Lil' Ri Ri talks about her upcoming album and how she wants to set herself aside from the rest of the pop artists out there.
With the release of her new album, Loud, Rihanna is focused on distinguishing herself from her fellow pop star peers. In an interview with the BBC's Radio 1, the singer dished on an array of topics, including the LP, collaborations and how pursuing her feature-film debut, "Battleship," peaked her sudden interest in acting.
"I can't believe it's the fifth album already," she gushed to host Scott Mills. "That's insane to think about. ... I've never been this excited about anything I've done creatively, and this is just the perfect Rihanna album: Every song is tailored to me."
During the making of the album, the singer had a particular agenda in mind: "I wanted songs that were all Rihanna songs, that nobody else could do. I didn't want the generic pop record that Ke$ha or Lady Gaga or Katy Perry could just do and it'll work. I wanted a song, or songs, that were Rihanna songs, that only I could do, had that little West Indian vibe to it, had that certain tone, a certain sass and a certain energy."
Noticeably aware of the trends in today's pop scene, Rihanna explained it's easy to croon to a tune that just about anyone else could sing.
"It's really easy to do that because of the whole dance-music movement happening right now," she said. "It's easy to get a dance beat and just throw a song on top of it and call it a hit."
The songstress made her mark on the summer hit "Love The Way You Lie," which was the talk of the town, as Eminem and Rih tackled the struggles of domestic violence in the track and the video. Calling their collaboration "amazing," Rihanna admitted that the Detroit MC intrigued her to no end.
"He's just so mysterious," she said of Em. "It makes you curious as to what's going on in his mind. I feel like I could ask him a million questions in a day."
After finding success with the hip-hop heavyweight, the colorful pop star revealed she is in talks with Katy Perry about a duet.
"Actually, we're talking about it right now," she affirmed. "Something fun, something out of the box. I would love that. I hope so."
Denying claims that she is engaged to boyfriend Matt Kemp, the singer also dished a little bit about Perry and comedian Russell Brand's relationship.
"Actually, he's awesome," she said about Perry's fiancé. "Even before, when she told me about them two, I was just like 'Duh, it makes sense. What took that so long?' They're perfect for each other. Their personalities really, really match. They mend. Russell is definitely more out there than Katy, but Katy's crazy and she's fun and she's funny, and they have a similar sense of humor, and they get along really well."
from MTV
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