Rihanna decided to gift us with a banger (yay!), but she did it to promote the Smurfs movie she’s starring in this summer, so we’re no closer to R9 (boo). “Friend of Mine,” Rihanna’s first time ...

Rihanna has met someone who seems cool. The refrain is compact and echoing, a chorus unburdened by explanatory verses. This is not the Rih of Loud or even the Calvin Harris cut, who treasured ...