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Rihanna – Diamonds

The lead single off of Rihanna’s seventh studio album Unapologetic, the video for “Diamonds” seems to mirror the chaos the personal life of the singer and her tumultuous on-again/off-again relationship with abusive boyfriend Chris Brown. The soulful but melancholy song isn’t a stand-out comparison to the performer’s earlier work, but the video does a good job matching the ballad to interesting imagery including the singer running down a dark road to nowhere, floating alone in an ocean, and in the middle of a destroyed hotel room slowly being put back together through reverse photography.

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Christina Aguilera – Your Body

“Your Body” is the first single off Christina Aguilera’s seventh album Lotus. Directed by Melina Matsoukas, the video features the singer as a “playful, tongue in cheek” version of a black widow who seduces then kills men in a variety of different ways. I’ll admit the video, which certainly plays up the singer’s sex appeal with a variety of costumes including skintight dresses, corsets, fishnet stockings, and high heels, works better for me than the song itself which is the type of droning club music that doesn’t always best lend itself to the singer’s strong voice.

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