After a series of videos ranging from playful to seductive, Rihanna showed her vengeful side in the recently premiered "Man Down," her fifth single from her 2010 album Loud.
Shot on location in Kingston, Jamaica, the video opens with the singer gunning down a man in a busy train station before flashing back to the previous day. After hanging out on the beach and walking around the city, the Barbadian singer meets a man at a club, only to be assaulted by him later that night. The video echoes the traditional reggae song, with Rihanna singing, "What started out as a simple altercation/Turned into a real sticky situation/Me just thinking on the time that I'm facing/Makes me wanna cry."
"Man Down" was directed by Anthony Mandler, who's helmed more than a dozen Rihanna videos, including "California King Bed," "Take a Bow" and "Only Girl (In the World)." "["Man Down"] is just one of those songs that demands a strong narrative and visual, and let's just say she let me go all the way," Mandler told MTV earlier this month. "[It's] something that's dramatic and shocking and intense and emotional and uplifting and enlightening."