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
blushin
― surm, Thursday, 14 February 2013 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
favourite riri album for me is a tossup between GGGB and Rated R, Loud and Talk that talk both had shining moments but felt tossed off and lazy. Everything I read about this album made it sound even lazier + i guess i still find the whole chris brown thing pretty icky, but then I listened to "stay" about four times yesterday so now i don't even know.
― monotony, Thursday, 14 February 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
vin diesel is feeling "stay"
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4256755106383&set=vb.89562268312&type=2&theater
― weed, tumblr whites and wein (some dude), Friday, 15 February 2013 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
haha wtf
― skeet-skeet-gate (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 15 February 2013 04:27 (eleven years ago) link
totally come round to "pour it up" now, her delivery is fucking amazing
i want a video asap
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 18 March 2013 09:12 (eleven years ago) link
she sounds so...sober
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 18 March 2013 09:13 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know where this should go, because there a million Rihanna threads, but this is so good I have no problem linking to bu**feed.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/a-rihanna-meet-greet-vs-an-avril-lavigne-meet-greet
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 May 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
yeah that was pretty hysterical
― some dude, Monday, 5 May 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
those rihanna pictures are so beautiful!like richard renaldi portraits, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117208/touching-strangers-richard-renaldi-surprisingly-moving
― schlump, Monday, 5 May 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
awesome
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Monday, 5 May 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
is Rihanna way taller than I realized?
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Monday, 5 May 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I had the same though. I'd always assumed she was kind of short(ish) for some reason, but perhaps not.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 May 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
she's 5'8" and always in heels, so
― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Monday, 5 May 2014 21:09 (ten years ago) link
orchestral "pour it up" <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLcjTzDsJnc
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 09:53 (nine years ago) link