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In the seven-minute music video for "Bitch Better Have My Money," released Wednesday, Rihanna and two sidekicks embark on a gruesome revenge plot. The singer and Megaforce directed the clip, which includes nudity, torture and violence. Mads Mikkelsen and Eric Roberts also appear in the music video.
"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!!!" the 27-year-old singer wrote in an Instagram caption earlier that afternoon. "#MIDNIGHT on #VEVO."
Produced by Ciarra Pardo and Bridgitte Pugh, "Bitch Better Have My Money" shows Rihanna and her henchwomen kidnapping a woman, removing her dress and torturing her in an abandoned barn. After setting their car on fire, they move to a boat, where a bikini-clad Rihanna drinks and fires her gun in the air. They then stuff the woman into a trunk and take her to a hotel room, where they get drunk and high. When a cop (Roberts) comes looking for the woman at the pool the next day, Rihanna gives him a flirty wave as the unconscious woman's body is submerged underwater and hidden by an inflatable raft.
In the next scene, Rihanna's two accomplices bring the woman to a private mansion as the pop star contemplates which weapon to use—a blade with the word "CHEATER" on it, perhaps?—to maim her next victim: The Accountant AKA "The Bitch" (Mikkelsen). Flashback scenes reveal that he left Rihanna with $420 to her name and was spending her hard earned cash. To enact her revenge, the singer selects specific weapons for specific offenses, like an axe under the label "UGLY" and a small knife under the label "F--KED UP MY CREDIT." With the accountant tied to a chair, Rihanna proceeds to murder the man.
The video ends with a nude and bloody Rihanna spread across a trunk full of cash.
It's all pretty gruesome.
Prior to the music video's release, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that Rihanna has accumulated more than 100 million gold and platinum song certifications, making her the only artist to ever break the 100 million singles award mark. The singer received 48 million new digital single certifications, launching her to No. 1 on the RIAA's list of digital single awards. The RIAA counts downloads and streams when calculating its certifications.