Rihanna looks stunning on the cover of W magazine in a white Gucci dress. Here’s what the 21-year-old had to say:
On her preternatural maturity:
“I’ve been paying my own bills since I was 17, living in a foreign country. And I’ve always been a little older than my real age. People always said that to me, and I always felt that in my head.”
On not talking to anyone after she was assaulted by then-boyfriend Chris Brown:
“Not talking was a big thing for me. I’m glad I didn’t talk to people, because I was able to deal with things in my own way, without saying the wrong things or giving people the wrong impression.”
On her new record:
“This was a different type of record for me. It was really personal; it was from me in the most authentic way. It’s like a movie, in that when I was making this album, every day I was in a different mood. Sometimes I was pissed off, sometimes I was miserable, and every song brings out a different story. It’s still hard to listen to certain songs. Certain ones I couldn’t even record—I’d keep pushing them back [on the schedule]. When the label finally said we had 12 hours to turn in the album, I was like, Okay, I have to do it. I just drank some red wine, dimmed the lights, got in the booth and sang it.”
On her look:
“My stylist Mariel Haenn and I always try to do something sexy but never too girly—we always try to put a little toughness in there.”
Read the full article on Wmagazine.com
Edited: January 13th, 2010
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