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Rihanna feels the rhythm of the night in "Where Have You Been" video

The title of the song "Where Have You Been?" talks about Rihanna stumbling upon a man who rocks her world, leaving her to wonder why such a divine creature has been absent from her life for so long.

The same question can be posed now to video director Dave Meyers, he of Pink and Missy Elliott fame, who delivers one of Rihanna's most scintillating videos ever.

Unlike "Please Don't Stop The Music," here Rihanna gets to work on the dance floor. The choreography is sexy, Caribbean and well within Rihanna's comfort level. Dancing is not Rihanna's forte but she pulled off the moves in this video remarkably. Hats off to all involved.

Watch the video for Rihanna's new single below

Rihanna tries out some footwork for the "Where Have You Been" video

Did you think "Talk That Talk" was slated to be the next Rihanna single? Or did you think that controversial "Birthday Cake" remix featuring Chris Brown was slated to get the full-on single treatment? Silly rabbit.

The answer, it turns out, is that neither song will be the next single. Instead, it's the Calvin Harris-produced "Where Have You Been." And in a surprise move, this video will actually feature choreography!

Rihanna revealed a bit of the footwork in store for the navy in a behind the scenes clip that followed the singer as she worked through the choreography in a dance studio.

While it's great that Rihanna is attempting to dance again, for someone who is so free and uninhibited with her mouth and attitude, she sure seems to have a hard time getting loose on the dance floor.

Watch the clip of Rihanna rehearsing the choreography to her new single below

Rihanna says her recent collaborations with Chris Brown are 'innocent'

After pissing off her fan base and throwing up the middle finger to anyone who voiced concern about her two duets with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, Rihanna is finally talking that talk as far as the reasoning behind her reunion with the man who beat her.

In a largely softball interview with Ryan Seacrest, Rihanna touched on the remixes of "Birthday Cake" and "Turn Up the Music." In Rihanna's strange mind, the duets were "innocent" and meant to unite Rihanna and Chris Brown fans who have understandably been divided like Israel and Palestine ever since news broke of the assault that night in L.A.

"The hottest R&B artist right now is Chris Brown, so I wanted him on the track. Then in turn he was like, why don't you do the remix to my track? And you know, it was a trade-off. We did two records. One for my fans, one for his fans. And that way our fans can come together. There shouldn't be a divide. It's music and it's innocent," Rihanna insisted.

Hear the audio snippet yourself. Clip via That Good Hit:

Rihanna is either hopelessly naive or willfully ignorant. The word "innocent" left the building when it came to Chrihanna that night of the Grammys in L.A. No duet, no press release, no "get well soon" e-card is going to change or remove the memory of that attack from her fans' and the public's minds.

So pretending that some simple ass remixes are supposed to make her fan base — a large portion of which remain anti-Chris Brown — reach out and hug his fan base — a large portion of which remain anti-Rihanna — is pretty dumb.

It's interesting that Rihanna is insistent that there shouldn't be a divide between Rihanna and Chris fans. Why not? There are divisions between her fans and Beyonce fans, thanks to her association with Jay-Z. Will RiRi be cutting a track with Bey and Blue Ivy on a Kanye West-produced remix of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to clear the air?

Or how about Rita Ora, Jay-Z's new star du jour? He's recently kicked off a full-force promo campaign for the European-born star, supposedly in retaliation for Rihanna's reunion with Brown, which was reportedly against his wishes. Her fans have attacked Ora viciously on Twitter and even defensively trended #RihannaWillNeverBeReplaced in response to the Roc Nation newbie's promo campaign. Will Rihanna be inviting Ora out for a cup of tea one of these days while she's out in London?

Never before has an artist willingly pissed off their own fan base to please another's. Rihanna didn't just bite the hand that feeds her with this move, she took the freshly removed fingers and threw them to the dogs.

And the sad thing is, Chris didn't even need Rihanna's seal of approval. Thanks to a prolific amount of material, hard work and a crazy work ethic, Chris had already built himself back up. He performed twice at the Grammys and WON, for Christ's sake. All these Captain Save-A-Ho efforts Rihanna's pulling are late and so unnecessary.

Can you imagine Tina Turner turning around and doing some dang duets with Ike to help clean up his reputation?

Hell, when Ike died in 2007 and the media came knockin' on her door for some kind of commentary, Ms. Turner promptly released a no funny business statement: ”Tina hasn’t had any contact with Ike for more than 35 years. No further comment will be made."

Now that's how you do it. They sure don't make 'em like they used to.

Rihanna performs "Talk That Talk" live on Jonathan Ross, chats about the single life

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Promotion for her third single, "Talk That Talk," is arriving incredibly late, but better than never, no? Rihanna took the stage for a Jay-Z-less performance of her dirty pop jam "Talk That Talk." She broke it down and dropped it low for UK talk show host Jonathan Ross, much to his dirty delight.

With word afoot that Jay-Z is less than pleased with his protégé these days, due to her controversial reunion (at least on record) with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, who infamously and savagely beat her on the night of the Grammys in 2009, it's still up in the air as to whether we'll get a video for "Talk That Talk" anytime soon. The safest bet would probably be that if a video is cut, Jay-Z won't be in it.

The interview portion of Rihanna's appearance was chummy. Rihanna bemoaned her single status saying, "Single life is so overrated. It sucks."

She also drew out the claws and essentially asserted that women, especially her peers in pop Beyonce, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, are catty by nature.

"It'll always be a competition and that's why I feel like women are becoming so dominant in music right now. Because we're very competitive beings and we cannot stand to see another woman do better than us. That bothers us," Rihanna said.

Check out Rihanna's performance and interview with Ross below

Rihanna and Chris Brown reunite on "Birthday Cake" and "Turn Up the Music" remixes

Despite conventional wisdom, open letters from Billboard and fans' pleas, Rihanna and Chris Brown have decided to hook up again.

The once-lovely couple infamously parted ways after Chris assaulted Rihanna on the eve of the Grammys in 2009. When Rihanna emerged from the incident and released her critically acclaimed Rated R album, which reflected on much of the trauma of the relationship, Rihanna was forceful and clear about her need and desire to end the unhealthy relationship with Brown.

But today, she's singing a different tune. Rihanna is boastful, cocky and rude about the entire thing, mocking those, including her fans, who plead with her to not re-embrace Brown so publicly, as it sends an awful message to women and the world about domestic violence, making it seem like something frivolous and unserious.

It matters not to Rihanna, who is not subtle about her uninterest in such claims.

Chiefin' while ppl spend hrs on letters... *kanye shrug* #phuckit

— Rihanna (@rihanna) February 17, 2012

The unsavory factor of it all is ratcheted up especially on a song like "Birthday Cake," which is an explicit bedroom romp. Chris aggressively propositions his ex, "Girl I wanna f**k you right now / Been a long time, I've been missing your body."

This is awkward Ggven their violent history and the fact that he has a girlfriend, model Karrueche Tran. She must be dumb, deaf and blind to be cool with her boyfriend publicly lusting after his more famous ex.

Rihanna returns Chris' favor by appearing on a remix to his new single "Turn Up the Music." The collaboration is a little less eyebrow-raising here, except for the fact that Rihanna throws in an "I love you, baby" run in the mix. Whoops.

Listen to the two new songs below from the battle-scarred pop stars below

Is Chris Brown the mystery guest on Rihanna's "Birthday Cake"?

The Internet practically exploded in outrage when word hit the tweets that Chris Brown and Rihanna had reunited, and it got even worse when word went out that Brown was possibly the rumored special guest on the remix of Rihanna's "Birthday Cake."

TMZ got the ball rolling with a report that confirmed that Chris attended Rihanna's birthday party in secret. TMZ also reported that the pair's interactions were "intimate," suggesting that a romance had been rekindled between the two.

Then, Miss Info, a Hot 97 radio personality, confirmed that Chris Brown was indeed the mystery guest on the full version of Rihanna's "Birthday Cake" that the producers Da Internz talked about. Which is confusing, since Da Internz responded to a fan on Twitter that Chris WASN'T the mystery guest, but they have since deleted that tweet. So who knows.

The truth won't come out until the song premieres, which is supposed to be sometime next week, according to reports. But the mere idea of Chris and Rihanna reuniting on record has offended and incensed some of her supporters.

Photo Op: Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Fergie bring their moms to the Grammys

Fergie Ferg went without her Peas to the Grammys, but she did bring along her mom. And she wasn't the only one who brought mama to the Grammys. Bruno Mars brought his mom to the big show at the Staples Center as well.

Rihanna also brought her mother to the Grammys and posed for a quick flick with Fergie and her mom.

Rihanna preps full version of "Birthday Cake," to include special guest, producers say

Rihanna fans, get ready for some cake. The Barbados-born singer is said to be releasing the full version of fan-favorite "Birthday Cake," a brief "interlude" from her Talk That Talk album. Guess she's giving up early on "Talk That Talk" as a single?

The producers of "Cake," DaInterns, spoke about the outcry from fans clamoring for a full version of the song since the album dropped in November in an interview at the ASCAP Grammy Brunch. They also hinted at a special guest who the duo promise will have tongues wagging when the full version debuts, which they say, will be sometime next week.

Watch the producers talk about the full version of "Birthday Cake" below