Talk That Talk by Rihanna, a review

Exactly one week ago, Rihanna's sixth studio album "Talk That Talk" hit the stores in most parts of the world. Its first two singles "We Found Love" and "You Da One" have already hit charts worldwide and a lot more singles will probably follow in the months to come.

When listening to the album, there's one thing that makes it hard for me to write this review: to me there are no standout tracks nor lowlights! The album is a solid effort throughout, offering a range of musical styles such as the thumping dance-y sound that's so popular right now, sexy r&b, carribean influences, etc. And yet, the album is missing something. It might be the fact that it still has to grow on me a little more. After all, it's only been a year since "Loud" and most average radio-listeners are still only digesting "Man Down" while there are already three more recent singles.

Notable is the change of themes on this album when comparing it to Riri's two previous ones. "Rated R" featured a darkness we didn't expect from her at that time, and "Loud" found a balance between the lightness and darkness. With "Talk That Talk", Rihanna moves to a different place - with four song titles containing the word 'love', it won't be hard to guess where. Without a certain darkness that I came to love about her, the overall feeling of this album almost seems a bit shallow.

But all in all, the album is a great listen and definitely doesn't sound rushed at all. The only track I really, and I mean REALLY, have a problem with is "Birthday Cake". It seems to end while the second verse starts, which sounds just wrong to me. A full version is rumored to come out soon, so that one will certainly replace the short version in my iTunes library!

my favourite tracks: Where Have You Been, Birthday Cake, Farewell and Red Lipstick

tracks I think might be upcoming singles: Where Have You Been, Talk That Talk, We All Want Love and Roc Me Out

xo- Jelle.

For a scarf-tastic winter

Some time ago, I had this video thrown onto my Facebook wall. Or a link that linked to this video, I don't completely remember. What I do remember is spending a few hours the next day watching this video and trying out a lot of different to wear my scarves!

In just under five minutes, fashion blogger Wendy from Wendy's Lookbook shows 25 ways to wear a scarf - an effective remedy to boredom during winter or any other season! The ways range from quite easy (such as the classic drape, if you have trouble with that one you're in serious need of help or a new scarf), ones you've definitely already used (the European loop in my case) to a little less easy, but all of them are managable. At the end of the video, you can click on each of the 25 images to watch a tutorial of a scarf.

So pull out a scarf, try a different way of wearing it and beat the boring winter weather! ;-)

xo, Jelle

Do you have even more ways to wear a scarf, and/or is there one in the video you looove to use? Tell us by leaving a comment!

She Found Love In A Not So Hopeless Place

Though she's only released her first single six years ago, Rihanna has made quite an impact on the American charts since 2005. The singles charts, that is. The 23-year old still has to release a chart topping album! High hopes are set on "Talk That Talk", her next studio album that will be released later this month. Despite no #1 album, she has already had an enormous amount of ELEVEN number-one singles – only two of which as a featured artist. Click "read more" to go back in time to where it all began, up to where she stands now!