Rihanna will be gracing the December issue of Elle magazine – her fifth cover.
The issue will be available digitally and on newsstands in select cities starting November 11, and nationwide on November 18. Until then, here is a sneak peek at Robbie Myers’ editor’s letter and an excerpt from Rihanna’s Q&A with ELLE.
What does it say about ELLE, I wondered, that we were so drawn to her again and again, as she grew and matured and became nothing less than a global powerhouse whose many iterations held our attention, and defined us in a way, too? I don’t think anyone, back when we shot her posing by the pool in Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, and Marc Jacobs, could have predicted just how big a star Rihanna would become (she has 37.7 million followers on Twitter and has tied Michael Jackson’s record of number-one hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart), or just what she would eventually represent for so many constituencies around the world. The beautiful Bajan with a catch in her voice that you cannot unhook from your brain; the sexually voracious and dominant libertine; an outspoken opponent of domestic violence; an unapologetic, defiant anti–role model; a fashion soothsayer—indeed, a fashion icon, according to the voters for this year’s Council of Fashion Designers of America Fashion Icon Award; a musical force; a social media savant; and a single-word phenomenon who puts her desires, agenda, and failures out for all to see but couldn’t care less about the heap of judgment that comes with that.
Here’s an excerpt from her interview:
What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?
That’s still a secret.
ELLE: What do people misunderstand about you?
Rihanna: I’m shy.
ELLE: What’s the sexiest thing a man has ever said to you?
Rihanna: Any man that tells me what to do is sexy!
ELLE: What’s your mantra?
Rihanna: “Fuck bitches, get money!”
ELLE: Do you ever sound like your mother?
Rihanna: My mother doesn’t say much, but that one “ummmm” is a full paragraph of things I was grateful she didn’t say. I catch myself doing that a lot recently.
ELLE: If you weren’t a singer, what would you be?
Rihanna: A wife.
ELLE: The last time you were starstruck?
Rihanna: When I met Aaron Paul at the Spike awards.
ELLE: The best hangover cure?
Rihanna: Ice, Chinese food! And an upside-down trash can and towels, preferably next to the toilet.
ELLE: Are you a good cook?
Rihanna: I’m a fun cook! My specialty is seafood, but I also make the sickest mac ’n’ cheese you will ever taste.
ELLE: If you had to listen to three albums on repeat, what would they be?
Rihanna: KoL’s Only By the Night, Buju Banton’s ’Til Shiloh, and Michael Bolton’s Greatest Hits (1985–1995). And the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack.
ELLE: If you were a piece of jewelry, what would it be?
Rihanna: I’d be a choker!
ELLE: What’s on your Christmas list?
Rihanna: A big, trimmed ****!!
Alrighty then … Check out the pics
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