June 2008 Luire Magazine. Courtesy of Rihanna Fever:

June 2008 Company Magazine. Scanned by and courtesy of Jess from Nicole’s Magic:

June 2008 Luire Magazine. Courtesy of Rihanna Fever:

June 2008 Company Magazine. Scanned by and courtesy of Jess from Nicole’s Magic:

Rihanna: “Take a Bow.” Another instant #1 and a song that completely dominated the iTunes singles chart up until that American Idol finale. This is one of those awful tacked-on ripoff tracks on a forthcoming special edition of Rihanna’s album, but unlike most of those shady bonus-tracks, this one can hang with just about anything on the rest of the album. I’ve never much liked Rihanna’s ballads because her voice is too icy and hard-edged to tackle anything resembling actual human emotion; she’s generally a whole lot better off with robotic dance-pop. “Take a Bow” works, though, because it the wronged-woman sentiment at its hard couldn’t be more cruelly expressed. “You’re so ugly when you cry,” she sniffs on the first verse, before sarcastically applauding whatever big speech the guy is giving her. She lets a few vague glints of humanity creep through (”Don’t tell me you’re sorry when you’re not / Baby, when I know you’re only sorry you got caught”), and there’s a subtly regretful undercurrent running through the thing, but this whole thing is basically what you don’t want to ever hear from a girlfriend. The track is one of these gleamingly professional and satisfying Ne-Yo/Stargate things, but the stately piano-and-strings construction doesn’t even has that vaguely comforting acoustic guitar running through it the way “Irreplaceable” did. Rihanna, meanwhile, sounds more confident every day; it’s fun watching her turn into an honest-to-God star. 7.6

Source: The Village Voice

Rihanna: “Take a Bow.” Another instant #1 and a song that completely dominated the iTunes singles chart up until that American Idol finale. This is one of those awful tacked-on ripoff tracks on a forthcoming special edition of Rihanna’s album, but unlike most of those shady bonus-tracks, this one can hang with just about anything [...]

Rihanna makes it a transatlantic double: just a couple weeks after her song “Irreplaceable” “Take a Bow” hit No. 1 in the U.S., it has jumped to the top of the UK charts. Who knows if she’ll repeat the success of last summer’s “Umbrella” and take up residence there for 10 weeks?

Source: BBC America

Rihanna makes it a transatlantic double: just a couple weeks after her song “Irreplaceable” “Take a Bow” hit No. 1 in the U.S., it has jumped to the top of the UK charts. Who knows if she’ll repeat the success of last summer’s “Umbrella” and take up residence there for 10 weeks?
Source: BBC America

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As soon as pop superstar Rihanna heard a rough version of Take A Bow (written by singer -Ne-Yo) she knew it had to be hers. Not only was she attracted to the piano-led track about dealing with a cheating boyfriend (”It’s just such a great sassy song. It’s a feminist anthem. I just love songs that girls can see eye to eye with”) but it was also a topic that Rihanna herself could relate to.

“I’ve been cheated on. When I was young my boyfriend was unfaithful, it happens,” she told us.

We bet the guy concerned is still kicking himself.

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As soon as pop superstar Rihanna heard a rough version of Take A Bow (written by singer -Ne-Yo) she knew it had to be hers. Not only was she attracted to the piano-led track about dealing with a cheating boyfriend (”It’s just such a great sassy song. It’s a feminist anthem. I just love songs [...]

R+B star RIHANNA has hit out at fake people who want to befriend her because she’s famous – warning them she will uncover their true motives.

The Bajan beauty has had to fend of hoards of wannabe pals since the launch of her career in 2005, and is sick of fame-hungry lingerers trying to get close to her.

But the star has a secret weapon to discover if someone is a true pal – her “bull detector”.

She says, “I have a good bull detector, so I’m good at figuring out who is real and which people want to be my friend because of what I am versus who I am.”

And the star doesn’t believe in girls longing for a man to make their lives perfect – insisting women should control their own destinies.

She adds, “You shouldn’t depend on a guy to make your life better or good at all.”

R+B star RIHANNA has hit out at fake people who want to befriend her because she’s famous – warning them she will uncover their true motives.
The Bajan beauty has had to fend of hoards of wannabe pals since the launch of her career in 2005, and is sick of fame-hungry lingerers trying to get close [...]