14 DAY TRIAL // Both Chris Brown and Rihanna have new albums coming out this year: hers, “Rated R,” is already in stores and faring well in terms of critical and commercial reception, while his, “Graffiti,” is due out in just a few days. Given the highly mediated February assault and the public nature of their subsequent split, it was only natural for them to do promotion around said events, MTV points out.
However, in no interview to date has Chris Brown been so honest about his and Rihanna’s relationship as he seems to be in one of the tracks that recently got out online, “Famous Girl.” In it, the singer appears to be saying that all of Rihanna’s interviews to date, all her opening up to the media about the night of the assault, only served to show fans one side of the story, thus incriminating him to the point of no return.
Brown doesn’t deny his share of the responsibility for what went wrong in their romance, but hints that Rihanna too played the same game, including being violent towards him and being unfaithful. Afterwards, when they both ruined everything there could be ruined about their love story, that started out so beautifully, sorry meant nothing anymore. “Famous Girl,” many believe, is Brown’s most personal song to date because it aims to show that, when one looks at a situation, there are always two sides to consider.
“After making a reference in the second verse to Young Money rapper Drake and the rumored romance between him and Rihanna (‘While we’re on Drake/ Say that you’re the best he’s ever had’) – a romance Drake was quick to deny – Brown alludes to ‘rumors coming’ and says he ‘knows what you keep in shadow.’ The singer gets more explicit in the chorus, when he croons, ‘Since I thought I found my woman/ There were other guys who thought the same thing about it/ Like damn, you let me down, down, down/ ‘Cause you’re famous, girl, for breaking hearts’.” MTV says of the track.
“He also later owns up to that fact that ‘Yes I’m famous, girl, for breaking hearts... didn’t know I’d break your heart.’ Brown has not yet discussed the song publicly, but he appears to come to grips with the ugly split near the end, when he sings, ‘Many hearts we should have left unbroken/ Empty words are better left unspoken/ Too much pressure, I wish I was frozen/ Seems we lost our way/ Now I hope you’re happy being famous, girl’.” the same publication writes.
MTV tried to contact a spokesperson for Chris Brown in relation to the song but came up empty-handed. Rihanna’s camp remains equally silent. Nevertheless, seeing how “Graffiti” drops on December 8, the question of who “Famous Girl” is about is bound to pop up in media interviews, so keep an eye on this space for when it does. Meanwhile, listen to the track below.