If you were one of those people wondering how and why Rihanna decided to hook up again with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, Rihanna finally dished on why she reunited with Brown to Ryan Seacrest Thursday morning, according to TMZ.
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In Rihanna’s interview with Seacrest, Rihanna said:
I reached out to him about doing ‘Birthday Cake’ because that’s the only person that really — it made sense to do the record. Just as a musician — despite everything else — that was going to be the person.
Making her case that her decision was a professional one, Rihanna continued:
I thought about rappers, and I’ve done that so many times, and the hottest R&B artist out right now is Chris Brown. So I wanted him on the track.
Hear the interview here:
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When the songs “Birthday Cake” and “Turn Up the Music” were made public late February, many were shocked by not just their reunion but by the actual lyrics of “Birthday Cake”:
[Rihanna]
Come and put your name on it, put your name on it
Come and put your name on it, your name
But you wanna put your name on it, put your name on it
Come and put your name on it
Baby baby uhh
It’s not even my birthday (my birthday)
But he wanna lick the icing off (the icing off)
I know you want it in the worst way (worst way)
Can’t wait to blow my candles out (candles out)
He want that cake cake cake cake….. (But you wanna put your name on it)
Ooh baby I like it
You so excited
Don’t try to hide it
I’ma make you my bitch
Cake, cake, cake, cake (But you wanna put your name on it)
I know you wanna bite this
It’s so enticing
Nothing else like this
I’ma make you my bitch
And it’s not even my birthday (my birthday)
But you wanna put your name on it
And it’s not even my birthday (my birthday, my birthday, my birthday)
And he trying to put his name on it
[Chris Brown]
Leggo
Girl, I wanna f— you right now (right now)
Been a long time, I’ve been missing your body
Let me, let me turn the lights down (lights down)
When I, when I go down it’s a private party
Ooh, it’s not even her birthday (her birthday)
But I wanna lick the icing off (the icing off)
Give it to her in the worst way (the worst way)
Can’t wait to blow her candles out
I want that cake, cake, cake
Ooh, baby, I like it
It’s so exciting
Don’t try to hide it
I’ma make you my bitch
[Rihanna]
Cake, cake, cake, cake (But you wanna put your name on it)
Ooh baby I like it
You so excited
Don’t try to hide it
I’ma make you my bitch
Cake, cake, cake, cake
[Chris Brown]
Doggy want that kitty
Give me a heart attack and throw it back, now watch me get it
Ain’t new to this but you the sh–
Damn girl you pretty
Blowing out your candles
Let me make a couple wishes
[Rihanna]
Remember how you did it?
Remember how you fit it?
If you still want to kiss it
Come, come, come and get it
Sweeter than a rice cake
Cake worth sippin’
Kill it, tip it
Cake, fill it
If you sexy and you know it
And you ain’t afraid to show it
Put a candle on my mother f—in’ back, baby, blow it
Love the way you do it, when you do it like that
Show up with them stacks
Screaming racks on my rack
Wrap it up, wrap it up
Boy, while I take this bow off
Talk that talk, yeah I know I’m such a showoff
Daddy, make a wish
Put this cake in your face
And it’s not even my birthday
[Chris Brown]
Ooh, it’s not even her birthday (her birthday)
But I wanna lick the icing off (the icing off)
Give it to her in the worst way (the worst way)
Can’t wait to blow her candles out
I want that cake cake, cake, cake (But you wanna put your name on it)
[Rihanna]
Ooh, baby, I like it
You so excited
Don’t try to hide it
I’ma make you my bitch
Cake, cake, cake, cake (But you wanna put your name on it)
I know you wanna bite this
It’s so enticing
Nothing else like this
I’ma make you my bitch
Cake, cake, cake, cake… (But you wanna put your name on it)
Reports came out that close friend and mentor Jay-Z was “deeply disappointed” with Rihanna’s decision.
In 2009, while the then-couple were on their way to the Grammy Awards, Brown unmercifully beat, choked, and threatened to kill Rihanna, after an argument. What’s worse, photos of an abused and sad Rihanna emerged, enraging Rihanna fans and women’s rights groups alike.
While it could be argued that Rihanna was trying to cash in on the celebrity of Brown, the fact that Rihanna is a top-selling worldwide star definitively weakens her argument. Many wonder if Rihanna and Brown’s coupledom will hurt her career as unforgiving fans continue to drift away from the star.
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