According to Rihanna, “honesty is the ultimate liberation in life.” Moving forward from a point in her career where she says she had to “edit herself and not be too open,” the 23-year-old singer is now herself: “sassy, the attitude, all these things that I am.”
Rihanna’s latest albums, Good Girl Gone Bad, Rated R and Loud, are telling of who she is as a person, and address recent events, such as her relationship with Chris Brown, as well as her past, including her father. In addition to putting herself in her music, Rihanna says she also speaks to fans through her Twitter, a social networking service she says she originally found “dumb — why would I want anybody to know anything more about me?” But among the rumors and slander, much of which can be seen in her S&M music video, Rihanna says she came to realize her fans and the public were believing what others were saying because they weren’t hearing from her.
“There’s freedom in honesty,” Rihanna says. “If you just face it today, tomorow you can move on to something else.”
Her honesty about who she is has paid off. She’s the youngest-ever artist to make 10 chart-topping hits — that’s more than Mariah Carey had, and she’s now on her way to beating The Beatles.
Rihanna’s music isn’t the only outlet through which she expresses herself. Her choice in fashion makes a statement, too.
“Getting dressed, I want to pick the most bizarre pair of shorts so I can figure out how to make it look right, or work an outfit that will make people go, ‘What the hell is she wearing?'” she says.
As much as she likes to stir up a reaction, Rihanna explains that she doesn’t go looking for drama — but at the same time, doesn’t like life without a little challenge: “Nothing bothers me more than when life’s perfect.”
Luckily, Rihanna is surrounded by those who challenge her. She counts Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Ke$ha among those in “the pack,” noting that women are dominating today’s music scene because they are more competitive than their male counterparts. The competition hasn’t pulled her away from these women, though, she insists.
“Katy is like, the s—t. Honestly, I really love that girl,” she says, later adding, “When I met her, it was such a breath of fresh air. I just couldn’t believe this chick had no edit button. She was everything I wanted to be at that time.”
And though she’s competitive with the girls in the pack, Rihanna says she respects them.
“I would only look at them as competition if I really admire them,” she explains. “These women are real competition.”
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http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/2011/08/rihanna-her-glamour-magazin…