Any other year, and we might have had more time for Rihanna. Rihanna was actually up for several Grammys too, but it was a weird combination of events. First, everyone was so focused on Beyonce and Adele. Secondly, Rihanna arrived late on the red carpet, she didn’t perform and she didn’t win. So I think a lot of people just forgot that she was even there. Which is so weird, because she’s RIHANNA. Anyway, she wore this Armani Prive two-piece dress and even though it’s not my favorite thing, I kind of dig it. It’s great on Rihanna, specifically for the Grammys. I might not like it on anyone else at another show. Rihanna looked gorgeous overall – her hair, her makeup, everything. She’s so beautiful.
Also: Rihanna brought her flask and now everyone is obsessed with RiRi drinking from a bejeweled flask. She also seemed to spend a lot of time with Ed Sheeran and Chance.
I was surprised by Daya on the red carpet – I love her voice, and I guess I was expecting someone who seemed a bit tougher. She’s just a tiny little thing, and she’s sort of a nothingburger in person. She wore this Balmain dress which was a total snooze. Bonus photo of Nick Jonas, also wearing Balmain (I love that so many dudes are wearing Balmain these days – it’s the Kanye Effect, I think).
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She is so pretty, but the dress is fugly as hell. And drinking from a flask is trashy.
Daya looks great. I love her dress.
Cosign completely.
I hate the dress mostly because it does not flatter her body. Seriously, she is super fit and the dress makes her look like she doesn’t hit the gym. I can only imagine how awful I would look in that thing. I thought the flask was funny – she’s just young and having fun, it’s not like she was fall-down drunk or anything.
+1 .
+2
And she looks like she was having fun which is always a +.
drinking from a flash is sooo fun… how is that trashy… she’s not stumbling down the red carpet or driving drunk or not like she was presenting and same time drinking it…. it was tongue and cheek, cheeky…. gosh you guys need to live lol
agreed. Drinking from a bottle in a paper bag is trashy. From a bejeweled flask? Not so trashy.
Agreed. Hipflasks are historically extremely posh in the UK – aristos used to carry them everywhere: shooting, hunting etc. Not sure how a fantabulously bejewelled flask can be thought trashy.
I do love Rihanna though so may be extremely biased …
Having a flask may not be trashy. Drinking from it in an awards show on camera is.
Riri’s skirt looks like somebody threw some black RIT dye, a head of Savoy cabbage and Seche top coat into a vat, sewned on an elastic waist, put a gazillion $ price range on it and called it a day.
Don’t get me started on that top.
Rihanna was snubbed. Anti was easily her greatest work and to not even win one award for it is just wrong. But she always handles these situations with grace.
I was really sad for her last night. Anti is her best album to date, but they played her like that. At least she had her flask and seemed to be having a good time.
It’s not easy when you go against Adele and Beyoncè.
This is the problem with the system. Theres a finite category of awards that an artist of color can win. So as long as theres one outstanding black woman on the roaster, the others will leave with nothing. If Beyonce had access to the main awards list, Rihanna could have at least taken some genre awards.
The beauty of this disaster is that a boycott is now a very real possibility. That puts a lot more pressure on the Grammys to have a more diverse voting block which could translate to a AOTY for Rihanna one day. In truth, Lemonade is probably Beyonces seminal album, this was probably her last realistic shot. My heart aches just typing that but the AOTY torch is probably with Janelle Monae, Solange and Rihanna now.
meh, she cannot really sing. but that face is just perfect.
she has personality and i do not really care what she wears. that face and that attitude made her a star. now, she could benefit from some singing lessons, cos she is talented, but it is not like she worked on it
I think Rihanna should benefit by being a SUPERMODEL. I hate the dress but she is just like Naomi Campbell, she can model a garbage bag and still look good.
Yup. No lies detected.
I agree I love Anti and I was hoping she would win an award!!!
I think Rih is the most over rated artist of this generation. She doesn’t write any of her music, she rarely sings live and can’t really dance. Beyonce and Adele are women who put on a show, Rih phones it in 90% of the time
Agreed. Frankly I’m pissed that Anti hasn’t had the buzz it should have. It’s a f*cking great album.
Lemonade is hands down the album of the year…and I’m not a huge Beyoncé fan…but that album was the sh*t.
But Anti and 25 were equally great imo.
I think it’s because ANTI came out in January 2016… so over a year ago now. It was released pretty quietly and it was a chill album with great tracks. However it wasn’t the massive hit-maker, it was a departure to a different style.
Realistically, while I like ANTI better than Lemonade (the second half of that album is a snooze for me), and better than 25 (I like a few Adele songs and she’s super likable, but her albums are “meh” to me), it just didn’t have the mainstream pull to get AOTY.
IMO Lemonade should have gotten AOTY and ANTI Urban Contemporary. I would have almost nominated it for Alternative, lol.
Rihanna still slays without even trying. Love ha.
Rhiiiiiiii. My love. One of the most beautiful women on the planet. She looks amazing. She has no f*cks to give as she swigs from her bejeweled flask.
I really dig the laid back, no-f*cks-given attitude she’s always had, as compared to someone with a super-controlled-holy-mother-of-the-universe image (cough). She seems like she’d be so fun to be around. Rhi, if you can hear this, date me.
On another note, it’s a crime that Anti wasn’t recognized at all. It’s amazing work. Rhianna consistently delivers and I wish she’d get more recognition for that.
I find the deliberate attempt this “no f***s given” attitude just as try hard and contrived.
You think? It doesn’t come off that way to me. She’s always been this way. Yeah, she’s extra, but she’s seemed genuinely cool and laid back for a really long time. But who knows, I might just be biased because I have a crush on her.
With her I don’t think it’s contrived though. But I don’t care for this outfit- on anyone else it would just look completely horrible. On her it just looks very meh and not attractive.
I don’t think it’s contrived either because it is not helping her at all. This was all about Adele versus Beyoncé and she is not even mentioned as the other black woman who was snubbed.
I agree with you Shambles, major crush and love the no f**ks attitude.
Haha, Shambles, I’ve posted that exact same thing above: she can do no wrong in my eyes.
She’s always been like this though – doesn’t strike me as contrived at all.
I think you are confusing Beyonces stage persona with her off stage. The onstage version is always very out there, a character and she has never pretended that that is who she is. Sitting in the audience, she was nothing close to projecting a “Holy Mother of the Universe” vibe.
Rihanna on the other hand brought her bejewelled flask as a deliberate performance. Theres footage of her staring into the camera to her side while screwing it open, she WANTED it to be seen. She was trying to create a meme moment. She succeeded and she is entertaining but she is trying hard.
Thats the difference between the two imo, Beyonces stage persona is nothing like the real her and so she leaves it on stage. Rihannas stage persona is culled from her real personality but because she wants us to know it, she plays up herself when she is off stage. In other words, she is in permanent performance, giving exaggerated versions of Idgaf.
And oh, she gives a f#%*. Oddly, I believe Adele is the least try-hard of this mainstream singers. Rihanna’s atittude reminds me o Avril Lavigne’s: I don’t give a damn (as long as you find me pretty and cool).
100%.
Usually I find her so beautiful, but neither the hair or the dress (??) is doing it for me. More importantly, how could she not win anything for Anti? The whole album (maybe except for Work) is amazing. I love it, and if it was up to me Rihanna would have won them all. Yes, over Adele and Beyonce.
+1
This!
She’s beautiful, but unfortunately this dress highlights that big ugly tattoo.
I actually think it’s an amazing tattoo. It’s extremely well done, the placement is great, and I remember reading about how much it meant to her when she got it done. I think it looks beautiful on her
Gee Shambles, you are reading my mind today! I adore her tattoo.
I legit had to scroll back up because I didn’t even NOTICE that tattoo.
I wish I could rock orange like that, she looks amazing.
*No comment on that monstrosity of a skirt*
She’s gorgeous but that ensemble is just odd. A bikini top and a huge ruffle skirt? Not ever RiRi could make that work.
Hideous.
i am not a fan of the skirt. It is too poofy on the sides. Apart of that I think it is the right occasion for the outfit.
First, I think Zaya looks amazing.
Second, I unabashedly adore Rhianna, love Anti and feel strongly she was inappropriately overlooked. And she knew that she would be, hence the late arrival, flask-swigging, etc., which is fine if a bit juvenile.
The dress is interesting and I quite enjoy it. Rhianna has shown time and again she can wear literally anything and look amazing, and this style is no different. My guess is we’ll be seeing quite a few on these bikini-top and fluffy skirt combos in the next 18 months. I like her figure at this bodyweight, but then she looks amazing at all stages.
Right with you. She is a bit of a fashion goddess to me, she easily could have been a model. She is always late, to her concerts, red carpets, that’s just her. Also loved Anti and it was in the shadow of Beyoncé and Adele, and like you said she was blatantly overlooked, as many music critics have said. But, fear not, she is going to be Marion Crane in Bates Motel, and in the Ocean 8 movie in the summer. She came to America to conquer the world and she is succeeding. I mean who tf else would go to the Grammys with a bejeweled flask!! Love her
Beyonce thought she could take over the world too, remember?
Not a fan of Beyoncé so don’t know her claims. I do know that Rihanna probably never said the words I put in her mouth to conquer the world! I think it was actually flipping Madonna in her day. Rihanna surpassed MJ to have most number 1 singles. She isn’t even thirty. She has already passed the test of time and I think she will be around as long as she desires. Unique, talented and beautiful, quite the trifecta.
Terrible! I frist wondered what that strange grey thing was doing under the bustier, but that’s not even the dress, that’s just a terrible tattoo. Ugh.
she’s gorgeous, the outfit is not so nice. I’m sorry she didn’t win anything for ANTI, it was one of her best albums.
ANTI was my favorite album last year-and i am 48 years old. My daughter played a few tracks for me, and then i bought it myself.
RiRi is incredibly beautiful & talented. RiRi should have won.
God no.
That ‘dress’ makes her look frumpy and thick. But her face of course is a showstopper. So perfect.
Rihanna has lightened her skin so much, it’s unnerving.
I see no difference
https://instagram.com/p/_KOkyXnUSG/
Their dad is very light and her brothers are the same complexion.
https://instagram.com/p/BBtSrbzHUfy/
She looks like her father. She also has his five head. I agree, there’s no difference here except she’s BLACK and not BIRACIAL.
I figure that POC come in different tones and shades…..I dont see what you are seeing.
The only thing I was surprised about Anti losing to was 21 pilots but after seeing this year’s AOTY debacle and the committee’s obvious preferences I’m not surprised.
That being said, I don’t see where all this hype and expectation for the album is coming from? Sure it’s her most mature work to date and it was a good album in terms of bops, but was it really all THAT? Genuinely asking I feel like I’m missing something 😕
For me it is the versatility of Anti. I enjoyed it immensely and loved all of the songs as they each had a different vibe although having a similar theme. Its a matter of taste I guess or maybe because Im a fan of Rih. I loved Lemonade but preferred Anti
That’s fair. I’ll just have to listen to the album as a whole again. Thanks for the response!
It really wasn’t. I love her music, Anti is surely in my playlist, but it just can’t compare to 25 or Lemonade. It is a masterpiece comparing to her usual work, only.
Ha, I totally love the 21 pilots album. I was listening to it for weeks and weeks in the morning to get ready for work.
Rihanna is my Queen. You can have Bey
The three of them looked good. Rih is Rih, and I would have liked to see Daya and Nick side by side. I think they’d look good together.
Rihannas beauty far outweighs her actual singjng talent. That said she is very beautiful.
Her voice has improved a lot over the years (mind you: that was starting from a pretty low point!). As I’ve already said, I love her – she oozes charisma &, when she’s in tune, I love her voice.
You know that celebrity you can’t stand looking at his/her face for more than 3 seconds or you’ll punch the screen? I feel this way about this Nick Jonas. I literally can’t stand him.
He has punchy face for sure.
It’s the smugness isn’t it?
She’s so pretty, but the dress is not good.
The orange top needs to be longer, and I never quibble over Rih’s outfits. This one is just slightly off.
She is so stupid beautiful though. I could just look at her forever.
Sigh. So pretty.
I love it! Orange is a lovely color on her. Her hair and makeup is perfection. She is a stunning woman!
Her face is gorgeous. Love the flask – how else could you sit thru an awards show? But the outfit andvthst tattoo… um no. But I’m not a tattoo person anyway. Too fickle. I thought Daya looked really cute.
The top is a great color on her, but the skirt just reminds me of a big blob that keeps replicating and growing. It’s veers into the ridiculous, but I think as a whole, she pulls it off. Her makeup looks gorge. Remember when she wore that red dress around 3 or 4 years ago? She looked like a goddess. I’ve never heard of Daya, but I love her ensemble here…dress, shoes, purse, everything. It’s understated and sexy. And sorry, Kaiser, I know you didn’t coin the term, but “nothingburger” is just mean as hell.
The oufit is atrocious, she looks as if someone dressed her in leftover Halloween decorations. Horrible and it doesn’t flatter her at all. Which is a shame, because that woman has a great figure.
Much preferred the (was it Tom Ford?) sequined transparent dress she wore a while back. That took nerve, probably a couple of tequila shots and a huge supply of don’t GAF to wear.
That Balmain looks like something an 80’s secretary would wear to work.
Orange and black just scream Halloween to me. Can’t go there.
Rihanna is magic.
She can wear things that would be an eye-searing abomination on literally anyone else and make them look stunning.
That orange crop top is a perfect example.