Rihanna - Unfaithful

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The video starts with lots of scenarios in the first minute of the video, with some quiet music in the background that keeps repeating. This could be seen as Rihanna having flashbacks from the past with the guy that also plays in the video as what could be seen as her boyfriend. As the video reaches 53 seconds, the music plays louder, this shows the start of the song. As the music has just started again, there are cuts from scene to of Rihanna being intimate with a different guy to her boyfriend in the video. In these flashbacks she is seen smiling and being happy, this is a short montage. The lyrics start and she comes out from a black curtain looking down and unhappy. Rihanna is also dressed in a black fitted dress, the colour black is seen throughout the video. The colour black may be representing that Rihanna is in a dark place and feeling sad as the lyrics to the song show that Rihanna has been cheating on her boyfriend. Rihanna is based in a stage area at the beginning of the area. As the song leads up to the chorus the lyrics state that she is going to be breaking someone's heart, and feels sad about it. The video then cuts to flashbacks of her and the man again, reflecting on her sadness and that she feels guilt. In the video, Rihanna is going along with what seems like a relationship and she doesn't want to carry it on anymore, this is shown throughout the video as Rihanna doesn't smile at any moment of time through the video, this shows the audience that she is not happy. The video has a narrative where the video is about her and a man that could be her boyfriend, she feels guilty about being with him when she is seeing other people as well. She wants to tell him but she feels too guilty about it and doesn't want to hurt him. The narrative is pretty clear throughout the whole video due to how Rihanna acts in the video because she is all in black and never smiles because the song is a sad song. The video consists of lots of medium close ups, this shows Rihanna to her audience as lots of people who watch music video's want to watch and see the actual artist. Medium close ups can also show the artist's emotion which this video has lots of emotion in.

The video and lyrics of the song is about a woman who is in a relationship with a man but is secretly having an affair with another man. It is not usually seen for woman to cheat on their other half, usually it is portrayed that a man will cheat on his girlfriend so this song shows a different side.