Rihanna's new single Stay

Rihanna's new single Stay will be available to download on the 7th January 2013, and I have to admit I am loving it. The Barbadian star has not thrilled me in a while - with latest dance track singles such as We Found Love ( high end production and little vocal talent or skill) But, it was did well in the charts and after a few hearings it grew on me too. Unfortunately, after the hundredth time on the radio it began to bore me and like most over played songs, made me want to turn the channel over.

Diamonds,  her other latest single was also hit, and again I liked it. But, it didn't make me want to play it again and again at home whilst I was washing up or instead of doing that long overdue essay. Stay for the first time in a while excited me. It's a slow song, the lyrics actually have meaning, and her vocals are at last shining again.

I especially like these lyrics:

Ohhh the reason I hold on
Ohhh cause I need this hole gone
Funny you're the broken one but I'm the only one who needed saving
Cause when you never see the light it's hard to know which one of us is caving

Nice use of rhyme, and the piano riff is simple but effective,. She is stripped back and raw, just like the old says with Unfaithful.

Here is a clip as she sung it on the X Factor finals last Saturday evening on ITV1 followed by We Found Love.  No matter what people say, you cannot deny she is a versatile artist, she sells records and gets the crowds going.

What do you think about her new single?

Rhianna and Ashton Kutcher fling?

New hot couple?

Rihanna has been spotted entering Ashton's house around 12am and leaving around 4am. It is rumoured that they have had an 'eight week fling'. The Sun have revealed a 'source', saying that she think Ashton is 'Funny and cute' Hmm, not too sure if this is true, but it doesn't surprise me, I think they made quite a good couple, even f he is still married to Demi Moore.

34 year old Ashton Kutcher cheated on Demi Moore, and she filed for a divorce November 2011, after nearly six years of marriage. Demi was hospitalized in January, when she collapsed in her home. I am not sure if this is a 'close friendship' that has formed between 24 year old singer and two and a half men actor, or whether love is blossoming?

Read more here

Rihanna's Raunchy performance on Jonathan Ross Show

Rhianna gave a steamy performance of Talk That Talk last Saturday on ITV The Jonathan Ross Show. Dressed head to toe in 'BOY' a London collection brand.  Her interview was amusing as she tried to teach Jonathan how to speak Bajan. Rihanna quoted her homeland in Barbados as "paradise" and says it will always be her home. As Ross called her a "sex pot", Rihanna said her dancing was a cultural thing. This is so true. Us reserved Brits aren't brought up with natural rhythm and the provocative moves that are learnt from birth in the Carribean.

Rihanna is also starring in a movie this year, which is called Battleship. The star is stripped of makeup (well, let's just say she looks very different!) and her hair is au-naturel, and very short.

Rihanna in 2012's Battleship movie

Click here if you want to know more.

At the end of the show, as promised earlier by Ross himself (not for the faint hearted) Rihanna sang whilst swaying her hips in a short skirt, and then proceeded to dance in front of Jonathon Ross down stage whilst Ross covered his eyes.

Watch the clip:

Another artist on the show, was soul legand Lionel Richie, who also gave a live performance. Lionel, who was full of energy and as always charismatic, performed the classic hit, Easy. In his interview he talks about his upcoming duet album, Tuskegee, where he has collaborated with country artists such as Kenny Rogers, and even Shania Twain on his original tracks. This will be released on the 26th March.

Watch the clip:

If you are a fan of Lionel (who isn't?) and you love a bit of country like me, go to his website: http://lionelrichie.com/ where you can pre-order the album.

Rihanna's You Da One Provocative video

Rhianna's new single You Da One now has a video, and it's rather provocative. The second single to be released from her latest album Talk that Talk was filmed in Hackney, East London.

The new mostly black an white video features Blonde Rihanna wearing a skin tight leopard print outfit, and is often seen touching herself leather outfits and A Clockwork Orange style bowler hat. Once again she is also seen smoking. Such a good influence on all those girls out there, eh? You have got to love her though, anyway.

Here is the video, enjoy:

Rihanna receives Racism in Portugal

Rhianna performed in Portugal over the weekend where a man racially insulted her, and she vanished from stage mid-song to vomit.

Rhianna fought back when she wrote on twitter:

Unbelievable. She also tweeted that 'Portugal was legendary !! I ran off stage to throw up halfway thu Whats My Name..made it back juuust in time for rude boy"

Here is a clip of her singing What's My Name?, at Lisbon's Atlantico Arena on the 17th December, going off stage about 1.55 minutes to throw up. The 23 year old said she was feeling unwell during the concert, but its been said that the star is partying too hard, and was even admitted to hospital. Some are even saying she is pregnant! Can we really believe the papers? She probably just had the flu, and I'm sure the racist idiot didn't help matters.

Rihanna on X Factor with F word shoes

Rihanna performed her new single, 'We found love' on Sunday night's X Factor show wearing a conservative tartan school outfit, but what we could see is her shoes, which said 'Fuck off''.

To see more pictures click here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2064000/X-Factor-2011-Rihanna-rocks-naughty-schoolgirl-look-We-Found-Love-performance.html

The singer caused 4,500 complaints last year, along with Christina Aguilera because of their raunchy performances and skimpy outfits. So, this year it was obvious Rihanna was forced to tone her image down, but her shoes, which weren't visible to the camera from afar, were a blatant message to Ofcom.

I personally loved her last years performance, and this is how they dance in her home country. Us Brits are way too conservative sometimes. Anyway, Rihanna still gave the audience a brief peak of her stockings she wore underneath, and soon realized her provocative pose and re arranged the way she was kneeling. I found this quite humorous.

Overall the performance was pretty weak, and she seemed to be more focused on the dancing than the actual singing. I love Rihanna, and I am beginning to like this song, but wasn't entirely satisfied with her vocals which came in and out with the backing track they played along with her. It certainly wasn't the best performance:

Last years performance of 'What's my name' was much more thrilling, and she looked much curvier too. How much weight has she actually lost?

I found this article quite funny too, as Pixie Lott says she couldn't go down the Bajan's star "raunchy route".
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3943208/I-couldnt-do-X-rated-like-Rihanna-what-would-Grandad-think.html