RIHANNA - RUSSIAN ROULETTE

RUSSIAN ROULETTE

RIHANNA

SONGWRITERS: CHARLES HARMON & SHAFFER SMITH

COUNTRY: BARBADOS

ALBUM: RATED R

LABEL: DEF JAM

GENRE: R&B

YEAR: 2009

 

           Robyn Rihanna Fenty(Saint Michael, February 20, 1988), better known as Rihanna, is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman. Her artistic career started professionally in 2003, when she auditioned for music producer Evan Rogers, where she passed. She would later sign a six-album deal with Def Jam record label. In addition to her musical career, Rihanna is also known for her involvement in humanitarian causes, business ventures and the fashion industry.

           Rihanna gained prominence in the music industry after the release of her first studio album, Music of the Sun in 2005, followed by the second album A Girl like Me(2006); both were influenced by Caribbean rhythms and reached the top ten on the United States album chart. She gained greater commercial recognition after the release of her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad(2007), which incorporated elements of dance-pop and catapulted her to greater stardom, establishing her as a pop icon and a prominent figure. In the music entertainment industry. Rihanna introduced elements of music pop, dance and R & B in their four subsequent albums, Rated R(2009), Loud(2010), Talk That Talk(2011). All of which have incorporated experimentations of various musical styles and consolidated Rihanna's success on the international charts, with Unapologetic being her first number one album in the USA. His eighth album, Anti(2016), showed greater control over the artistic creativity of his work after his departure from Def Jam. It became his second number one album in the USA. In addition to her solo work, Rihanna has collaborated with various recording artists such as Drake, Eminem, Britney Spears and Calvin Harris.

      "Russian Roulette" is a song of the singer Barbadian Rihanna, for her fourth studio album, Rated R. It is the debut single from the work, released on November 23, 2009. It was written and produced by Ne-Yo, with help with composition by the singer. It debuted on the radio on October 21, 2009 at 4:23. Composed in a totally different rhythm fromprevious singles, "Russian Roulette" brings a bridge song and a strong chorus, pulling the vocal powers to the maximum. The song talks about exploring what can happen if we fall in love, and when that love becomes a kind of "fatal game". The hesitant pace is similar to that of "Unfaithful", but not as deep and specific.

      Contemporary critics attributed positive opinions to the song, with most of them expecting new material. Since then, it reached the first position in the Norway Singles Top 20 , Swiss Singles Top 75 , Bulgaria Singles Top 40 , and in the tables of Austria, Germany, and UK Singles Chart it reached the second position. It reached the ninth position in the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, in the Canadian Hot 100 and New Zealand. In the music video, there is an exchange of scenarios, between a game room, and a police interrogation room, arriving at an open space and in a water tank, where the singer is supposedly hit with several shots, coming from several sides.

           It has been certified gold by the ARIA, RIANZ and the IFPI Switzerland. It was performed for the first time live at Nokia's promotional concert, to promote the album's release. Since then, several performances of the song have been made, including at the NRJ Music Awards.

Take a breath, take it deep

Calm yourself, he says to me

If you play, you play for keeps

Take the gun, and count to three

I'm sweating now, moving slow

No time to think, my turn to go

 

And you can see my heart beating

You can see it through my chest

Said I'm terrified, but I'm not leaving

I know that I must pass this test

So just pull the trigger (trigger, trigger, trigger)

 

Say a prayer to yourself

He says, close your eyes

Sometimes it helps

And then I get a scary thought

That he's here, means he's never lost

 

And you can see my heart beating

Now you can see it through my chest

Said I'm terrified, but I'm not leaving

I know that I must pass this test

So just pull the trigger

 

As my life flashes before my eyes

I'm wondering will I ever see another sunrise?

So many won't get the chance to say goodbye

But it's too late to think of the value of my life

 

And you can see my heart beating

Now you can see it through my chest

Said I'm terrified but I'm not leaving, no!

I know that I must pass this test

And you can see my heart beating

Oh you can see it through my chest

I'm terrified but I'm not leaving, no!

I know that I must pass this test

So just pull the trigger (trigger, trigger, trigger).