Positive from NME. YAS at the KIB, LOTB, Higher praise
Critics are not liking Woo
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‘Needed Me’
After an exciting start, this is where Anti’s unevenness becomes pronounced. With seven tracks to go. The lyrics find Rihanna on typically defiant form – which is exactly what we want and expect from her – as she coolly intones: “Don’t get it twisted / You was just another ***** on a hitlist… Didn’t I tell you I was savage?” There’s compelling menace in buzzing, grinding bassline at the midway point, but otherwise this is airy, forgettable R&B that’s not quite worthy of Rihanna.
Much of Rihanna's pop-cultural appeal — the fuel for the GIFs, the retweets, the excitable blog posts — comes from the way she seemingly exists on her own terms.
