Rihanna goes nude in B**** Better Have My Money music video

August 2024 ยท 7 minute read

Rihanna released a new explicit video on Wednesday night for her single B**** Better Have My Money.

The seven-minute video was rated for mature audiences for its language, nudity and violence.

Rihanna, 27, co-directed the racy video with the French collective MegaForce.

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Don't mess with Rihanna: The 27-year-old singer debuted her music video for B**** Better Have My Money - which she directed - and it showed a bloody confrontation when someone plays with the star's hard-earned cash

Don't mess with Rihanna: The 27-year-old singer debuted her music video for B**** Better Have My Money - which she directed - and it showed a bloody confrontation when someone plays with the star's hard-earned cash

Eric Roberts, 59, and Hannibal star Mads Mikkelsen, 49, also made appearences in the wild video.

Mads as the villain in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale did the torturing of Agent 007 but this time around found himself tied up in a chair.

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The first, foreboding shot lingered on a pair of bloodied legs sticking out of a large, wooden chest in the middle of a grassy clearing. 

Vicious circle: The seven-minute music video opens with a pair of bloody legs protruding from a wooden chest, and closes with Rihanna naked and covered in blood

In the beginning: The seven-minute music video opened with a pair of bloody legs protruding from a wooden chest

Then Rihanna took time to set the scene of her epic revenge piece, with the music not even beginning until over 90 seconds into it.

The narrative began with a pretty blonde woman getting all made up and donning a plunging white suit before kissing her partner goodbye, grabbing her Pomeranian and hopping into her building's elevator.

Meanwhile, Rihanna - sporting red leather, a newsboy cap over tight ringlets, and a dark, berry lipstick - makes her way into the same building, ominously dragging a heavy trunk. 

Unsuspecting: The video begins - after a foreboding shot on bloody legs popping out of a wooden chest - with a pretty blonde women getting ready and leaving her apartment

Unsuspecting: The video begins - after a foreboding shot on bloody legs popping out of a wooden chest - with a pretty blonde women getting ready and leaving her apartment

Kissing her partner goodbye: The women - soon to become Rihanna's unsuspecting victim - dons a chic, white suit and picks up her Pomeranian before heading into the elevator

Kissing her partner goodbye: The women - soon to become Rihanna's unsuspecting victim - dons a chic, white suit and picks up her Pomeranian before heading into the elevator

On the hunt: Meanwhile, Rihanna, sporting a dark, berry lipstick - is seen looking furious as she drives over to the women's luxurious abode

On the hunt: Meanwhile, Rihanna, sporting a dark, berry lipstick - is seen looking furious as she drives over to the women's luxurious abode

She maintains a poker face as she's joined in the elevator by the mysterious woman, but as soon as the doors open back up - and the music begins to play - Rihanna was holding the glamorous pup and the woman was nowhere to be found.

She lets the dog go, and drags the heavy trunk back to her car before breaking with a cigarette as her female thugs stuff the chest into the back of her car.

The next scene shows the bound and topless woman lying in the back of Rihanna's car during what appears to be a joyride, before she's drug into a barn and hung upside down. 

Ready to pounce: One quick shot shows the two women casually riding the elevator together

Ready to pounce: One quick shot shows the two women casually riding the elevator together

And so it begins: However, as soon as the doors close Rihanna's single begins playing and she is next seen holding the pup while the mystery women is nowhere to be seen

And so it begins: However, as soon as the doors close Rihanna's single begins playing and she is next seen holding the pup while the mystery women is nowhere to be seen

According to plan: The star - sporting thigh-high leather boots - is then seen letting the dog go as she struggles to pull the heavy trunk back to her car 

According to plan: The star - sporting thigh-high leather boots - is then seen letting the dog go as she struggles to pull the heavy trunk back to her car 

She's in charge: However, she then enjoys a cigarette break as her henchmen load the trunk - and body - into the back of her car 

She's in charge: However, she then enjoys a cigarette break as her henchmen load the trunk - and body - into the back of her car 

The scene was evocative of the 1992 Quentin Tarantino movie Reservoir Dogs and its warehouse torture segment.

The hitmaker then takes a seemingly laid-back visit to a gas station, where her female accomplices stock up on snacks while the star makes a phone call that clearly didn't go her way.

She's seen angrily slamming the plastic receiver before then employing her fiercest runway walk as she leaves the car behind in a fiery blaze.

Road trip: The women pose casually as they hit the road, seemingly ignoring the naked, bound hostage in the back seat

Road trip: The women pose casually as they hit the road, seemingly ignoring the naked, bound hostage in the back seat

Going undercover: The woman is then brought to an old barn, seemingly in the desert, as Rihanna is seen on the phone, likely making demands in exchange for the hostage

Going undercover: The woman is then brought to an old barn, seemingly in the desert, as Rihanna is seen on the phone, likely making demands in exchange for the hostage

Not playing around: The victim is strung up and left swinging back in forth in the barn, as Rihanna seems to grow angrier, with her phone call likely not going as planned 

Not playing around: The victim is strung up and left swinging back in forth in the barn, as Rihanna seems to grow angrier, with her phone call likely not going as planned 

Let it burn: RiRi walked away after torching a vehicle

Let it burn: RiRi walked away after torching a vehicle

The women next appeared to be partying on a boat, with Rihanna rolling her eyes at their hostage as she got sick into a bucket.

A weird juxtaposition was made as Rihanna posed with a gun among colorful lounge chairs and inflatable pool toys as their hostage remained bound and blindfolded.

At one point a cop - played by Roberts - patrolled the curious scene, but before the poor hostage can call out, Rihanna bashed her over the head with a beer bottle, before smiling politely at the officer.

Lounging around: Rihanna and her cronies lounged poolside while on a yacht

Lounging around: Rihanna and her cronies lounged poolside while on a yacht

Shooting star: The singer fired off a flare gun that exploded into a firework

Shooting star: The singer fired off a flare gun that exploded into a firework

Patrol car: Eric Roberts played a police officer cruising around the gals

Patrol car: Eric Roberts played a police officer cruising around the gals

The 25 -year-old Seattle native told Vice: 'It's overwhelming, because I'm hella normal. I work at a plant store. She followed me on Instagram on a Wednesday night, and then I was in LA on Friday morning. It was crazy'

Sweet smiles: Rihanna and her crew smiled as the officer drove by

The women jumped between playing a bit of Weekend At Bernie's with the unconscious victim and getting her high and drunk as they performed a bit of a makeover and held a dance party around her in a dark motel room.

Roberts later returned as the women held a pool party, but once again the cop missed their victim, as she lays unconscious in the water, hidden by an alligator pool toy.

Rihanna then kicked things into high gear as she returned to the lavish estate pictured in the beginning of the video, with the woman tucked back into the large chest.

Party time: The blonde kidnap victim was plied with booze and drugs

Party time: The blonde kidnap victim was plied with booze and drugs

Pool party: The officer also checked in on the gang during their pool party

Pool party: The officer also checked in on the gang during their pool party

Sweet smile: Rihanna smiled innocently at a police officer who comes over to check what the women are upto

Sweet smile: Rihanna smiled innocently at the officer

Below the surface: The kidnap victim was hidden from view below the surface by a toy alligator

Below the surface: The kidnap victim was hidden from view below the surface by a toy alligator

Rihanna can then be seen surveying a horrifying collection of weapons and tools, with labels such as 'Cheater,' and 'f***** up my credit.' 

Mads then makes his appearance as Rihanna's prime victim as 'The Accountant AKA The B****' who seems perfectly happy tossing around the star's money in a Spring Breakers-esque sequence, before the hitmaker catches up to him.

The star dons a fitted, sheer ensemble as she approached Mads, tied to a chair in a room after seemingly getting the Dexter cellophane treatment.

Rough ride: The blonde was shown tucked inside the large trunk

Rough ride: The blonde was shown tucked inside the large trunk

Choice of weapons: When kidnap and torture doesn't get Rihanna what she wants, she heads back to the luxury apartment with an array of deadly weapons

Choice of weapons: Rihanna had numerous weapons at her disposal

Throwing it around: Mads had no problem throwing Rihanna's money around

Throwing it around: Mads had no problem throwing Rihanna's money around

Tied up: Rihanna had Mads tied to a chair as she prepared to hurt him

Tied up: Rihanna had Mads tied to a chair as she prepared to hurt him

A montage of blood and money was displayed before it was revealed that the woman in the chest was a satisfied-looking Rihanna, after she had retrieved the money she was owed.

She lit a cigarette while lounging in the money-filled chest - naked and covered in blood - before the video ended with the disturbing image of the performer's determined, blood-soaked face.

Rihanna had taken to Instagram ahead of the video's midnight release, gushing: '#BBHMMvideo Ya girl got director skillz!!! The concept for this piece came to me 8 months ago!!! So you can imagine how anxious I am right now!!! #MIDNIGHT on #VEVO'

Calling the shots: The singer made it clear that she was calling the shots in the music video

Calling the shots: The singer made it clear that she was calling the shots in the music video

The hitmaker shared a teaser of the video on Sunday during an appearance at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. 

It was announced earlier on Wednesday by the Recording Industry Association of America that Rihanna had become the first artist to surpass more than 100 million cumulative digital singles.

The recording industry's digital single certification counts download sales and on-demand streams in the United States. 

Satisfied: Rihanna smokes a cigarette while naked and covered in blood, on a bed on the money she has justifiably earned in torturing and killing two people

Bloody satisfied: Rihanna smoked a cigarette while naked and covered in blood and her retrieved money

 

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