Born in 1988 and making her musical mark with 'Pon De Replay' in 2005, Rihanna has risen to become one of the biggest music artists around.
Over the last 12 months, however, the publicity surrounding the violence she suffered at the hands of her then boyfriend, Chris Brown, have over-shadowed her musical success. However this week saw the release of her new album 'Rated R' which I have found to be fantastically edgy and, as someone who's been through a similar situation to hers, seems to be an album performed by a young woman who is reclaiming her identity, self-belief and inner strength from everyone, whether it be her ex or the media or the public at large, and then showing them that it's hers again and no one else’s.
The song that stuck in my head most from this album was 'Stupid In Love'. Possibly because it touched a nerve with me from my own personal experiences, but also because I know from my experience how honest the song is about how it feels when you're in the middle of that kind of situation. Though she didn't have any lyrical input on this track, I know how hard it is to write about these things when you've been in the situation. To talk about it is easier than writing about it as the words you stay are said and gone but written on paper makes it seem 'real' and that kind of thing is something you'd rather pretend to yourself was just a bad dream that will go away. Also, though the lyrics are written in a way that means they can suit other relationship circumstances, as someone who has an idea of where she's 'been', I can see how the words will speak volumes to anyone who's been in an abusive relationship very loudly.
So here's the song for you. Catch you all next week!
Rihanna - Stupid In Love
Stupid in love
Oh
Stupid in love
Let me tell you something
Never have I ever
Been a size 10
In my whole life
I left the engine running
I just came to see
What you would do if I
Gave you a chance
To make things right
So I made it
Even though Katy
Told me this would be nothing
But a waste of time
And she was right
Dont understand it
Blood on your hands
And still you insist
On repeatedly trying
To tell me lies
And I just dont know why
This is stupid
Im not stupid
Dont talk to me
Like Im stupid
I still love you
But I just cant do this
I may be dumb but
Im not stupid
My new nickname
Is you idiot
(Such an idiot)
Thats what my friends
Are calling me when
They see me yelling
Into my
Phone
They tell me let go
He is not the one
I thought I saw your potential
Guess thats what made me dumb
He dont want it
Not like you want it
Scheming and cheating
Oh girl, why do you
Waste your time
You know he aint right
Telling me this
I dont wanna listen
But you insist
On repeatedly trying
To tell me lies
And I just dont know why
This is stupid
Im not stupid
Dont talk to me
Like Im stupid
I still love you
But I just cant do this
I may be dumb but
Im not stupid
Trying to make this work
But you act like a jerk
Silly of me to keep
Holding on
But the dunce cap is off
You dont know what you lost
And you wont realize
Till Im gone, gone, gone
That I was the one
Which one of us
Is really done
Ooh
No
No
No
Im not stupid in love
This is stupid
Im not stupid
Dont talk to me
Like Im stupid
I still love you
But I just cant do this
I may be dumb but
Im not stupid
I may be dumb but
Im not stupid
In love
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