...like a russian roulette...

I'm back to talk about the new videos launched in the last couple of days. First, is Chris Brown's "Crawl", which shows a new face of him and how he is grown up and tries to release himself from the Rihanna incident at the beginning of this year. I must say that the video is powerful and meaningful and I'm glad that Chris shows us that he can do more than the "i love you boo/shorty" stuff. He actually states for MTV that this video and lyrics really are about his relation with Rihanna and it seems that he is trying really hard to be forgiven and to move on:

"So being able to express the feelings, it was like, probably one of the best [records I've done.] But it was more than me trying to do a record that meant crawl to love, crawl back to love. Meaning whether it's from your negative situations, whether it's from any problems you've dealt with, like anybody's situation," he told MTV."Mine being my personal situation with shorty, but for anybody, for being inspired as far it being the war or a death in the family, whether it's anything, anybody just crawl back to love. 'Cause love conquers everything. Love, at the end of the day, makes everybody happy."



On the other hand, Rihanna launched her new video as well, "Russian Roulette", which also seems to speak about the issues that she and Chris Brown had. The song is strong and shocking and it shows a hurt and vulnerable Rihanna, farther and farther from the happy, shiny "Pon De Replay" girl. It's a sense of lost innocence in the whole video. She also interviewed on 20/20, talking about her relationship with Chris Brown and the fact that she is embarrassed that she once went back to him:

The most encapsulating moment, shown during the Good Morning America preview of the interview, was Rihanna's declaration that it was "embarrassing" that she fell in love and went back to Brown. It was impressive how emotionally honest Rihanna was during the entire piece, discussing the universal feelings of the abused, from blaming herself to trying to ignore that the incident ever took place. She also spoke starkly about the events of the night, saying Brown had no "soul" in his eyes.
Rihanna claimed her ultimate reason for leaving Brown was to be a good role model for other women in similar situations, "Even if Chris never hit me again, who is to say that [another girl's] boyfriend won't?" It's a resonant message, made more striking by her impressive resolve. ("The Rap Up")


Russian Roulette

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