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Watch below a video of RiRi on the set of her “What’s My Name?” music video in NYC yesterday.

Jared Eng can be seen on the video. Also, click here to view a picture of Rihanna with Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken.

Rihanna and Drake were spotted on the set of ‘What’s My Name?’ in downtown Manhattan last night (October 27).

Fans get to see ‘all the things that they hadn’t seen that were going on behind the scenes,’ she tells MTV News of self-titled tome.

NEW YORK — Her fervently tracked fifth album, Loud, is just weeks from its November 16 due date, but on Wednesday (October 27), Rihanna was reflecting on her last LP, the moody Rated R.

The Bajan singer turned up at a Fifth Avenue Barnes & Noble bookstore to sign copies of her new book.

Her self-titled tome is a photographic document of the year that followed the release of that dark disc and her triumphant Last Girl on Earth Tour. The widely photographed star told MTV News that her Rihanna Navy will get an intimate peek — unlike the relentless paparazzi pics that paper the blogs — at her life with this book, shot by creative director Simon Henwood.

“I think it was really special to have behind-the-scenes photos, you know, pictures that the fans haven’t seen before, all together of a very specific moment of my life, an album of my life,” Rihanna told MTV.

From stage lights to street lights, the 22-year-old stunner shines in front of the camera and perhaps never more so than in the images that capture Rihanna in the moments between show times: Admirers will swoon over a picture of the singer clutching her hoodie on a Paris rooftop with the Eiffel Tower visible in the distance or another rather decadent snap that shows her feasting on room service with just a table napkin and black suspenders doubling as a shirt.

“They just get to see all the things that they hadn’t seen that were going on behind the scenes; really cool stuff, not typical,” Rihanna, draped in a calf-length floral frock, explained. “They’re really fun photos. And even for me, when I look at them, they say so much. Photos really tell a thousand words.“

The “Only Girl (In the World)” singer had her own favorite, though, and she thumbed through the oversize collection to show us a green-tinged photo of her onstage in an elaborate headdress that calls to mind Venetian blinds. “I call it the ‘Disturbia’ one … I love that one”.

So what essential items does a globe-trotting songstress making her debut headlining tour pack when your concert schedule takes you as far as the Belgian city of Antwerp?

“Essential?” she thought for a moment. “Comfortable, warm clothes for the bus — the bus is always freezing! And you always want to be comfortable on the bus. Not much heels. You’re pretty much going from the bus to the stage, back to the studio … back to the stage. So it’s not a lot of clothes to pack: sneakers, sweats, pajamas, stuff like that,” she smiled.

UPDATE: We’ve uploaded more pictures of Rihanna signing copies of her book at Barnes & Noble earlier today (October 27). Click the thumbs to view them.

Rihanna stepped out in New York City on Wednesday to sign copies of her new photography book, Rihanna, and she dished on her pal Katy Perry‘s wedding.

Rihanna wasn’t able to make it to Katy and Russell Brand’s wedding, which was held last weekend in India, but she tells ET, “We’ve been texting each other.” She pointed out, however, “Ever since she’s been there it’s been no text messages because there’s no service out there.”

Rihanna may not have been able to travel to the other side of the world to cheer her friend on, but she did make time to buy a gift. “I got her a really, really cool gift, but I’ll let her tell you about that,” Rihanna dished, keeping the fabulous present to herself.

The pop star says that fans can look forward to seeing fabulous behind-the-scenes photos in her new photography tome, and she tells ET that seeing the photos reminded her of memories she had forgotten!

And when it comes to her upcoming album, Loud, she enthused.

“It’s really incredible, I love it and I think this is my favorite album of all.”

“The thing I can appreciate the most, is the colors, you know, it’s not one sound, it’s not all uptempo, and it’s not all ballads, you know it’s a really really great mixture of midtempo [songs and] uptempo [songs], but every song has its own topic and sound to it,” she explained.

Rihanna, photographed and conceptualized by Simon Henwood with a foreword by Alexandre Vauthier, is available in bookstores now, while Loud will be released on November 16.

RiRi signed copies of her “Rihanna” book today at Barnes & Noble in NYC. Click the thumbs below to view the first 15 images.

Click here to buy your copy. The book is just amazing! Hopefully many others will be released in the future.

Princess RiRi was spotted leaving her hotel in New York City and heading to JFK airport to catch a flight.

RiRi was photographed leaving her NYC hotel this Monday (September 27). Pictures are now in our gallery.

Rumour has it that she shot a Kodak commercial today!

Watch below a video of Rihanna in the streets of New York City shooting the “What’s My Name” music video yesterday (September 26):

4:10 and on…

Pap: “Wha’s good Rih?”
Rih: “Are u good?”
Pap: “I’m good, I’m fabulous right now!”
Rih: “You look fabulous! You look soopah fabulous!”
Pap: “I know, I got the beard goin right now!”

[laughing]

Pap2: [on Katy Perry's party] “…it was amazing, I liked the pictures, it was fun!”
Rih: “Aw, u didn see it happenin u kno…”
Pap2: “Really? What happened?”
Rih: [laughs] “I mean it’s a secret, there’s a reason u haven’t seen it happen.”
Pap2: “It didn’t really look like the normal bachelorette party…”
Rih: “NEVER normal! It’s me and Katy Perry, what kind of normal do u expect of that?”
Pap2: “…how you just see like weiners everywhere…”
Rih: [indisctinctly] “…weiners everywhere…”

[everyone laughing]

Pap2: “Did you pick this outfit today?”
Rih: “Yeah! I made dis outfit, took us a million ‘n million tries to get dis…”
Pap2: “I like it baby!”
Rih: “Thank you! Why are u hittin on me, I got a man!”
Pap: “I know, he plays for the Dodgers. Too bad he didn’t make the playoffs this year!”

Rih: “I DIDN ASK U NU’IN!”

Below you can watch 2 other videos of RiRi in Central Park shooting another part of the video (her cousin Noella and Eyelash Guru JaMaal Buster are seen dancing with her):

And last but not least, a video that our friend Tamara recorded of RiRi sending a message to her fans, the Rihanna Navy! She confirmed that “What’s My Name” is the new album second single and thanked for all the support. How sweet! <3

Special thanks to Ruben and Tamara!

One of the best paparazzi on the set pictures I have seen! Can’t wait to see this project even more!

“What’s My Name” set in NYC – September 26, 2010 – Brooklyn – x410

“What’s My Name” set in NYC – September 26, 2010 – Central Park – x049

“Good Morning America” is going to kick off this year’s Fall Concert Series with John Legend on Sept. 24 and keep partying all Fall.

Rihanna is set to perform on Wednesday, November 17 — just one day after her new album release date!

Check back abc.com later to learn how you could be in the audience!

Thanks, Ana Laura!