Rihannas barbed wire boobs on Russian Roulette cover, plus song

Here’s the cover of Rihanna’s new single “Russian Roulette.” Uh… barbed wire and boobs. And a corset? And some kind of eye patch that really isn’t an eye patch. Rihanna seems to have a well-documented thing for using sadomasochistic and bondage imagery in her magazine and publicity photo shoots. I doubt RiRi’s boobs are truly swaddled in barbed wire, though. At least, I hope this is some kind of Hollywood magic effect where the “barb” is made of Styrofoam or something. Because this cover makes my nipples run and hide. And the corset just seems random, right? Like, I’ll buy the barbed wire and the faux eye patch, but a corset? Too much.

As for the actual song “Russian Roulette”, I’ve been listening to it as I write. I think it’s pretty good, but that’s just me. I like pop music, and I have a pretty high threshold for excessive sound mixing and all of the accoutrements that come with singers that care more about maintaining their image than their voice. The song is pretty low-key and chilled-out, I think. Although I’m cracking up with the way RiRi sing/speaks the word “trigger”. It’s like she’s delivering a punchline.

“Russian Roulette” is RiRi’s first single from her album Rated R, which will be out November 23. Rated R will be her first album since 2007’s Good Girl Gone Bad. “Russian Roulette” is also RiRi’s first solo single since the Chris Brown incident on the eve of the Grammys. She debuted the single on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show earlier today. I think she’s got another hit!

Here’s Rihanna in New York City yesterday. Images thanks to WENN.com .

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