Russell, co-editor of Rihanna: Barbados World-Gurl in Global Popular Culture a 2015 book of scholarly essays on the phenomenon that is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, the most famous Bajan on the planet. "Rihanna wants to remind us of those Caribbean, Barbadian roots," says Heather D. To understand Barbados and the Caribbean is central to understanding Rihanna. 1 album - but she is also from Westbury Road, Bridgetown, Barbados. Yes, she's super popular worldwide - despite the bumpy release of Anti, the album sold 124,000 copies last week, making it Rihanna's second No. But could it not be that Rihanna's aesthetic project might be consistently committed to representing Barbados and the Caribbean? As Rihanna's fame grows, there seems to be less and less of a reference to the relevance of her Bajan roots. "That all these songs exist side by side reaffirm that Rihanna is our least aesthetically consistent - least aesthetically committed? - major pop star", wrote Jon Caramanica in The New York Times. Or it was on purpose? The album is " adrift," " confused," " not what we expected at all." What's Rihanna doing anyhow? Review after review has seemed to struggle with the Barbadian superstar - the coolest girl in the world is being just plain frustrating. The release of Rihanna's much anticipated Anti was a mistake. Rihanna in October 2015, in front of the cover art for her album, Anti.
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