While we are still awaiting Rihanna’s upcoming album, she is still working on perfecting it. At least that’s what she tells Vanity Fair for her November cover story, along with a bunch of other details about the life she lives.
In an in-depth interview, Rihanna opens up to how she feels about fame and the dangerous illusions it can come with, her relationship with Chris Brown, and how she is currently approaching romantic relationships.
Her spread was shot in Cuba and features the this time around, red head, in gorgeous scenes, one in which she happens to be naked.
While many people describe Rihanna as “fearless,” Jay Z says he sees her more as “fiery.” What Rihanna herself fears—aside from “haunted shit” and childbirth (even though she says she wants a child “so bad … eventually”)—is the pedestal that comes with fame. “It all looks very glittery and blinged out,” she says, “but it’s way too scary and unrealistic. There’s a long way to fall when you pretend that you’re so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that’s protected by fame or success. It’s scary, and it’s the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame.”