day 337

rihanna plays "russian roulette" with her career

after two years with the same material, rihanna is back with new single "russian roulette." the song is off rihanna's upcoming album (tentatively titled the wait is ova) out next month and, well, it's kind of a disappointment. while i wasn't expecting her to recreate the success of "umbrella," "russian roulette" probably wouldn't have even made the cut on her last album. penned by hit maker neyo, "roulette" is a dark ballad that is just kind of hard to listen to. the more i listen to the song, it grows on me, but it's still uncomfortable. the whole thing sounds like its building up to an up-tempo section, but it never gets there. i'm all for pop stars getting experimental, but make something that will sell, please. hear the song for yourself above. i'd much prefer another "take a bow" to this. plus, i don't exactly like to think about death when listening to music. the final gunshot that signals at the end of the song is just disturbing. i'm guessing rihanna hasn't been in a happy place since the whole chris brown incident?