[NewRihannaStan]

Born This Way was a pop song . Nothing risky

[blackoutbritney]

Slave by britney was the riskier for the time she released it and how sexual it was and who different it was from oops

[Mhs90]

One of, yes! But it was around the time all that crap happened, so it did fit the expected mood.

[Poisonous]

That song is EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not riskiest, but one of..

[Rihinvention]

Originally posted by NewRihannaStan

Born This Way was a pop song . Nothing risky

Apparently it's risky because of its subject matter and the fact that it has the word "transgendered" in it. I don't really believe that considering empowerment anthems were huge at the time and because, well, pop music isn't really dictated by the Russian government and 65 year old Republicans from Alabama. It's determined by young girls and young gay men. I mean just look around on ATRL and who do you find.

'Bad Romance' however, was definitely risky. No one else was making music like that. It was completely out of left field.

[EloiseheartsRiRi]

Originally posted by swissman

Are you forgetting Britney's Piece of Me which addressed the "media drama", the accusations of her as a bad mother, the paparazzi, the things people said about her? And then there is Part of Me for Katy which references her divorce as well as Part of Me 3D which talks about it as well.

Now Part of Me is nothing risky.Let' s not.

[OnlyXtina]

Originally posted by Jack. Bauer

Not even close.

Like a Prayer, American Life, Judas come to mind.

LOOOL!!

[eli's_rhythm]

Originally posted by Jack. Bauer

Not even close.

Like a Prayer, American Life, Judas come to mind.

RR is not as radio friendly as Judas. Judas' "controversy" is so overblown. The religious imagery was aimless and arbitrary--what point was she trying to make? It was just a clichéd attempt to stir the pot. And it was thankfully overshadowed by BTW and then Dark Horse'd by TEOG.

[jokermusic]

Originally posted by swissman

Are you forgetting Britney's Piece of Me which addressed the "media drama", the accusations of her as a bad mother, the paparazzi, the things people said about her? And then there is Part of Me for Katy which references her divorce as well as Part of Me 3D which talks about it as well.

none of the things you mentioned were first singles nor did they come off of the albums I mentioned and neither are even close to how risky Russian roulette was....Im not saying RR was the riskiest but its def top 5

[Travis Bickle]

Rihanna her delusional stans are a joke

This century

Bonus:







Now this is definitely risky.

[swissman]

Originally posted by EloiseheartsRiRi

Now Part of Me is nothing risky.Let' s not.

Originally posted by jokermusic

none of the things you mentioned were first singles nor did they come off of the albums I mentioned and neither are even close to how risky Russian roulette was....Im not saying RR was the riskiest but its def top 5

I think my point was missed so I'll say it clearer. Britney and Katy already covered the drama in their eras, so it wouldn't have made sense to start PRISM with a song about divorce or Circus or Femme Fatale with songs about her drama. Neither of these girls jumped over anything. I was not talking about riskiness.

[Poisonous]

Originally posted by swissman

Are you forgetting Britney's Piece of Me which addressed the "media drama", the accusations of her as a bad mother, the paparazzi, the things people said about her? And then there is Part of Me for Katy which references her divorce as well as Part of Me 3D which talks about it as well.

Not Part Of Me.. Thats the most generic song ever

[Paparazzo]

This is a bit like asking "Are dogs and cats the same thing?". The answer is no, to everybody but the uneducated.

[JustThatGreat]

No. I consider it more of strategic move than an artistic one. In that it was capitalising off of a scandal, and followed a typical marketing and pr formula that on paper seemed like a guarantee for success.

[teresaguidice]

Originally posted by Jack. Bauer

Not even close.

Like a Prayer, American Life, Judas come to mind.

how was judas risky when it was a carbon copy of bad romance?

[swissman]

Originally posted by Poisonous

Not Part Of Me.. Thats the most generic song ever

When did I imply it wasn't?

[minxie]

Originally posted by lonnie

As I mentioned earlier, rated r transcends being just a break up or love song. It speaks of a complicated and in the words of swissman a toxic relationship where one individual, the narrator has the risk of suffering the most from it. The clear suicidal symbolism is something that wasn't done hitherto neither by Rihanna nor by any other pop star at the time or better yet in this century.

It wasn't a lead single (or a single at all) but Katy's "I'm Still Breathing" alludes to suicide too, and in a lot heavier way than RR IMO.

[superben]

Nope.

Bad single choice =/= risky

[Loud!]

Yes..here in europe (italy) rr was very big.

[eli's_rhythm]

Originally posted by umichgrad07

BTW, Raise Your Glass, and We R Who We R were the riskiest.

These songs were 100% ON TREND.

Regardless of what anyone thinks BTW did to Gaga's career, it was completely in keeping with her larger-than-life image at the time. Everybody expected her to do something like it since she'd been pushing her self-love/little monster agenda since TFM. And if nothing else, the explosive sales/airplay/success of the song is enough to dispel any notion of a risk being taken in releasing it as a first single. Not only was it huge based on hype, but it lasted, and it's one of Gaga's 3 or 4 biggest singles, is it not?

RR struggled out of the gate. It practically killed Rihanna's pop momentum! The album looked like a bust until Hard picked up on radio and then Rude Boy kinda salvaged the era. I'm not saying it's a risk because it was a flop, and I do recognize that it fit Rihanna's post-CB, angsty agenda at the time. But it was a risky, challenging single nonetheless. She'd never done anything like it! She could've easily separated her life from her music and released something like Loud, but she chose not to.