look @ the picture above, do you see the change or is it just me? ithink when an artist explores their dark side, their is nothing wrong with that, only because its true; each & every individual on earth has a dark side, no matter how "Good" or "Proper" they portray themselves to be. so when Rihanna came out with "Good Girl Gone Bad" in the summer of 07' pple loved it, loved it so much it went multi-platinum, she found her niche & theirs nothing wrong with that. but as the years progressed, we saw Rihanna in maddddddddddddd tabloid pictures, her image was getting somewhat darker & darker. now idont want anyone to confuse me criticizing her the wrong way, because this is probably just how she feels, just like the kid you knew in school for five years turned emo, shit happens. what im trying to get @ is the fact that when she explored her dark side the first time, their was nothing wrong with it. Now she's depicting it even STRONGER & she's singing it in her new song "Russian Roulette." for those of you that don't know what "Russian Roulette" means, (its a potentially lethal game of chance in which participants place a single round in a revolver, spin the cylinder, place the muzzle against their head and pull the trigger. "Russian" refers to the supposed country of origin of the game and roulette to the element of risk-taking and the spinning of the revolver's cylinder being reminiscent of spinning a roulette wheel.) the song title itself is alarming, but the picture is what is triggering pple. she is depicted with barbed wire around her torso & her hand seems to be hanging from a rusty chain. i'm confused, ithought that when Rihanna "Re-Emerged" she was coming back to be a role model for young girls who also have been in domestic violence relationships. anyway, my personal opinion is that Rihanna doesn't necessarily have to change who she is, because we have the right to believe in whatever we want. (incase you've lived under a rock, we do have hatred groups out there ex. KKK & pple that don't believe in god ex. Atheists) but what ido feel is that she should be more aware of what she is portraying to the public, because she does have little girls looking up to her, so do you want them growing up playing a game of "Russian Roulette"? doesn't matter what you think of her talent etc. because @ the end of the day her words mean just as much to the average person as Jay-Z's words would, she is definitely a powerful force in our society today. icould listen to the song over a million times & never think about any type of suicidal thoughts, but their are people out there who are very easily influenced by the media today, & those are the kids that are gonna follow in any celebrities footsteps because they are just that vulnerable. being an artist today doesn't mean you just do whatever you want, in my opinion you have to think about your fans first, & if a girl kills herself, then her mom goes on ABC News & says "She was playing a game of Russian Roulette" then what?
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