Rihanna, Our Favorite Good Girl Gone Bad

Much like Tase's unexpected obsession with Elvis came my newfound applause for Rihanna. On Saturday night, Rihanna's music video for her latest single "Rude Boy" was playing on the MTV Hits channel. Initially I really had no intentions of watching because really, I'm not one of those people who watch music videos, but I found myself doing a double take. Since when did Rihanna get so badass? Last time I checked she was singing in the rain about an umbrella, and then outta nowhere she's seductively singing, "Come here rude boy, boy, Can you get it up? Come here rude boy, boy, Is you big enough?" Jigga what!?

Now I know, I know, I'm sure people probably find this offense,crude, raunchy, etc., but RiRi, I applaud you from breaking away from your former industry-produced, bubble gum pop image. Our favorite Barbadian came to the United States when she was only 16 to start her musical career, signing with Def Jam Recordings. When she first came onto the pop scene, Rihanna was donning long, sun-kissed, wavy locks, wearing tomboy-ish, trendy outfits, and "safe" makeup looks.

In the music video for her first hit single "Pon De Replay" she is the typical breakout female pop artist. The song is about dancing/being in a club (typical), dancing alongside other stomach-baring, attractive men and women. Her makeup is not dramatic, nor are her outfits. She has a bit of a caribbean flair, but is bland enough so that she can still be molded into whatever America wants her to be.

6 years later we know a COMPLETELY different artist. Since then Rihanna has gone through many different "looks", including various different hairstyles, and her music has continued to evolve. It seems that with this latest album, "Rated R", RiRi has gotten tough as hell. Her new style is edgier and totally her own, and she is full of tattoos.






I posted both the "Pon De Replay" video and the "Rude Boy" video so you can see the complete 180 Rihanna has pulled on us.

Funny things to note in the "Rude Boy" video:
-Rihanna grabbing her boob while "dancing" at about 0:24
-Riding on top of the fake lion multiple times (innuendo here people)
-Looking in the guy's pants when singing, "Is you big enough?" at about 1:23
-The zoom in on her chest while wearing that strange black/white bodysuit at 2:57

Also to be noted, in both videos, the men are wearing all white.





Okay, here are the visual sparknotes of this whole thing:

Happy Birthday Justin Bieber!

He's just growing up so fast! Everyone here at purpleDRANKk (me and tase) hope his sweet 16 was the best one yet! Hopefully he will outgrow this awkward peace sign phase...

blimey! LOLKITZ goes oirish!

I'm All Shook Up

This is my desktop background right now... I feel an obsession coming on.

It all started a few days ago when I downloaded "Pretty Woman" and realized that it's good, good lovin'. Then I thought to myself, gee, I should download more Elvis songs. Then I realized it wasn't by Elvis at all, but rather Roy Orbison. Who??? Exactly, so I just went ahead with the Elvis scheme.



So far my favorite song is "All Shook Up," hence the title of this here post. Silver medal to "Suspicious Minds" and bronze for "In the Ghetto" because it reminds me of Jackie and Guerin's duets in the Mistress (Guerin's truck) so giggle fits involuntarily ensue when I hear it.

I'm sad that it's taken me so long to catch up with the big guy and his undeniable fabulosity and good looks. I guess having Elvis pegged as an icon of my grandparents' when they were my age hasn't made him super appealing. But, really, what a hunk!



This new obsession will probably last 2 to 3 weeks until I tire out all his songs. And then it's onto the next. But who?

Maybe, I'll give ol' Roy Orbison a spin afterall.

Classic

aaaaand the jersey shore posts keep on comin

"You're Only Getting Laid Cause You're Famous" List

Being that I am a chick, swooning over men with my other female counterparts is not a rare event, however I often find myself disagreeing with my friends' celebrity crushes. What in the world women find attractive about Michael Phelps is beyond me. Yeah, okay, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying he's not an amazing athlete, because he is hands down the god damn coolest, but he is the PERFECT example of a male butterface. I mean, the dude is just not good looking, I'm sorry. And I swear to God, if I hear one more girl squeal about Robert Pattinson, its gonna get really ugly, really fast. If it wasn't for Edward Cullen, that grease-ball would still be walking around being socially awkward, minus the Ray-Bans.

Not to say I'm not guilty. Anyone who knows me well, knows I am obsessed with Pitbull, but even I can recognize that he would not be good looking without his money and fame. If he was any other gross Cuban man on Calle Ocho in Miami that let out a cat call, I wouldn't even think twice. This of course inspired me to ask others who else they think has gained good looks as a side effect of fame. This is what I have so far.








There will to be more to come, I'm sure