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We Found Love
Directed byMelina Matsoukas
StarringRihanna
Dudley O'Shaughnessy
Narrated byAgyness Deyn
Music byRihanna
Calvin Harris
Distributed byUniversal Music and Video Distribution, Inc.
Release dates
  • October 19, 2011 (2011-10-19)
(Premiere)
  • October 22, 2011 (2011-10-22)
(Download)
Running time
4:36
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

"We Found Love" is a music video for the song of the same name by Rihanna, directed by Melina Matsoukas. It was shot on September 26, 27 and 28, 2011, in a field in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, ahead ahead of Rihanna embarking on the European leg of the Loud Tour. During filming, a number of residents driving around the location of the set called the BBC to inform them that traffic in the area was congested, due to drivers trying to catch a glimpse of the singer. The owner of the field, Alan Graham, expressed distaste with regard to Rihanna exposing her breasts on his field, and asked the crew to stop filming. As the farmer requested that shooting of the video be halted, the shoot location was moved to a closed set in Titanic Quarter, Belfast, on September 28, 2011, where the video's filming was continued, without photographers or fans being allowed to see any of what was being shot. The male love interest in the video is model and former boxer Dudley O'Shaughnessy. The video premiered on October 19, 2011, and was made available to download digitally three days later on October 22.

The video begins with a monologue given about love and heartbreak by an unseen narrator, fashion model Agyness Deyn. Multiple scenes of Rihanna and her lover are intercut throughout the narration, depicting them in different situations with each other. The intercut scenes feature the couple in both love and hate scenarios. During the chorus, images of drugs, various pills and dilated pupils are shown. Rihanna and her boyfriend begin arguing angrily with each other while they are in a car; the video then progressively shows the couple experiencing mounting difficulties in their relationship. The couple eventually begin physically abusing one another, possibly due to the heavy drug abuse. After apparently having enough, Rihanna decides to leave her boyfriend after finding him passed out on the floor of his apartment. Calvin Harris features as the DJ during the outdoor rave scene of the video. The video features multiple references to popular culture film and music, including themes of films and content of other singer's music video's. The video peaked at number one on the Polish Video Chart.

Upon the release of the video, most critics agreed that the way in which it had been shot was reminiscent of being a film, with the majority comparing it to the films Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream. Some critics also compared the controversial content to those of Rihanna's previous video's "S&M" and "Man Down". The video also sparked controversy from multiple activist groups, including The Rape Crisis Centre in the UK; Christian youth pastors Brandon Ward and John Colonnello as well as Ulster Cancer Foundation, for Rihanna's portrayal in the video of having sex whilst under the influence of illegal drugs, not being a role model to young girls and women and for smoking. As a result, the video was banned from being shown before 10pm on French television due to it's controversial content.

Development

One of the filming locations was on a farmer's field in County Down, Northern Ireland, where filming of the video was halted when the field's owner, Alan Graham, expressed distaste with Rihanna exposing her breasts on his land.

The music video for "We Found Love" was shot on September 26, 27 and 28, 2011, in County Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The video was shot in a field in the town of Bangor, County Down, ahead of Rihanna embarking on the European leg of the Loud Tour[1] and was directed by Melina Matsoukas,[2] who had previously directed the videos for "Rude Boy" (2010), and the controversial "S&M" (2011).[3][4] During filming, a number of residents driving around the location of the set called the BBC to inform them that traffic in the area was congested, due to drivers trying to catch a glimpse of the singer.[1] Pictures of Rihanna leaked onto the internet the same day, which featured Rihanna wearing "a red bandana top, long flannel shirt, and dirty denim", reminiscent of the song's artwork,[2] with additional scenes of the singer wearing "an American flag bikini, denim vest, and ripped jeans".[2] The owner of the field, Alan Graham, expressed distaste with regard to Rihanna exposing her breasts on his field, and asked the crew to stop filming, saying "When the filming did become to my mind unacceptable I requested the filming to stop ... it became apparent to me that the situation was becoming inappropriate and I requested them to stop and they did".[5] As the farmer requested that shooting of the video be halted, the shoot location was moved to a closed set in Titanic Quarter, Belfast, on September 28, 2011, where the video's filming was continued, without photographers or fans being allowed to see any of what was being shot.[6]

It was reported that extras were not told about what was expected of them until a very short time period beforehand, in order to keep the content of the video as secret as possible.[6] With regard to the video's content, Rihanna posted a message on her twitter account writing "I really can't stop thinking about this video we just shot! EASILY the BEST video I've done thus far!"[7] Rihanna further elaborated upon the concept of the video, saying "We've never done a video like this before. This is probably one of the deepest videos I've ever done ... its all about love and love being like a drug, you definitely get that from this."[8] The male love interest in the video is model and former boxer Dudley O'Shaughnessy.[9] Upon the release of the video, Matsoukas explained the content of the video in an interview with MTV:

We love, obviously, to do provocative imagery ... we always try to definitely push the limits ... I think because, in the end, it's not really at all about domestic violence. It's really just about it being toxic, and they're on this drug trip and that definitely plays a part, but I think it's also about being triumphant over those weaknesses, and she leaves him. It's not trying to glorify that type of relationship. The bad parts of it, that's what you don't want. In the end, her leaving, it represents her getting that out of her life. The drugs and the addiction and the toxic — that's what brings her downfall and brings a lot of harm.[10]

Also in the interview, the director went on to explain the content with regard to Rihanna's domestic violence experience, saying that it is not a reenactment of the singer's past experience, but rather that Rihanna is acting in the video, saying:

[The song's] totally rave-y ... and that's the feeling, just music rushing over you, and then I started thinking about drugs and addiction and love and how that's an addiction ... we've all lived the ups and downs of being in a toxic relationship. It's really about the obstacles of trying to let it go, but at the same time how great it makes you feel, so it's hard to let it go. Again, it goes back to a story that we all can relate to ... It's not Rihanna's story; it's her story in the video, and she's acting. But everybody's [as well]. Obviously, there's a lot of comparisons to her real life, and that's not at all the intention. It's just that I guess people naturally go there because art imitates life, and it's a story we all relate to and we've all experienced. Like, it's based on my life; it's based on her life; it's based on your life, like, everybody.[10]

Synopsis

A screenshot of Rihanna (pictured) vomiting pink and white streamers, suggesting her character is under the influence of one or more hallucinogens.

The video begins with a monologue given about love and heartbreak by an unseen narrator, fashion model Agyness Deyn:[11] "It's like you're screaming but no one can hear. You almost feel ashamed that someone could be that important, that without them, you feel like nothing. No one will ever understand how much it hurts. You feel hopeless, like nothing can save you. And when it's over and it's gone, you almost wish that you could have all that bad stuff back so you can have the good."[12] Multiple scenes of Rihanna and her lover are intercut throughout the narration, depicting them in different situations with each other. The intercut scenes feature the couple in both love and hate scenarios. Before the audio of the song starts, lightning bolts are projected onto a wall that Rihanna is standing in front of. As the first verse starts, Rihanna and her lover are once again shown in a multitude of different scenarios, depicting them as completely enamored with each other while engaging in fun activities together, including going on rides in a fairground and eating in fast food restaurants. During the chorus, images of drugs, various pills and dilated pupils are shown, while brief scenes of Rihanna and her boyfriend preparing to engage in sexual intercourse and their various stages of undress are shown.

The chorus continues and the video abruptly cuts to Rihanna and other people at an outside rave, dancing to music. Calvin Harris features as the DJ during this scene. As the second chorus begins, Rihanna and her boyfriend are seen happily running amok in a supermarket, pushing each other in a shopping cart and spraying canned drinks at each other. This scene is interrupted when Rihanna and her boyfriend begin arguing angrily with each other while they are in a car; the video then progressively shows the couple experiencing mounting difficulties in their relationship. The couple eventually begin physically abusing one another, possibly due to the heavy drug abuse. It is during the final chorus that Rihanna is seen vomiting streamers; she is also seen passed out on the street while her boyfriend tries to revive her. After apparently having enough, Rihanna decides to leave her boyfriend after finding him passed out on the floor of his apartment. The video ends with Rihanna curled up in the corner of a room, crying.[9][13][14]

References to popular culture

Film

The video for "We Found Love" features several references to popular culture in the form of films. As noted by James Montgomery of MTV, "We Found Love" incorporates the main themes of sex, drugs and violence, which feature heavily in films by independent filmmaker Gregg Araki.[15] Several of Araki's films, including Totally Fucked Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995) and Nowhere (1997) all strongly depict scenes of a sexual nature, drug use and violent activities as part of their narrative, which feature prominently throughout "We Found Love".[15] "We Found Love"'s use of vibrant colors and imagery is also reminiscent of Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994); the film is about "a pair of murderers, Mickey and Mallory, on a killing spree throughout the American Southwest" which incorporates "nightmarish-colors" and rear wall projected imagery, which us used frequently in "We Found Love".[15] As noted by multiple music critics, the video features multiple effects which resemble those presented in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream (2000). The film incorporates the use of a close-up shot of a dilated pupil, an effect which is used multiple times in "We Found Love".[15]

Music

The video also features multiple popular culture references to other artists in the music industry. "We Found Love" shows Rihanna and O'Shaughnessy blowing marijuana exhalations into each others mouth, which is stylistically reminiscent of the album cover on English musician Tricky's Blowback (2001), which also shows two people engaging in blowing smoke into one and others mouth.[15] The video also garnered comparisons to Britney Spears' "Everytime" (2004), due to how Rihanna is shown laying in a bathtub, and submerging her head under the water, which could be interpreted by the viewer as being a failed suicide attempt.[15] In the video for "Everytime", Spears is presented as being a successful singer who is constantly hounded by the media and Paparazzi about her turbulent relationship with her boyfriend, which displays Spears being shown drowning in a bathtub as a result of a successful drug overdose.[15] The video also bares resemblances with Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie", on which Rihanna appears as a featured artist. The similarities presented between the videos for "We Found Love" and "Love the Way You Lie" are that both contain lyrical and visual content about a "doomed" relationship, in addition to scenes of graphic violence and substance abuse.[15] Like "We Found Love", "Love the Way You Lie" also features scenes of the two pairs of lovers, in their respective videos, in various stages of undress and intimacy.[15] The singers video also features stylistic references to Madonna's "Ray of Light" (1998) video, which features "a whole lot of high-speed, time-lapse shots taken in cities around the world"; the same technique is used for the drug scenes in "We Found Love".[15]

Release and reception

The video received multiple comparisons from various music critics to Trainspotting (1996), directed by Danny Boyle (pictured), because of it's over sexualized and violent themes, as well as the opening monologue by Agyness Deyn.[13]

The video for "We Found Love" premiered on the website Whosay.com on October 19, 2011.[16][17] The music video met with a mixed response from critics, with some praising its cinematic feel, whilst others criticized the glorification of drug taking and its side effects. Chris Coplan of Consequence of Sound praised the production of the video, noting that it has a cinematic feel to it, showing the "ins and outs [and] ups and downs" of love[9] and compared the video in its entirety to the film Blue Valentine, due to its sexualized content and narrative consisting of a couple who have a turbulent relationship with one another.[9] Erika Ramirez of Billboard magazine called the video "artful" and "poignant" in her review, and added that the video shows "neon colors, explicit sex, bathtub embraces and painful arguments of the couple's world".[12] Jocelyn Vena of MTV commented that although the song itself is upbeat and carefree, the video represents the antithesis, depicting "a dark look at love and substance abuse".[13] Vena, alike Coplan, also noted that the song has a cinematic feel, calling it a "mini-movie", and similar Ramirez, also compared the video to the films Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream, with regard to its opening monologue, which Vena thought "foreshadow[ed]" the video.[13]

Matthew Perpetua of Rolling Stone also found "the footage looks like a remake of Trainspotting, writing "[We Found Love] matches its thumping rave beat to footage that often looks like a remake of Trainspotting".[18] Amanda Dobbins of New York magazine was more critical of the video, commenting that the controversy of Rihanna taking off her clothes in a farmers field "is the least of its provocations", listing the activities the couple partake in: "smoking, drinking, dancing on fast-food tables, dancing at raves, heavy petting, stealing groceries, drunk wheelies, and bathing while fully clothed [and] candy-colored drugs".[19] Dobbins noted that the list of illicit and frowned upon activities may once again aggravate parents and committees because of the explicit nature of the video, which caused controversy for Rihanna in her video's for "S&M" and "Man Down".[19] Also of New York magazine, Charlotte Cowles commented that the voice-over provided by Deyn at the start of the video sounds "incredibly depressing".[11]

Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly described the video as "a Trainspotting-meets-Drugstore Cowboy portrait of wasted youth and finding love in an apparently very pharmaceutical place".[20] Greenblatt continued her review in a more negative manner, asking "But does it paint a too-glamorous portrait of crazy, stupid love for her young fans? Or is it RiRi's prerogative to push the boundaries of dilated pupils, couch sex, and how many cigarettes two people can conceivably smoke simultaneously?"[20] Jamie Lewis of the International Business Times noted that the video is likely to cause controversy amongst different groups of the public due to the "multitude of illicit and illegal acts",[21] and condoned the activities that the singer appeared to be partaking in, writing "Rihanna can be seen swallowing unmarked pills, smoking what looks like marijuana, publically stripping, stealing goods and vandalising".[21] Lewis also described the opinions of fans who had posted messages to Rihanna's official Twitter and YouTube accounts, with one fan praising the song, writing "cant stop watching @rihanna's [sic] we found love video, its by far her best yet!", whilst another slated the video, "Really [Rihanna] you call that love? I used to like some of your music but this video is just disgusting I'm sorry to tell. Seems a bad 90's documentary about drugs ... I'm 20 years old and I found it inappropriate. Sorry."[21]

Controversy

The Rape Crisis Centre in the UK, an anti-rape organization which helps victims of rape, sexual abuse and other forms of sexual violence, criticized the video for "We Found Love", labeling it as "a disgrace".[22] Eileen Kelly, a representative of the anti-rape group, stated that the video "[sends] out an inappropriate message" and complained to The Daily Star with her concerns, saying "Rihanna's new video is a disgrace. It sends the message that she is an object to be possessed by men, which is disturbingly what we see in real violence cases".[22] The video also came under fire from Brandon Ward, a youth pastor of Oasis Christian Center in Staten Island, New York, who also criticized the video for being immoral, saying "Rihanna is damaging the moral and self-worth of young impressionable teens".[23] Ward continued to give an analysis as to why the video is immorally unjust and how it does not conform with Christian beliefs and morals, saying,

The real issue is that it moves the moral center more towards the obscene. That it becomes more normal to be more sexually promiscuous, because they are bombarded with imagery that is loaded with innuendo, and that is seen as normal, even preferred ... if girls and women find their identity and self-worth in the approval of people, they will do whatever it takes to become popular and loved. When stars like Rihanna, who blast sexuality, are thrust into the limelight, girls tend to think that is the way for them to be valuable. God tells us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made ... bearing His image. Rihanna is selling a lie.[23]

John Colonnello, another youth pastor from Athens, Alabama, also negatively commented about the video, as well as slating Rihanna for not being a role model to the young girls and women in society who look up to the singer, saying "I believe the image that Rihanna portrays in her videos is not good for young girls and for teens that look up to her. She is promoting that it is all about your physical body and how you look and she is promoting (unhealthy) sex ... the message should be that it's about who you are on the inside and your character. That you should be honest, trustworthy, faithful, kind, loving, compassionate and more."[23] The negative reaction to the video is the third by Rihanna in 2011 to be criticized by various organizations, the first being "S&M" in February 2011, which was banned from eleven countries around the world due to it's explicit sexual content,[24][25] as well as "Man Down" in July 2011, which attracted media attention when the Parents Television Council (PTC), a non-profit organization that advocates responsible entertainment, criticized Rihanna for "cold, calculated execution of murder" in the video and for portraying a scenario of rape.[26]

Rihanna also attracted criticism from the Ulster Cancer Foundation, an anti-smoking campaign organization, for smoking in the music video.[27] The organization also criticized the singer's provocative promotional pictures for Talk That Talk (2011), which feature Rihanna sitting on a sidewalk whilst smoking.[27] Doreen Reegan, a spokesperson for the organization, commented on the singer's decision to include smoking as part of her promotional image, saying:

Three-quarters of adult smokers start the habit as teenagers, which is why it is so irresponsible of Rihanna to influence her young fan base in this way ... After so much hype around the filming of the video it was very disappointing to see Rihanna so blatantly smoking throughout it ... Artists such as Rihanna are held in high esteem and regarded as role models by millions of young people.[27]

On November 23, 2011, the music video for "We Found Love" was banned from being broadcast before 10pm in France, as a result of the video's violent, dangerous and sexually suggestive nature.[28]

Comparisons

Chris Brown

Upon the release of the music video, multiple critics noted the striking physical resemblance between Rihanna's ex-boyfriend Chris Brown (pictured, left) and Dudley O'Shaughnessy, as well as how the content of the video appeared to be a reenactment of Brown's assault on Rihanna. The plot and themes of the video also received comparisons to Britney Spears' (pictured, right) "Criminal" video, which premiered two days before "We Found Love".[29]

Upon the release of the video, multiple critics commented on the uncanny resemblance between the physical appearance of Rihanna's ex-boyfriend Chris Brown and featured love interest Dudley O'Shaughnessy, as well as how the video's content appeared to be somewhat of a reenactment of the assault between Rihanna and Brown on the evening of the 2009 Grammy Awards. Chris Doplan of Consequence of Sound commented that the male love interest, O'Shaughnessy, strongly resembled Brown in his appearance.[9] Amanda Dobbins of New York magazine concurred with Doplan, noting the resemblance between Brown and O'Shaughnessy, even writing that the latter has short blonde hair like the former once had.[19] Erika Ramirez of Billboard magazine also thought that O'Shaughnessy is a depiction of Brown, especially in relation to the scene which features the couple in a car, with O'Shaughnessy driving recklessly and Rihanna begging him to stop.[12] William Goodman of Spin provided an analysis of the content of the video with regard to the Brown comparisons. First, as with many reviewers of the video, he noted the obvious resemblance between Brown and O'Shaughnessy, writing "The clip stars a dead ringer for Brown, complete with dyed hair and bulging biceps".[14] Goodman continued to comment on the video's opening narration by Deyn which appears to be about Brown, "The video opens with a Agyness Deyn voice-over that warns, 'You almost feel ashamed that someone could be that important. No one will ever understand how much it hurts ... you almost wish that you could have all that bad stuff back, so that you have the good'."[14] In conclusion, Goodman commented on the inclusion of the car scene altercation, which is reminiscent of the assault on the evening of the Grammy Awards, where Rihanna was subjected to physical assault in a car by Brown, writing "In one scene, during a heated argument between the couple in a muscle car, the Brown look-alike gives the Barbadian beauty a slap on the face. Convinced yet?"[14]

Britney Spears' "Criminal"

The video also received comparisons to Britney Spears' "Criminal", which was released two days before "We Found Love", on October 17, 2011.[30][29] Among the similarities, critics noted that they were both filmed in the United Kingdom and arose controversy in the country; both contain scenes of sex, violence and crime; both feature bad boy archetypes and both evoke the personal lives of the artists.[29] It was noted by Katherine St Asaph of PopDust that although most pop stars release videos that draw from their personal lives, they do not make the viewer uncomfortable. The same cannot be said for Spears and Rihanna, and it does not matter if they themselves have moved on from past situations, because the discussion around them has not. St Asaph also expressed that neither Spears or Rihanna said much about the parallels to their lives, but that they do not need to: their videos are much more effective than anything they could reveal in an interview.[29] Rae Alexandra of the SF Weekly also compared it to "We Found Love", saying that both videos feature an anti-British sentiment. She wrote that all the villains in the video – her boyfriend and the policemen – are British, whereas her savior in the video is an American criminal. Alexandra noted that Spears and Rihanna chose to film their "grittiest videos" in a country with a lower crime rate than the United States, that is also against guns that politicians felt the need to talk about it. According to her, the videos continue with a xenophobic portrayal of British people as villains by American pop culture.[30]

Credits

Charts

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Chart (2011) Peak
position
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