The Umbrella singer revealed her rise to success has been painful as she has been exposed to the 'dark' side of celebrity.
Rihanna said: "Fame is lonely. At first, I was on an adrenaline high - this is my dream. I'm actually doing it; it didn't phase me that I was alone, that I wasn't with the people I love. But after a while it gets repetitive and that is when you think,'Oh wow, I am sitting in a hotel room once again, just me and the television'."
Spotlight a problem
"When you are in the spotlight, people are like, 'What do you have to worry about?' They forget that the success is one great aspect of your life, but behind that there are problems, there are dark sides, there is loneliness and unhappiness."
The 19-year-old star also admits she has struggled to make true friends in the music business because she can't trust anyone. She added: "In this business, people are shallow, they are dishonest. You can't trust them.
"I have always had a thing for reading people. When I come into contact with a situation or a person, the first thing I do is just sit quiet for a little while. I sit and watch you. It really helps me to understand how to play the game, and sometimes you have to play it. It is a game that really sucks."
mattbossy said
03:03 01/07 2008
aww oh well ur not the only star suffering
Figs said
03:14 01/07 2008
That's the downfalls that comes with being a celebrity. She should be alright in the long run though.
bLaCkBeatZ said
08:48 01/07 2008
yeh an her song question existing sez it all a really introspective song
Jamecho said
11:11 01/07 2008
boo...hooo..give me some a di money weh a mek yuh sad...I will be happy for you....then loneliness wi leave yuh a alone...Sanchez available?
-- Edited by Jamecho at 11:13, 2008-01-07
rrDesignZ said
11:12 01/07 2008
lol
f**ka
a cocky she want
Gates said
11:13 01/07 2008
u can always come for me in JA, ill make you happy lol can push my stick under ur umbrella lmao
pengo said
11:26 01/07 2008
Hush likkle rih rih.
-- Edited by pengo at 11:27, 2008-01-07
SupaRam said
15:58 01/12 2008
lol...fi real...if di money have she unhappy...she can give it away
UV RAYS said
16:06 01/12 2008
she wan di vitamin s
DJ Romeo said
16:29 01/12 2008
But the money sur can take away the pain.
DJ SCOOBAY said
16:35 01/12 2008
yup!
DJ Romeo said
21:47 01/12 2008
Poor ting.
bLaCkBeatZ said
10:38 01/14 2008
so it go
DekaNo said
10:46 01/14 2008
so life go all she offi do now a whole out an si wat life have in store fi her
up2 said
12:32 01/14 2008
all she need fi do is find a likkle yute fi deal wid har proppa
The Umbrella singer revealed her rise to success has been painful as she has been exposed to the 'dark' side of celebrity.
Rihanna said: "Fame is lonely. At first, I was on an adrenaline high - this is my dream. I'm actually doing it; it didn't phase me that I was alone, that I wasn't with the people I love. But after a while it gets repetitive and that is when you think,'Oh wow, I am sitting in a hotel room once again, just me and the television'."
Spotlight a problem
"When you are in the spotlight, people are like, 'What do you have to worry about?' They forget that the success is one great aspect of your life, but behind that there are problems, there are dark sides, there is loneliness and unhappiness."
The 19-year-old star also admits she has struggled to make true friends in the music business because she can't trust anyone. She added: "In this business, people are shallow, they are dishonest. You can't trust them.
"I have always had a thing for reading people. When I come into contact with a situation or a person, the first thing I do is just sit quiet for a little while. I sit and watch you. It really helps me to understand how to play the game, and sometimes you have to play it. It is a game that really sucks."-- Edited by Jamecho at 11:13, 2008-01-07
-- Edited by pengo at 11:27, 2008-01-07