Rihanna's Russian Roulette

Rihanna's song Russian Roulette is a somber, slow beat love song. The tempo is very slow and very different from most of her upbeat, happy songs. It has a very persistant beat in the backround that creates this soft, slow melody. The song is very much about her vocals instead of about the music or the beat. Because its slow, her voice is very loud and isn't drowned out by the music. The lyrics go along with the slow tempo with long, dragged out cords which creates a depressing mood. The song is a love song but its more of a sad love song than one that talks about love in a happy light. The lyrics are about the fears of love and talks a lot about death, which most love songs don't touch upon. If i had to put a color to the song it would be navy blue, red and black. The navy blue would be for her vocals because they are dragged out and feel almost long and painful. And the actual lyrics would be red and black because they are dark and depressing and talk about death which reminds me of bood. The genre of the song i think would still be considered pop but more of a jazz/blue base. It has a sort of rythm and blues feel to it but you can still see how it is pop because thats what Rihanna mostly sings. The song gives off a sad mood while at the same time its almost inspiriring and thought-provoking. It makes you think about death and being in a life-or-death situation and how that would make you feel. The lyrics create really strong images such as "you can see my heart through my chest." The imagery is so vivid that we can picture her heart pulsating through her chest because of how frightened she is.