girl in that's what makes you beautiful video was played by pharrell williams.
girl in that's what makes you beautiful video was played by pharrell williams.
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eleanor gower of the "daily mail" thought the slow moving number shows rihanna at her most vulnerable. a reviewer of the huffington post commented, "the heartfelt ballad, from her latest album "unapologetic", is full of emotion - and the video matches that, as a stripped-down rihanna soaks in a tub." august brown of the "los angeles times" commented on the video saying, "we kind of want to curl up in a hot shower and have a good cry ourselves." they continued saying, "it's kind of an echo of her famous "we found love" video, with that clip's quick-cut, drugged-up frenzy of bad romance replaced with solitary, locked-off shots that feel more intimate than exploitative. she looks amazing, but the focus isn't so much her body as the look of constant devastation on her face." brown summarised the clip as being "appropriately minimalist[ic]" and concluded calling it "a beautiful video that broaden's rihanna's emotional-musical palette." bené viera of vh1 commented on the video saying, "usually the tough girl posturing is a cover up for a very sensitive soul. rihanna cut the 'i don't give an eff' attitude for four minutes of makeup free, teary-eyed, glistening wet, raw emotion in the video for 'stay.'" sarah flanigan of yahoo! thought the video shows "a softer side of [rihanna's] personality audiences rarely get to see." she also stated, "there are no gimmicks, no flashy clothes, just a very raw and emotional performance allowing her to tell this love story in her own words." jenna hally rubenstein of mtv labelled the video as "perfectly heartbreaking/emotionally vulnerable" and thought the "baptismal effect" of the video "feels like a seamless transition from rihanna's 'diamonds' video." tamar anitai also of mtv compared the video to britney spears' "everytime" (2004), writing that both videos "are equal parts stunning and sobering, haunting and harrowing, and both feature impossibly famous singers reflecting upon damaged relationships while inviting us into their well-designed bathrooms as they vulnerably perform their ablutions." rihanna's "stay" video was also compared to and said to be inspired by janet jackson's "every time" video, as well as britney spears' "everytime" video, with one critic noting "rihanna isn't the first pop star to brood in a bathtub. janet jackson and britney spears also bared their emotion immersed in water. janet bared all in a blue lagoon for her 'every time' video. a little less glam, britney's tub scene in her 'everytime' video proved dark foreshadowing into her troubled world."
stay (rihanna song)