Good Girl Gone Bad In May 2007, Rihanna revealed that she called the album "Good Girl Gone Bad" because it represents her bolder and more independent image: "I'm not the innocent Rihanna anymore. I'm taking a lot more risks and chances. I felt when I cut my hair, it shows people I'm not trying to look or be anybody else. The album is very edgy." "Good Girl Gone Bad" was recorded in Westlake Recording Studios and Conway Studios in Los Angeles, Battery Studios and Roc the Mic Studios in New York City, Chicago Recording Company and Pressure Studios in Chicago, Phase One Audio Group
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded the White Stripes song "Seven Nation Army" (2003) and was accompanied by flames that shot up across the front of the stage. A reviewer from "The National" praised the material on the original album, particularly the "ubiquity" of "Umbrella", and also complimented "Don't Stop the Music", "Hate That I Love You", and "Shut Up and Drive". He further stated that the release of "Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded" was made to mark the first anniversary of the album and that "the new tracks are everything you want pop to be, and are a testament to the power of the original