Category Archives: Collaborations

RiRi once again showed up at Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch The Throne Tour” in London tonight (May 20). But this time she joined them during “Run This Town” and “All Of The Lights”! She tweeted:

#RihannaNAVi made historih tonight as the first person to Watch The Throne AND join it!!! No one is allowed on that stage! Thank u guys

Before the show, Rihanna was spotted heading to a helicopter. And after the show, she shared two photos with singer M.I.A.

UPDATE: Watch Rihanna and Kanye performing “All Of The Lights”:

Extra’s Renee Bargh headed to Hawaii to talk with singer Rihanna about her acting debut in the action-packed summer movie “Battleship” — and how the pop singer is playing by her own rules.

She released two remixes with her ex, Chris Brown, earlier this year that had everyone talking, but Rihanna explained:

“Doing what you want means moving forward with the way you feel and living your truth… sometimes there are a lot of people who won’t agree with you, but it has to be your truth.”

Rihanna also laughed about her mother’s sense of humor regarding her daughter’s rumored love life:

“I took a picture with someone at the TIME 100 gala and I showed her, and she said, ‘Oh I thought it was Ashton! I thought it was Mr. Kutcher!’ She’s funny. She’s crazy. I love my mom.”

As for her big debut in “Battleship,” Rihanna still thinks it’s “weird” being called an actress:

“That doesn’t even sound right. That’s so, so weird to hear actress next to my name.” Rihanna plays a Navy cadet who must battle an armada of unknown origin in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals. The songstress said: “I never thought that I would have had these experiences, you know, shooting the weapons and all that cool stuff, especially not in my first movie.” On training for the role, the “We Found Love” singer said she paid “close attention” to her diet, but now, “I’m not careful with what I eat, because I’m trying to gain weight… just a little bit.”

Rihanna has released a sexy new video, “Where Have You Been.” She explained:

“Nothing about this video is raunchy. It’s all thematic, very artistic. There’s more dancing than there been for a long time, so that should be exciting and new for my fans.”

Check out Rihanna’s kick-ass moves when “Battleship” docks in theatres May 18.

Scenes from Coldplay’s “Princess Of China” music video featuring Rihanna can be seen on the screen of the band’s concert in Edmonton last night (April 17). We love it!!

The video was filmed on March 22nd in Los Angeles and its release date is still unkown.

Drake’s long awaited “Take Care” music video featuring Rihanna has finally been released! Watch above.

Drake has confirmed that the highly anticipated official music video for his and Rihanna’s collaborative track ‘Take Care’ will be unveiled this coming Friday (23rd March).

The rapper used his Twitter account to reveal the details to his fans earlier this morning (21st March).

He tweeted:

“Take Care video drops Friday. Shooting HYFR tmrw. OVO “

Anticipation for the video has been building ever since a series of stills from the promo were posted online showing RiRi and Drake involved in an intimate embrace.

The director of the video, Woodkid, first announced plans of a new video when he posted a picture of the three artists hanging out on the set.

Drake and Rihanna travel to new heights in the artistic visual for their budding hit collaboration “Take Care.” The video, directed by Yoann Lemoine, features grayscaled, intimate scenes with the hit-making duo, cinematic close-up shots of a bird, bull, and fish moving in artsy rhythm to the Jamie XX produced cut, and a group of muscular male performers acting out tribal dance scenes.

More photos after the jump!

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Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake” feat. Chris Brown debuts at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It debuts at No. 73 on Hot 100 Airplay with 16 million audience impressions and a 372% increase in spins, according to Nielsen BDS. The track also debuts on Hot Digital Songs at No. 62 with 36,000 downloads sold.  It also shoots up 51 slots (71-20) with a Greatest Gainer/Airplay credit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The track hasn’t been added to iTunes and is gaining great radio updates daily.

“We Found Love” remains in the Top 10 at No. 6. The track is Rihanna’s biggest Billboard hit, click here to check them all.

Chase & Status have revealed that they could feature on Rihanna’s next album. The duo said that they recently met up with her to discuss producing songs for her next studio LP.

Will Kennard said: “We hope so. We saw her recently and caught up with her at the O2 a few months ago and we talked about it then. She’s always looking to write on interesting sides of music. It’s just finding the time really, we’re still artists as well as producers.”

Chase & Status previously collaborated with Rihanna on 2009′s “Rated R” and her latest record “Talk That Talk”.

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Rihanna and Chris Brown have collaborated on remixes of each other’s tracks. The singing duo posted the new tracks on file sharing sites, also talking about them on their Twitter pages.

It was rumoured last week that they had been working together on Rihanna’s track ‘Birthday Cake’, which originally appeared on her latest album ‘Talk That Talk’. Listen to Rihanna and Chris Brown’s remix of ‘Birthday Cake’ below:

Earlier today, the Grammy winner posted a message to Rihanna wishing her a happy birthday. When she asked who wanted some “cake”, Brown responded: “Cake, cake cake!” and posted a link to a remix of ‘Birthday Cake’ on ZShare.

Rihanna wrote to Brown on Twitter: “‘Turn up the music’ remix,” then added: “It’s a download OVERLOAD!!! Working on more links for u guys, so err body could have some #CAKE.”

Listen to Chris Brown and Rihanna’s remix of ‘Turn Up The Music’ below:

Via Digital Spy

Capturing the chemistry between Drake and Rihanna on the set of their new video wasn’t very hard, the director of the clip, Yoann Lemoine, told MTV News. The video for “Take Care” was shot during the Super Bowl.

“They seemed to be super close and that’s what I wanted for the video,” Lemoine, best known for directing Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” Taylor Swift’s “Back to December” and Mystery Jet’s “Dreaming of Another World,” told us. “They fit together pretty well so it was just easy.”

Lemoine said the three-day shoot — which took place in a studio as well as a park — had a “very minimal” and “mellow” vibe, even though the track itself is decidedly more upbeat.

“Visually, it’s a very humble video … it’s not crazy,” the alternative indie musician who also goes by the stage name Woodkid said. “It’s actually the most indie video I’ve done my whole life. It’s probably the most famous artists, and they were so open to a project that was so minimal. There’s a lot of space in the video and I wanted the visuals to pay tribute to that,” he continued. “It pays tribute to nature. When I listened to the track, I was seeing a landscape … involving animals and massive landscapes. I won’t say too much, but it’s very surprising that there are very few elements in it. It’s very simple but there’s this big sense of emptiness in it. It’s not narrative at all, and it involves animals.”

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Drake and Rihanna have shot a music video for their latest collaboration, “Take Care”, from Drake’s latest album.

Director Yoann Lemoine tweeted:

Oh by the way I just shot Drake & Rihanna’s ‘Take Care’ video. Beautiful track, amazing artists. EDITING NOW ! http://bit.ly/zCZhAs
Almost looks like @drake is photobombing my picture with @rihanna Love you guys. http://twitpic.com/8hxkl6

Yoann has directed Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” and Lana Del Rey’s “Born To Die” videos.

“Take Care” is the duo’s first collab since Rihanna’s No. 1 hit “What’s My Name?”. Listen below:

Rihanna collaborated on the brilliant “Princess Of China” from Coldplay’s No. 1 album Mylo Xyloto. Last month it was rumoured that BRIT Awards bosses plans to get the two chart heavyweights together for the O2 show next month. And now Rihanna has given the green light, the big moment looks like a real possibility. Speaking at the O2 before Christmas, she said:

“I think Chris Martin is a special guy. His songwriting is just beautiful and I am a huge fan. If they want me to sing with Coldplay, I will be waiting for the call. I’d love to perform with them.”