Rihanna Takes Break From Strip Clubs to Release New Single

Singer Rihanna performs onstage during the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 21, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada

 It may seem like Rihanna split her time this summer between a fancy yacht and a number of strip clubs, but the woman is a machine: She's already about to release a new single, "Diamonds," off her upcoming album.

Also: Christina Aguilera believes that her last album flopped because it was ahead of its time, Matt Bellamy says he's no longer a conspiracy theorist, the Jonas Brothers are prepping to release a new single of their own, Fiona Apple has a bone to pick with some West Texas jailers, and Charles Manson reached out to Marilyn Manson. It was an eventful weekend.

 •  Rihanna would totally smoke a blunt full of diamonds if she could. In fact, that's what it looks like she's preparing to do in the cover art for her new single:

Behold Rihanna: Pop superstar, actress, hand model, diamond blunt roller.

Over the weekend, the Barbados-born singer announced that her new single would drop Wednesday, and also unveiled a new website in anticipation of the new album, her seventh: Rihanna7.com.

Rihanna told Daxxcruz, that fans will be surprised by the new song: "It gives me such a great feeling when I listen to it. The lyrics are very hopeful and positive, but it's about love and the gears are a little different from what people would expect. I'm excited to surprise them sonically."

Rihanna has also been tweeting what appear to by lyrics off the upcoming album, including lines like, "What's love without a tragedy?" She's called the new album "happy and hippy," which may mean that it reflects her profound love of all things 420. Don't call her a role model, people

 

Posted by Daxx on Tues 25sep