Only Girl (In the World)

This song. This video. It's just beautiful. What I really love is how obvious it is that Rihanna had a lot of fun in this video. She was strutting around and making all these funny faces. The filming was hazy pink, and it was also very repeat-y and choppy to go with the music. Her clothes were amazing, and the scenery was soooo beautiful. It reminds me of Nebraska when I drove through one time. The flowy fields with the craggly mountains and the flowers...it was wonderful looking. 

She wore this outfit when she was swinging on the large swing into the sky near the end of video, too.

 Her hair was so pretty in this.

She wore the sweater below in her "What's My Name" music video, also. 

The flowers moved with the beat and Rihanna's movements, which was very cool.

It's a great video, one of  her most memorable. You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa14VNsdSYM&ob=av3e

Where Have You Been (All My Life)

Can I just say that Rihanna's new music video blew my mind? Where Have You Been was just amazing. I was very happy that she decided to dance in this. I do hate all the comparisons to Beyonce though. They're black and they dance and so they're the same? I mean, they're both singers, but their styles are completely different, but everything I look at is all, "Rihanna took a page out of Beyonce's book". Shut up media people. They are different. And they are both amazing. And I love this music video, so there. A few pictures, because everything in this video was amazing:

When she started dancing I was so happy. And I love her clothes throughout this, especially this outfit. It's so colorful. 

I love all the different styles she goes through in this video, and I want her hair! I've always wanted an afro, but I'm white and Asian, among other things, so that would just look weird. 

This is beautiful cover art, and I like the flowers all around her. Again her hair changes, and Rihanna looks so pretty no matter what. 

I also like all the filming and effects they had, like when she multiplied. And the golden flecks around her face makes her look like Wonder Woman. It was so pretty, and just as detailed as all her other videos. I didn't realize this earlier, but she's made six albums in six years and hasn't taken a break. She came to America from Barbados, and she hasn't stopped. 

We Found Love (In a Hopeless Place)

Recently Vevo had a video battle to choose which Rihanna music video is the best. This is a horrible thing to do. It was basically like the Hunger Games. How can I choose? How, Vevo? Because I have three favorite videos of Rihanna's. That's a lie. Almost all of her videos are amazing. All of them are definitely very detailed and well thought out. My favorite is probably (drumsratatatatatatathisisadrumroll)

We Found Love! I just thought it was such a beautiful video. I was very moved. I like how it wasn't really a sunshine and rainbows video. Love often seems to be gritty and horrible most of the time. The filming is also really beautiful. I like how everything isn't glossed over a lot, and I like the use of flashing lights and designs to express emotion as well. 

It is kind of hazily filmed though, but I think that contributes to the feeling of being dragged under and the drug use that Rihanna and her team are going for.

Look. Drug use.

And you see here? Their love is not puppies and rainbows. It's selfish and it's painful, and they can't seem to get away from each other.

Note the distinct lack of puppies.

Her outfits are very cute, and they do a lot of cute things together, but the video also shows the fights and what is tearing them apart. The song seems really meaningless and upbeat when you first listen to it, but I think the video really helps show that it's a much deeper song. 

Here is the link to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg00YEETFzg&ob=av3e

And this is how Rihanna will look if you don't watch that video. Do it.