Rihanna’s “S&M” video restricted by YouTube, banned in 11 countries
Rihanna has never shied away from being sexy in her videos, but it seems she’s gone too far for some with her colorful video and lyrics for “S&M.” Not only has the video been deemed “inappropriate for some users” by YouTube, where viewers must verify they are 18 or older before watching it, but a handful of radio stations are also reacting to the song’s racy lyrics.
In the video — while singing lyrics like “Sex in the air/ I don’t care/ I love the smell of it/ Sticks and stones may break my bones/ But chains and whips excite me” — she dances around in latex, poking fun at the ball-gag-wearing media. The clip includes whips, a dog-leashed Perez Hilton and Rihanna being handled by the press.
It looks like 11 countries have already banned the video from airplay, and BBC 1 Radio won’t play the track before 7 p.m. A rep for the radio station said they are considering airplay for the Loud track: “We are waiting for an edited version before deciding whether it will be played in the daytime.”
As for rumors that MTV was looking to re-edit the clip, reps for the network told MTV News that the Melina Matsoukas-directed video was approved as is.
The singer herself is responding to the reaction and YouTube’s decision to include a parental warning on the video, tweeting, “U can now view the S&M video on Rihannanow.com UNFLAGGED!!!” Also tweeting, “They watched Umbrella … I was full nude.”
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pff …
When it’s some rapper which do a video clip with 50 nude girls dancing around him, it doesn’t seem to be bad !
Why the world is so machist ?
Rihanna is a woman, that is the real reason why her video clip is censured !
People cant accept a woman dominating MEN .
Personaly, when i was a littl girl i was really chocked by the americain rapper like snoop dog . Im a girl, and seeing women dressed like *****, all around ONE man, sucking their fingers, playing with their body, make me becoming crazy of rage !!!!
What’s this image which is shown to the litle girls all around the world !?
AND WHEN IT S RIHANNA WHO MAKES A VIDEO CLIP WHERE SHE LOOKS NORMAL WHERE THE PEOPL PLAYING IN THE VIDEO ARE LIKE YOU AND ME IT IS C E N S U R ED …
why ? MAYBE because for the first time it isn’t a man who speak about sex !
i hope rihanna will continue !!
i hate this Menworld ! .
women are not dogs ! :@
why when i was 12 – 13 i had the possibility to see ” candy shop” ( 50 cent ) , do you have seen this video clip ? IT S HORRIBLE ! and it really chckd me .
and now i can’t see s&m on youtube anly beause im 17 ???? wtf !??
rrr.. sorry for my bad english, i’m really angry and i’m french .
i hope people will understand that medi want manipulate us ! they don’t want a world where women are equal with men . i hope all girls will understand that. We are not obligated to reduce our selves to look like the poor girls who are in the americain rapper’s video clip, we are not sexual object ! Don’t be as they want us to be .
I love rihanna, and i hope she ‘ll continue to make this world moving.
And again sorry for my bad bad bad english
I sooo agree with u!! Its ok for 50cent n Snoop Dogg to have half naked girls in their vids but when it come to Rihanna’s S&M its toooo raunchy to play so that half the world bans it yet they can play songs like Candy Shop n Sweat knowing young people watch it!! Yes shes talking about sex but ummmm its ok for males to have their sex songs played! This world is soo sexist and i agree with the fact that males can dominate females but wen a female dominates a male its sooooooo bad!! Grrrr i love Rihanna and S&m is my fav song! Xx