Rihanna Seems The "Only Girl (In the World)"

After going deep and dark on her last album, Rihanna has ditched her edgy "Rated R" tunes for a more whimsical and upbeat dance floor approach with her new very reddish, flowery video for "Only Girl (In the World)," the lead single from her fifth upcoming studio album "Loud," which hit stores worldwide on November 16. "Only Girl (In the World)" aims squarely for dancefloor domination, as the pop star pours her heart out to one man over a full-throttle. On the high-energy track, Rihanna yearns for her lover to keep her at the center of his attention over a pulsing electro beat. The singer's voice remains silky on the verses, then bursts out on the song's monstrous chorus.
Rihanna wants her man to make her feel like she's the "Only Girl (In the World)," which is a up-tempo dominant dance-pop song that incorporates elements of Eurodance-pop in its production and beats. Incorporating strobing, dance club beats in the chorus, Rihanna pleads for her lover to give her all the attention. The song presents Rihanna at her most confident, demanding undivided attention from her lover over impeccably calculated synths and bass. The song is another collaboration with Norwegian hitmaking duo, Stargate, the Grammy-winning Norwegian producing team and when it reached No.3 on the Hot 100 two weeks ago, Rihanna officially raised her sum of top 10 hits to 16, the sixth-best total among women in the chart's 52-year history. Not a bad kickoff for an album clearly meant to mark a new chapter in Rihanna's life and career.
The video was directed Anthony Mandler who is mainly known for dark and Gothic inspired videos. In the beautifully-shot video, Rihanna's fiery red hair burns through each glamorous scene. She looks radiant and happy dancing and singing in the beautiful hills by herself. "It's really, really beautifully shot in these crazy, crazy, crazy places. We shot landscapes that we found a couple hours outside of L.A. It looks so unreal. It looks fake, like something out of a postcard with the beautiful hills... We had a lot of sunshine those couple of days, so it really worked with the whole essence of the video. But really, the video just shows this big landscape and the only person there is me," the pop queen said about video.
Rihanna is on a journey. From her Caribbean roots to the top of the charts, the runways of Paris and Milan and some of the biggest stages in the world, the 22-year-old, Barbados-born beauty has already earned the coveted title of international superstar. The song best represents the title of her upcoming album, and provides a nice contrast to her previous effort, the downbeat, emotional "Rated R." With its club ready bassline and Euro-pop influences, not to mention one heck of an epic chorus, the track is a surefire hit. "Want you to make me feel, like I'm the only girl in the world," she sings. "Like I'm the only one that you'll ever love, like I'm the only one who knows your heart."