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[–]greggersraymer 287 points288 points ago

Is there a video of her actually saying this? This whole discussion is based on a picture that someone added some text to.

[–]hardcrocodile 58 points59 points ago

It's more paraphrased, but yeah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZoIoOnAePs

[–][deleted] 46 points47 points ago

ive never heard her in an interview before. she sounds like an idiot

[–]Rocky_Whore 44 points45 points ago

It's an accent.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points ago

actually i was referring to the valley girlness in the way she talks. caught me off guard

[–]slicedbreddit 197 points198 points ago

I'm at work so can't watch youtube videos, but the only source I can find for her discussing the deep lyrics of her songs is this article about "Love the Way You Lie" - if this is the original source, then the OP's post is a bit misleading, because a) it is actually a pretty powerful song, and b) she never claims to have written the lyrics herself.

But who knows, I may just be a defensive Rihanna lover.

Edit - HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS. this comment below identifies the source of the referenced quote.

[–]sfurules 40 points41 points ago

[–]xodus112 14 points15 points ago

The funny thing is she didn't even write those lyrics. Skylar Grey did but Eminem replaced her with Rihanna because she's a bigger name. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGVGove7IsI

[–]Skitrel 14 points15 points ago

Rihanna doesn't claim to have written them though, so that's irrelevant. You don't have to write lyrics to find them deep or personally upsetting if they resonate with you.

[–]kwaldron3313 26 points27 points ago

This is the whole interview she is talking about her album Rated R, which yes "Rude Boy" is on but she is clearly talking about other tracks than that.

[–]Tehkaiser 26 points27 points ago

I remember hearing a radio interview where someone in the business went over how these songs are all done... It's something like:

  • Pay ~$20,000 to a guy to compose a bunch of melodies and artist chooses one

  • Pay ~$20,000 to a guy to write a bunch of lyric sets that go with the selected melody and artist chooses one

  • Artist performs song and it's recorded after extremely minor lyrical editing/ad libbing for writing credit, etc...

  • Song post production, song is fixed for pitch/tone errors, etc.

Total cost is at about ~$100,000 for song production so far

  • Manager (or whatever) goes out and pitches the song to all the radio broadcasters, brings them out to fancy restaurants and essentially sucks their dicks dry until they'll put the song out on their channels

Total cost usually exceeds ~$1,000,000 after this step (The majority of the cost...)

  • Music video is made, minor cost

And this is why I hate the shit out of radio music, because apparently ~90% of it is produced this way. Likely ~100% in the hip-hop genre.

Edit: Sorry, it was an article, and here it is (does have an audio clip though): http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/05/137530847/how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-a-hit-song

[–]387245 1 point2 points ago

She said it in an interview for a magazine or something. It was brought up last time this picture (or one almost identical) was posted.

[–]smartzie 1 point2 points ago

I tried to watch a different interview with her before and yes, she does say bullshit stuff like that. I couldn't watch for long. EDIT: typo

[–]sawman160 281 points282 points ago

Because clearly, from the context, this MUST be the song she was talking about

[–]BearBus 31 points32 points ago

Textbook Strawman

[–]rnjbond 194 points195 points ago

BREAKING NEWS: Reddit hates pop culture.

More on this phenomenon every five seconds on /r/funny and /r/askreddit and /r/todayilearned and every other subreddit

[–]swaggalikemoi 15 points16 points ago

people who hate popular things are very special people darren

[–]Lodur 11 points12 points ago

What's funny is that a lot of her songs can have deeper meaning if you actually take a few seconds to analyze them. Same with a few of her videos, I think the best example was S&M.

But -everyone- missed the fucking point and said it was porn, to where I realized that if you have a nice set of tits in video then the shit we learned in high school english is immediately thrown out the window.

The fuck guys, some of her shit is deeper than you think. And even the best of artists make goofy or superficial songs.

[–]jezza24 6 points7 points ago

deep

[–]commandakeen 8 points9 points ago

how deep?

[–]KingTalkieTiki 5 points6 points ago

Deeper than Atlantis

[–]physicsishotsauce 4 points5 points ago

all the way in!

[–]DUCK_CUNT 6 points7 points ago

Balls

[–]AlphaRedditor 798 points799 points ago

"I'mma make you my bitch. Cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake... "

The woman is a lyrical wordsmith of the highest order.

[–]DBuckFactory 13 points14 points ago

You can pull shitty lyrics from most bands that are considered great. This is a stupid argument.

[–]MarcusGunn 375 points376 points ago

She writes exactly zero of her songs IIRC.

Edit: checked wikipedia. I do recall correctly.

[–]Jackstick 208 points209 points ago

Is this the Wikipedia page you checked?

"Rihanna" is her middle name. She appears in the writer credits as "Robyn Fenty", quite frequently.

Not a fan of Rihanna, just a fan of facts.

[–]SyntheticDiz 62 points63 points ago

You should make a novelty account named Fan_of_Facts and spread your correcting goodness all over Reddit! It would be fantastic to watch smug Redditors fall from their pedestal. ^

[–]SimplyBretterson 10 points11 points ago

But that's what everybody does on Reddit anyway...

[–]iambetterthanu 629 points630 points ago

That is probably why she is crying. The Lyrics are so deep she doesn't understand them

[–]haux 166 points167 points ago

Long words leave a simple girl confused.

[–]surroundedbypenguins 179 points180 points ago

Just sound them out, ela ela ela.

[–]DontCallMeNeilSedaka 76 points77 points ago

AY AY AY

[–]Blitch 25 points26 points ago

Under surroundedbypenguins umbrella.

[–]Insignificant_Being 2 points3 points ago

Nothing can get better than this.

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[–]POSTS_GIFS 40 points41 points ago

[–]Sopps 16 points17 points ago

Well she breaks down while recording because she is hearing the lyrics for the first time.

[–]_oogle 26 points27 points ago

EDIT: She's actually listed as a co-writer on a grand total of...9 songs.

EDIT 2: Apparently 29 songs.

[–]Jackstick 70 points71 points ago

Were you looking at this list?

Check it again. Her real name is Robyn Fenty.

Not a fan of Rihanna, just a fan of facts.

[–]username_was_taken 27 points28 points ago

For better or worse, co-writer is a very loose term.

[–]TCSHE8 23 points24 points ago

Actual artist: "Hey Rhi-Rhi, check out this song that I just wrote for you. Is it ok? Sony and everyone else already tweaked it to the point of non-recognition; all you have to do is hum for 2 minutes and say the words 'love' and 'oh na-na-na' a couple times a minute." Rhianna: "K" E News!: "Rhianna produces her first single since the fight between (said boy A) and Chris Brown!! Her blatant use of the word 'love' could mean she's falling for (Chris or said boy A). More on that in a minute!"

[–]lofty29 16 points17 points ago

Co-writer means she sat in the producer's studio while they were making the song. Doesn't mean she had any input whatsoever.

[–]talontario 1 point2 points ago

Frank Sinatra wrote exactly zero of his songs IIRC.

[–]maccabeus 1 point2 points ago

270 points for a blatant lie. gg reddit.

[–]bwaxxlo 219 points220 points ago

I love how reddit likes to use the same techniques as any other misinformed group. Now, I don't give two shits about Rihanna but you just used a very selective reasoning. For all we know, she might have been talking about any song that she's written/sang. Ever listen to a song called "Unfaithful" by her, where she talks about how she knew things weren't going to work out with her bf and she could see the end of the tunnel? Perfect and reasonable lyrics to cry to. You chose to talk about a song that was clearly gibberish.

[–]stevejohn 83 points84 points ago

"Na na na na-na-na na na-na-na na hey Jude."

lol The Beatles suck!

[–]bwaxxlo 9 points10 points ago

Dude, you're my hero. Exactly what I was going to add. Nearly all musicians produce crappy records. It's a matter of what percentage of your music is considered crappy. For all I care, Beatles can be regarded as the One Direction of the 60s!

[–]MrsBenzedrine7152 42 points43 points ago

Good to know I wasn't the only one shaking my head at this

[–]Blitch 2 points3 points ago

I think we are all reading "deep" the wrong way.

[–]AintMilkBrilliant 25 points26 points ago

Yeah..but what about the karma!!!!

[–]mocotazo 28 points29 points ago

"I'mma make you my bitch. Cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake... " The woman is a lyrical wordsmith of the highest order.

She loves you, yeah yeah yeah

She loves you, yeah yeah yeah

She loves you, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Do you really want to start cherrypicking lyrics?

[–]rmhawesome 1 point2 points ago

I'm no fan of Rihanna's, but that's the most retarded argument I've ever seen. Do you seriously expect every artist to have amazingly insightful lyrics to every song?

[–]victoryrock 109 points110 points ago

I'am not a huge Rihanna fan myself. But I'am going to have to go out disagree with this post. Some of her lyrics are fairly deep. The author quoted one obnoxious line from a song of hers. It's kind of unfair some of the snap judgements people are making towards her because of it. My two cents.

[–]PrimeIntellect 2 points3 points ago

True, I think most people here have never really dug deep to write lyrics before. It gets pretty emotional when you try and turn the most difficult parts of your life into short rhyming phrases that you have to expose to strangers and record over and over. I mean, obviously she writes mostly dance and club music which isn't going to have meaningful , deep lyrics (and shouldn't) but that doesn't mean that for her other sappy stuff about her love life she isn't going to have to conjure up the times she's been cheated on, family has died, etc.

just because she's not a Oxford professor of english literature doesn't mean she doesn't have emotional responses to life's hardships.

[–]MrRabbit 1330 points1331 points ago

Believe it or not, she has released more than 3 songs. Some are whimsical, and some explore deeper issues.

Crazy, I know.

[–]underdabridge 220 points221 points ago

It's true. She's made a big difference in my life. Milli Vanilli just told me to blame it on the rain. It wasn't until Rihanna that someone bothered to tell me about umbrellas.

[–]Fauster 66 points67 points ago

A female friend loves the lyrics of "rude boy" because it objectifies male genitalia; she thinks it's a feminist parody of rap.

[–]thezhgguy 12 points13 points ago

That's exactly what the song is. Kudos to your friend for realizing that sometimes, there's more to a song than what you'd think.

[–]Durka09 16 points17 points ago

Then adele set it on fire?

[–]KopOut 28 points29 points ago

She seems to release more than 3 songs a week.

[–]Eustis 92 points93 points ago

Corollary: Rihanna, like many other pop artists, probably thinks her "hit"¹ songs are shitty and just produces them because her managers tell her to and she gets a lot of money when she makes them..

¹Not a Chris Brown reference, unless you think that's funny. In which case, it was.

[–]fertehlulz 31 points32 points ago

What is this nonsense, adding annotations to your reddit comment? This should be a thing. I move that this should be a common Reddit usage of the superscript function. All those in favor?

"I have lots of1 friends"

1no, [forever alone]

[–]Eustis 10 points11 points ago

It really ties the comment together.

[–]WHYWOULDYOUEVENARGUE 48 points49 points ago

Reddit - We base our judgment on one sentence.

[–]S1ayer 313 points314 points ago

Even the most serious lyrics sound silly when sung through an autotune program.

[–]ByJiminy 345 points346 points ago

Someone should tell that to Bon Iver.

[–]noimnotmrcolbert 23 points24 points ago

Who the fuck is Bonny Bear?

[–]dmoore777 37 points38 points ago

Woods by Justin Vernon

I'm up in the woods

I'm down on my mind

I'm building a still

To slow down the time

[–]AlexEmway 16 points17 points ago

I'm lost in the wooooooorld!

[–]POTATO_ANAL_ETC 6 points7 points ago

Good ass song though.

[–]muffinmonk 5 points6 points ago

It was also a remix in Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Always gave me a chill listening to it.

[–]Gwohl 54 points55 points ago

And James Blake.

[–]goddamnsam 47 points48 points ago

you know, autotune can be used well. i'll probably get a bunch of shit for this, but kanye was able to make a pretty interesting balance of both robotic-sounding yet oddly human vocal effects on 808s and heartbreak with autotune. here's a pretty good example.

people used to call the synthesizer a "fake" instrument and condemned it as "unartistic" when it first came out. that opinion has basically completely subsided at this point as many talented musicians and many amazing songs have been made with them.

[–]Floom101 10 points11 points ago

I point anyone who says Kanye isn't an amazing artist toward 808s. Incredible album.

[–]thegreatuke 2 points3 points ago

You point them to 808s and not MBDTF? Interesting choice.

[–]KnifeyJames 2 points3 points ago

808s has been out longer so he's probably had more opportunities to recommend it.

[–]Taylor--Swift 84 points85 points ago

If she uses autotune at all, it's rare. She has a decent live voice (pitch and key-wise, I'm not really a fan of her actual voice).

[–]Gimmereddit 69 points70 points ago

You obviously didn't see her SNL performance. It was fuck all awful.

[–]Taylor--Swift 209 points210 points ago

Pretty much all SNL performances are awful because they broadcast the line-in mix that they use for the live audience instead of creating two mixes, one for the live audience and one for the TV audience. This is why the vocals are always way too loud compared to the instruments. Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine has an amazing voice, yet on SNL it sounded awful. Arcade Fire is a prime example of this too, they're great live but their SNL performance sounded like garbage.

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points ago

I want to see Tom Waits on SNL. He's going to sound awesome no matter what they fuck up.

[–]mrbriancomputer 4 points5 points ago

Linking up the Lazy. Warning, It's Rihanna. I was expecting worse, but the mix sounded fine to me.

[–]Staplingdean 81 points82 points ago

You should know, because you're Taylor Swift.

[–]Thewhitebread 38 points39 points ago

[–]tupacnn 16 points17 points ago

which one of you assholes keep up voting these unfunny remarks about user names?

[–]PaulWeiner 42 points43 points ago

Aren't you dead?!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

This isn't autotuned and it's a lot more serious than her other songs.

[–]ToxtethOGrady 23 points24 points ago

Wait, but then how will we be able to keep believing that pop music is automatically less worthy of respect than the music we like?

[–]Einmensch 12 points13 points ago

I have friends that are exactly like that and it annoys the shit out of me. Granted there are a lot of pop songs that I don't like, and many that I think are just stupid, but they dismiss anything that's popular and/or rap/hip hop as crap without listening.

[–]Crazy_likeafox 19 points20 points ago

Not trying to be facetious here, but can you give an example? Off the top of my head I can't think of any.

[–]ramsay_baggins 34 points35 points ago

Rehab, Unfaithful, Love The Way You Lie... there are more.

[–]AlbinoSnowman 14 points15 points ago

I think "Man Down" is loaded with emotion.

[–]sentimentalpirate 25 points26 points ago

Love the Way You Lie is almost tear-jerking even for people that haven't been in abusive relationships. I can definitely see her having trouble recording that one. The music video is pretty powerful.

[–]theislandking 5 points6 points ago

Man Down hits me on a personal level. So, no, her music isn't entirely about Umbrellas or S&M

[–]radiofire90 2 points3 points ago

Epitome of selective perception.

[–]HOW_BIG_IS_YOUR_DICK 149 points150 points ago

This post is ridiculous. The quote is clearly taken out of context of one particular lyric in one particular song... she has other music that is deeper and far more meaningful. Also, 'hate' seems a little strong just because OP's tastes don't jive with Rihanna's style. Come on.

[–]mrm3x1can 21 points22 points ago

And also take a look at OP's choice of words. He doesn't just simply get "sort of annoyed" or even "dislike" Rihanna for something like this. He "hates" her, HATES. Really OP? I don't even hate the person that stole my Gameboy back in the day.

TL;DR Rihanna is literally Hitler

[–]BonutDot 2 points3 points ago

You don't hate the guy who stole your gameboy? Sounds like there may be something wrong with you. It's ok to hate sometimes.

[–]bananamunchies 2 points3 points ago

Yep, this thread is idiotic just like the train of people who quick Googled "Rhianna shitty lyrics" and band-wagoned along. Reddit is a huge piece of shit sometimes.

[–]RandomActOfUpvotes 22 points23 points ago

I'm pretty sure she was talking about the song Love The Way You Lie Part 2. Whether you like her or not she is the survivor of domestic violence, the lyrics of the song might not be an exact representation of what she went through, it could have been very triggering to record that song. I only ask that you don't make fun of her or take her words out of context because we can't begin to pretend to know what she experienced.

[–]Cozmo23 328 points329 points ago

So lyrics about a man's penis are "Too deep" and leaving her in tears?

[–]GeneralWarts 160 points161 points ago

Now that it's deeper than ever
Know that I'll take your member
You can pound into my uvula
You can pound into my uvula

(Ula ula, ay ay ay)
Into my uvula
(Ula ula, ay ay ay)

[–]C0rocad 132 points133 points ago

It's funny because I'm not sure if these are real lyrics or you just made them up.

[–]nakedspacecowboy 111 points112 points ago

As if Rihanna has anything to do with writing the lyrics to her songs.

[–]RandomActOfUpvotes 5 points6 points ago

Just so you know she does. Robyn Fenty is her real name. She is credited as such.

[–]Serendipities 5 points6 points ago

Anyone know what song she was actually talking about?

[–]KanyeIsJesus 6 points7 points ago

I think there is a word for what you are doing here...I believe it's called cherry-picking. You do know most of her serious songs DON'T get popular, right? Pop audiences aren't generally fans of the odes to domestic violence.

[–]Iforgotmyother_name 29 points30 points ago

There are several of her songs that are very deep. This is a very flawed fallacy; associating an arbitrary statement with an arbitrary song.

Edit: I realize that "flawed fallacy" is a double negative. It's just a fallacy.

[–]davidvalb 13 points14 points ago

I agree. Isn't that what so many pop artists do? They sing about what they feel. Sometimes they're sad about Chris Brown punching them in the face or growing up poor in Bermuda, so they sing about it. Sometimes they just want to get drunk, have sex, and shake that ass, so they sing about it.

[–]LunaRosa 198 points199 points ago

[–]fanboy_killer 9 points10 points ago

Damn it, I clicked it hoping it was real!

[–]prose-before-hoes 38 points39 points ago

I'M MAKING IT A REAL SUB DAMMIT

EDIT: I MADE IT A REAL SUB DAMMIT r/unfunnycelebrityhate

[–]redpossum 89 points90 points ago

POP MUSIC SUCKS AMIRITE GUISE??

[–]salec1 104 points105 points ago

I can't believe 12 year old girls like music made for 12 year old girls and not British prog rock from 40 years ago!

[–]Frankeh 14 points15 points ago

Unless they are Juno.

[–]therearesomewhocallm 7 points8 points ago

I really hope that song was not written for 12 wear old girls...

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[–]sfurules 2 points3 points ago

As I posted earlier: I don't have to respect pop music. I don't. I never will.

But, god damn it, sometimes I just fucking like a song.

[–]nhsITworker 4 points5 points ago

I visited this hoping it was a real sub :(

[–]ToxtethOGrady 8 points9 points ago

[–]cock-a-doodle-doo 70 points71 points ago

I'm not a Rihanna fan, however I have heard 'Love The Way You Lie'.

Just because you can find songs from which the lyrics are not at all 'deep' is not a reason to ridicule her comment. One set of lyrics are rarely a reflection of the their career's work.

<rant over>

[–]sozza 2 points3 points ago

Exactly. And even if she did find that songs about cocks are so deep they bring her to tears, I don't really see why that would make someone feel hatred towards her?

[–]goooooogles 12 points13 points ago

Eminem wrote that one...

[–]TraMaI 20 points21 points ago

That doesn't mean they're any less deep or meaningful to her. She didn't say she had to stop writing because the lyrics left her in tears. She said she had to stop recording, she isn't inferring she wrote anything, even without context that this picture is clearly missing.

[–]goooooogles 2 points3 points ago

True, context is a big deal. I could show you similar quotes from Blink-182 and then cut to lyrics to "I Wanna Fuck A Dog In The Ass." I'd like to know which song she's referring to.

[–]OutlawJoseyWales 30 points31 points ago

Therefore rihanna can't find the lyrics deep and emotional.

[–]Arxl 4 points5 points ago

She also steals shit from other musicians. Hardly anything is original anymore.

[–]MammothMan34 30 points31 points ago

So you're saying songs about cake aren't deep?

Will someone PLEASE think of the frosting?!

[–]Lettertjes 3 points4 points ago

Frosting is superficial.

[–]ivtecdoyou 3 points4 points ago

Rumor has it Duff Goldman heard that song and still hasn't stopped crying.

[–]tomasziam 144 points145 points ago

Under ma umbrella. Ella. Eh. Eh. Eh.

sniff It's beautiful.

[–]Tont_Voles 144 points145 points ago

When there's sunshine we'll shine Together

Told you I'll be here forever

Said I'll always be your friend

Took an oath I'mma stick it out 'til the end

Now that it's raining more than ever

Know that we still have each other

You can stand under my umbrella

You can stand under my umbrella

....I think that's properly beautiful sentiment, y'know.

[–]Frankeh 29 points30 points ago

I'm with you on this. That's also a genuinely good song.

[–]alekxschneebeck 4 points5 points ago

Even though "We Found A Love" is super repetitive, the other part of the lyrics are actually really interesting. "Yellow diamonds in the light/ And we're standing side by side/ As your shadow crosses mine/ What it takes to come alive/

It's the way I’m feeling I just can't deny/ But I've gotta let it go/

We found love in a hopeless place." I don't like pop culture at all, but sometimes you gotta give them credit. If I read this out of context, I'd think it was poetry.

[–]hinduguru 55 points56 points ago

That I, I, I, I'm so hard

Ah yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm so hard

That I, I, I, I'm so hard

Ah yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm so hard

That I, I, I, I'm so hard

Ah yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm so hard

So hard, so hard, so hard, so hard

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[–]hinduguru 7 points8 points ago

I think I'm tearing already

[–]TheCuntDestroyer 17 points18 points ago

You'll love this one!

Here we go

(Oh) LA LA LA LA LA LA Yeah

(Oh) LA LA LA LA LA LA Uh

(Oh) LA LA LA LA LA LA

Rihanna

Oh LA Oh LA Oh LA Oh LA

(Oh) LA LA LA LA LA LA (Uh Huh) Yeah

(Oh) LA LA LA LA LA LA (OhOhOhOh) Sing it

(Oh) LA LA LA LA LA LA Come on

Oh LA Oh LA Oh LA Oh LA Oh

[–]ivtecdoyou 58 points59 points ago

Cut it out, I can't cry like this at work.

[–]cstonerun 60 points61 points ago

typical reddit elitism. assure yourself your taste is better than everyone else's, fap, and cry yourself to sleep.

[–]Nozkin 24 points25 points ago

But Radiohead is so obscure and deep!

[–]PartyTaco 12 points13 points ago

Hatred is like a hot coal in your hands, young MeLobsta. You think it's hurting your enemy, but it's only hurting yourself.

[–]AiKantSpel 7 points8 points ago

"Rude Boy" is actually a subliminal message about the african state of Cameroon. You'll even notice she is wearing the Cameroon flag colors.

Cameroon boy boy can you get it up?

[–]the_asker 4 points5 points ago

'Sometimes'. She knows where the money is, but has a wide artistic range.

[–]toyotaviejo 3 points4 points ago

People sure spend their hate liberally.

[–]junkimchi 4 points5 points ago

Submissions like these are actually why I hate Reddit sometimes. Small things taken out of context and blown up while we criticize others that we often have no understanding of.

[–]FattyMcPatty 4 points5 points ago

Couldn't care less about this. I just don't like how after being beaten by chris brown, she went and recorded a song with him. Way to send a positive message.

A few of her songs are catchy though

[–]dave300021 8 points9 points ago

Boooo! Rihanna is wonderful and quite talented even if she doesn't write her own music. Since when has that been the benchmark of talent? And who cares if the lyrics are deep or not? When nirvana first came out you couldn't even tell what cobain was saying half the time anyway, let alone how meaningful the words are. Hey hipsters, go take an honest look at the inane shit singer/songwriters say over their music. Certainly the are moments of brilliance, but for the most part pop musicians are just trying to cover up how repetitive the actual music is. The point is, who cares if it is meaningful if it is catchy and the performance is good/interesting? The genius of artists like Rihanna, Aretha, Cobain, whoever you like... Is that they make the ordinary, unexceptional seem special. What is magic in a talent's hands is crap in another's.

[–]asimovfan1 25 points26 points ago

If she doesn't take herself seriously, who will?!

[–]kedipult 9 points10 points ago

She is a pop artist, get over it. Hate is a strong word.

[–]apullin 2 points3 points ago

Pretty much every song from this new wave of black pop stars, or "blop stars" as I like to call them, has a super sexual tone to it, and it's all about "You can't good enough to fuck me but you can eat my pussy", and things of that nature.

[–]FiggerNucker101 4 points5 points ago

I hate her because she's a woman.

[–]cstonerun 4 points5 points ago

hahaha REDDIT!!!

[–]LouSpudol 7 points8 points ago

That and the fact that she continues to work with and speak to Chris Brown after he beat the shit out of her and put her in the hospital....portrays a really good image to girls/women.

[–]wtfmanquestionmark 7 points8 points ago

It's the artist complex. They feel what they are doing is more powerful and necessary that it really is.

[–]Romito55 5 points6 points ago

Am i the only one who noticed this is a repost?

[–]TWIZZLERZ911 6 points7 points ago

Come here repost, repost will you be deleted?

[–]manlydishwasher 4 points5 points ago

controversy in entertainment is big business, while sheep across the world consume it. These artists are made as corporations, they are chosen and modeled carefully, gives something to people to talk about, and Billions are made.

/next reddit headline.

[–]PeanutButterChicken 13 points14 points ago

Let's shit on things that other people like that we don't like!

[–]ohyeahmusic 10 points11 points ago

I think this is being taken out of context. Mehhh whatever.

[–]Taylor--Swift 10 points11 points ago

Of course it is. She wasn't actually talking about "Rude Boy." She was probably referring to one of her slower songs.

[–]DogCowMoof 6 points7 points ago

Imma let you finish but ohyeahmusic had the best comment this year

[–]ohyeahmusic 7 points8 points ago

The Internet is now mine.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

ITT: hipsters defending pop culture because hating on it is too mainstream.

[–]fosterroberts 22 points23 points ago

She doesn't even write her own songs. They gather twenty people who wear glasses and hoodies into a room, and force them to construct a mediocre yet catchy set of lyrics. And then they kill them all. And then they gather twenty mediocre musicians, and force them to construct a mediocre yet catchy tune. Then they kill them all. Don't you see? They hide all this from us? You guys just don't get it, do you? You remember when MTV stopped being music television? It stands for Murder Television! Don't you see? Do you see? Oh shit... Someone's knocking at my door....

EDIT: Wow, I don't know what I was talking about. I love that new Rihanna song, and you should, too!

[–]onederful 1 point2 points ago

what song was she specifically talking about???

[–]davidvalb 1 point2 points ago

While the vast majority of her songs are, in my opinion, awful, I think she has the right to be upset when singing (if you were to call it that) about things that traumatized her... even if it was weird that she cashed in on her domestic violence-themed lyrics just months after said incident.

[–]nothingpersnal 1 point2 points ago

I have to say, Some of the lyrics to her older songs are pretty good. See her song unfaithful. Saying that, her recent songs are complete shit in regards to lyrics.

[–]jane408 1 point2 points ago

She has other songs you know & i admit, some of them are deep. Don't just pick and choose.

[–]Cantgetmyoldname 1 point2 points ago

You hate her because you are not big enough to be her rude boy

[–]Eustis 1 point2 points ago

Rihanna, like many other pop artists, probably thinks her "hit"¹ songs are shitty and just produces them because her managers tell her to and she gets a lot of money when she makes them.. ¹Not a Chris Brown reference, unless you think that's funny. In which case, it was.

[–]bonermcface 1 point2 points ago

She is just 1 girl, only living life. A better life.

[–]staytaytay 1 point2 points ago

Though this is a particularly egregious example, I'm pretty sure this applies to basically all musicians

[–]MikkoMokki 1 point2 points ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp4UwPZfRis

Everyone seems to forget this song. Actually somewhat meaningful lyrics and quite well performed to boot

[–]deGT 1 point2 points ago

isn't hate a little too agressive for this matter?

[–]spambi 1 point2 points ago

She is the Bob Dylan of this generation.

[–]paskoww 1 point2 points ago

Oh my... no doubt she was speaking about those exact lyrics. I'm not a Rihanna fan, at all. But this pointless hate towards certain celebrities or groups here on Reddit is just plain stupid.

I don't know what kind of issues you have but you must be extremely jealous of Rihanna when you think you "hate" her, aside not knowing her.

[–]dawn_quixote 1 point2 points ago

She is actually referring to the song, "Hate That I Love You", but since reddit loves to hate Rihanna, carry on.

[–]Gargoyle_Cock 1 point2 points ago

Being dumb makes dumb lyrics sound smart.

[–]ADangerousMan 1 point2 points ago

holy shit, this entire thread is disgusting.

[–]TraMaI 1 point2 points ago

I'm assuming the context for this was for "Love the Way You Lie," her song with Eminem. The song happens to deal with an abusive spouse/significant other and you can imagine given her recent relationship with Chris Brown how that would be a bit tough to handle.

EDIT: To clarify, I don't even like Rihanna. Just not a fan of bullshit arguments without context.

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[–]TubaManBoy 1 point2 points ago

Nice try, Chris.

[–]laserspree 1 point2 points ago

"Oh Na Na, What's my name?" I'd cry too.

[–]Tranejam 1 point2 points ago

Pop, the music of simpletons.

[–]savingrain 1 point2 points ago

I have other reasons why I dislike her, mostly her exposure as a vapid cruel idiot on Twitter who will sic her fans on detractors to harass them, but I suspect this quote and that photo are taken out of context and she's talking about a different song.

[–]udradn[!] 1 point2 points ago

or when she ruins a classic from gil scott heron

[–]SSgtMunoz 1 point2 points ago

Fucking repost!

[–]GastricPigeon 1 point2 points ago

Rihanna is not an artist. I once got dragged to a concert of hers by my (ex) girlfriend. Basically, she stripped, put on different clothes, then stripped those off, then repeated that about 5 times. I've been to better concerts put on by local bands.

[–]veryangryivoteyou 1 point2 points ago

I believe that you misunderstood her meaning of "deep". It actually makes a lot of sense.

[–]rhymesyo 1 point2 points ago

I hope I'm not the only one who clicked the "Why the Illuminati killed Michael Jackson" link in the related videos...

[–]mjr4189 1 point2 points ago

She sucks.... I never hear anything from her except sex..... and she isn't even THAT hot.

[–]Blaculahunter 1 point2 points ago

Who cares? It's pop music...

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[–]4realthistime 1 point2 points ago

"I'm such a fucking lady" I heard that and I cringed.... She had a song that said 'we fell in love in a hopeless place' which seemed to have some merit, then fucked it RIGHT up with a stupid ass yellow diamonds in the light materialistic line that had no merit

Has she had a meaningful song since murderer?

Someone that listens to her in a regular basis provide it for the rest of us...

[–]Paxalot[!] 1 point2 points ago

Sometimes her skanky wardrobe was so inspiring that she had to choke back tears.

[–]Shampyon 1 point2 points ago

You hate her because she has songs of varying levels of emotional depth?

Time to discard music altogether, then.