Rihanna Party! ICYMI
Switched on Pop
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The White Horse in a Carriage - I'm a Savage.
Rihanna's song is a repudiation of the gendered norms of what a pop singer needs to be. She says not only did you need me... You needed me. And just drops that like a ton of ricks on us. We're in this swirl. Not only are we in her swirl, there's another audience for this dialogue she's having the song. It's also us who has so voraciously consumed Rihanna for over a decade and that we come back again.
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