Rihanna's having one big ass day. Her "What Now" video just dropped, and it was just announced she will perform at the 2013 American Music Awards and will also receive the ICON Award.
Chec it all inside, plus her supposed raunchy strip club night with DRAKE!
Rihanna is giving us "Disturbia" tease updated for 2013.
Inside white concrete walls somewhere in Thailand, RiRi is unveiling her tortured soul in the video for her newest single off of Unapologetic called "What Now".
The video, directed by Jeff Nicholas, Jonathan Craven, and Darren Craig, features Rihanna having mini-convulsion poses and movements. And it gives the visuals an eerie feel.
Check it out above.
And check out the behind the scenes footage of the video below:
And there's other big news for the pop princess. As she continues her Diamonds world tour in North America, she'll be pulling into NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on Sunday, November 24th for the 2013 American Music Awards. She's just been named as a performer. And she's also been named the recipient of the first ever American Music Awards ICON Award.
And before you ask 'Why?', AMA producer Larry Kelin explains:
“The first-ever Icon Award was created to honor an artist whose body of work has made a profound influence over pop music on a global level. Rihanna’s iconic and innovative sound has enabled her to become one of the most influential and best-selling artists of all time.”
Congrats Rih!
By the way, rumor has it Rihanna spent a little extra time in Texas after performing Monday night in Dallas. She trekked it to Houston to go see Drake's show on Wednesday, this according to Radar Online whose sources spotted her in the VIP area. And afterwards, the twosome rolled up to Vlive strip club around 2:30am.
A stripper named Jhonni Blaze, who coined herself the "Queen of Houston", told media what went down.
According to dancer Jhonni Blaze - who claims she entertained the pair for more than three hours - the musicians 'looked like a couple' and were 'really cool people'.
In between dances, Jhonni says she bonded with Rihanna over their similar shaved hairstyles, but Drake, 26, 'was too busy throwing money'. The dancer also reveals she was called over to entertain the stars after Rihanna spotted her in another area. When she joined them, the audacious singer whipped out a wad of cash and "started slapping my butt'.
Alrighty.
And Drake was also spotted cozying up to stripper Lira Galore inside:
While Radar claims Drake and Rihanna (who wasn't pictured) spent $97K on the strippers that night, E! reports it was actally $17K. Either way....
Strippers win again.
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