Rihanna’s new music video gave everyone something to speak about. The music video featuring the song “Man Down” which was aired on May 31st brought too much controversy.

As the video starts, it already grabs the viewer by showing an atmosphere of poverty, where people are walking through the street, following by the image of a girl (Rihanna) coming out from the shadow and shooting a man on the head. The end of the video, puts all the pieces of the puzzle together, and helps answer the question, why did she shoot him? And it basically demonstrates that the man abused her, so she did this as a revenge action.

Paul Porter, co-founder of Industry Ears, described the video’s violent scene as “a cold, calculated execution of murder in prime time.”

The intention of the video was mainly to re enforce the woman figure, and to evoke a strong feminine figure. Rihanna shared these words on Twitter to all her fans: “Young girls/women all over the world…we are a lot of things! We’re strong innocent fun flirtatious vulnerable, and sometimes our innocence can cause us to be naive! We always think it could NEVER be us, but in reality, it can happen to ANY of us! So ladies be careful.”

The Parents Television Council, the Enough is Enough campaign, and entertainment think tank Industry Ears called on BET and its parent company Viacom to stop airing the video. Melissa Henson of the Parents Television Council said, “Instead of telling victims they should seek help, Rihanna released a music video that gives retaliation in the form of premeditated murder the imprimatur of acceptability.”

Rihanna, a victim of violence herself,  has already reference domestic violence in other situations before, when she recorded the song “I love the way you lie, which featured Eminem.

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Facebook keeps surprising us, and it is incredible all the comforts and facilities that it keeps providing to its users. People have the chance to interact by diverse ways such as sending messages, posting walls, chatting, showing photos, tagging, linking videos, creating groups, events, and much more. But the company is always thinking one step ahead, and now, “the users will be able to stream and share music through the social network” (Matthew Perpetua, Rolling Stone Magazine).

“Listening to music is something that people do with their friends,” Mark Zuckerberg stated. “Music, TV, news, books — those types of things I think people just naturally do with their friends. I hope we can play a part in enabling those new companies to get built, and companies that are out there producing this great content to become more social.” Facebook wants to bring its users all kind of applications they can imagine. And it is thinking of how to make it possible for its users to share their favorite multimedia, such as songs, albums, series, news etc.

The New York Times says: “Facebook, which has nearly 700 million users, would not comment on its plans. But analysts and media executives said the company’s move into media was part of its ambition to become a hub for all types of activities on the Internet. And as the company sees it, people increasingly define themselves through the media they consume, they said”.

All the procedures and developments are confidential information, and Facebook is not providing too much details, they only stated that: “We’re always looking for better ways to help people discover the most relevant content on Facebook but have nothing to announce.”

On the other hand, a Spotify spokesman said:” We’re continuously working together to make the social experience on Spotify the best it can be and welcome relationships with any company looking to innovate by building more social value into the user experience.”

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