A few fun photos of Rihanna on the set of her new music video for Rude Boy, which features the pop princess going back to her Caribbean roots, have come to light for our viewing pleasure. Here is one of those photos along with some info about the music video shoot itself:
She’s one of the Caribbean’s most famous female exports and Rihanna has decided to pay homage to her West Indian roots in her new video. The promo for the 21-year-old’s new single Rude Boy is just as racy as her previous efforts, but this time the singer took inspiration from her homeland. In one shot from the video she is seen wearing a revealing gold net outfit that barely covers her modesty, topped off with a leopard print hat. And, in another, she sits atop a model of a zebra in a black and white all-in-one body suit matching the zebra’s colouring. Although the video is not due to debut until later this week, these preview shots are a clear indication of the direction Rihanna is going in. Rihanna recently confirmed the inspiration behind the video: ‘A lot of my videos are really dark and edgy and tough. Rude Boy is more playing along the lines from my roots. ‘We used a lot of color, but also the costumes were very Jamaican dancehall queen type.’ Dancehall queens being women who wear outrageously skimpy clothing to attend clubs in the West Indies, often competing in dance offs to be crowned queen of the dancehall. Rude Boy is taken from Rihanna’s fourth studio album, Rated R and the video is directed by Melina Matsoukas who also directed the video for Rihanna’s last single Hard. It is scheduled to be premiered on February 11.
Rude Boy is one of the best tracks off her album Rated R and from the look of these preview promo photos, I bet the video is gonna be HAWT! After the jump, check out a few promo pics from the set of Rihanna‘s Rude Boy music video …
She looks amazing! I think the zebra photo is my fave … it’s a cute and sexy look. I can’t wait to see this video when it gets released later on this week. What do y’all think … judging by these photos, are you excited to see the video for Rude Boy?
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I love it!!!! OMG, it looks awesome.
I think she looks like something out of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air in the middle three. I’m not liking any of them!
put on some clothes………..sorry I’m from the Caribbean and I like dancehall music but hate the whole dancehall queen look very ghetto………….hope it translates better in video.
Silly Trent, trying to fool us with spy shots from “Breakin’ 3: Back To The Boogaloo!”
That’s so obviously Peppa and Sheila E. in the middle pics. :)
@toothandclaw — :)
She looks like a Fly Girl from In Living Color in that second pic!
all i can say is “meh”…shes played herself out IMO.
Her hair is so gross. I just don’t like her.
I think Fire Bomb is the best track but that’s just my opinion. I miss Rihanna and her old hair. : (
meh indeed.
I get irritated when singers pose with instruments that they do not know how to play. Grr. Rhianna is gorgeous, and I support her, but I am not really feeling this look. However, if it makes her happy, more power to her.
i only JUST noticed her hair in the first two pictures…she needs that look back..looks so much better.
How does she look ‘ghetto’ Misswow? I think this looks really fun and colourful, and she’s wearing more clothes than she usually does these days.
Mmm with a wig, she looks a bit like a tranny. But a better tranny than Gaga lol. I guess i’m used to her with short hair. Other than that – she just has a sexy body so I don’t care what the music video is about. Altho – Hard was really great so would like to see how this turns out.
The picture where she is wearing the gold thing, with her leg up made me think of Gollum straight away. I just can’t stand her anymore.
I have to respectfully disagree. The outfits are not doing it for me. It’s like she’s trying TOO hard to do a throwback to 80s and 90s styles that didn’t look good to begin with… I’m just sayin’
This is all just awful.
The first outfit looks like it’s made from that metal wool you use to scrub dishes with. FAIL
@P, Michelle and Kristen – AGREED! This looks like an EPIC FAIL =(!
@Eric26……ammmm gold fishnet…ish catsuit with tiger print hat…….The dancehall queen look is a Caribbean ghetto look, some people think it’s ghetto-fab. I happen not to like it, that’s all. Dont have a prob with the other outfits.
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