The Anthony Mandler-directed video, which Rihanna was seen shooting last weekend in New York, will premiere on ABC in primetime. “Rated R” is the follow up to 2007’s multi-platinum, “Good Girl Gone Bad.”
“Russian Roulette” was written and produced by fellow Def Jam artist Ne-Yo, whose long track record with Rihanna includes the #1 hit “Unfaithful” (2006, from “A Girl Like Me”), their Top 10 duet “Hate That I Love You” (2007, from “Good Girl Gone Bad”), and #1 pop/ #1 R&B “Take A Bow” (2008, from “Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded”). In addition to Ne-Yo, other producers and writers on Rihanna’s new album include the team of The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, Chase & Status, Stargate, Justin Timberlake, All-American Reject Tyson Ritter, and more.Justin Timberlake spoke with MTV News recently about the new album. “I think she’s got, like, a million people writing songs for her, but the ones that we worked on she’s grown up a little bit and she has things that she can say,” he explained. “So that’s what we tried to do — craft things that are that of a young woman.”
“She broke onto the scene so hard with the last record — to have that many songs on the charts is impressive,” he continued. “I think that the smartest thing she’s doing is not trying to emulate what she did but move forward … I’ve heard some of the stuff on the record and it’s awesome.”
LISTEN TO “Russian Roulette” on Rihanna’s site HERE.
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