After Rihanna’s fickle pop fanbase displayed indifference towards her modestly successful album Rated R, the Bashian bombshell drops the ominous True Blood theatrics on her new PG-13 single “Only Girl (In The World).” But can the ever-evolving it girl get her global glow back? —Keith Murphy
WINS
- F*ck a rock star… Rih Rih wants to take it back to the dance floor
- Cool Euro synth breakdowns
- Rih Rih orders you to “take it like a thief in the night”
- Makes us forget about Usher’s supremely cheesy “DJ Got Us Falling In Love”
- She’s having some semblance of fun again
FAILS
- By 2:03 it gets dangerously close to Dance Dance Revolution territory
- Seems a little tame for a woman who appeared in her “Hard” video with tape on her breasts
- Moby wants his beat back
- Vocals still resemble a goat in heat at times
- It’s eh eh eh as an “Umbrella”