Watch Rihanna perform “Where Have You Been” on Saturday Night Live

Rihanna‘s Talk That Talk hasn’t been able to produce a viable hit outside of “We Found Love”, so Def Jam have finally cut to the chase and really started pushing “Where Have You Been”, aka “We Found Love Part II”, in the hope of making Talk That Talk more than just a one-song-wonder.

RiRi means serious business with “Where Have You Been” — homegirl even put down the ganja for five minutes and learned a dance routine for the music video. RiRi brought the choreography to life last night –pussy patting and all– as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, where she performed the Calvin Harris jam and two other tunes from Talk That Talk.

Rihanna isn’t exactly the hottest ticket in town when it comes to performers, but I’m loving this new and improved side of her. The Bajan beauty has more X Factor in her forehead than your faves do in their entire body, but her lethargic performances always held her back in the past. Now that she’s shimmying and shaking all around the place and utilizing her backing track in a way that doesn’t make our ears bleed, she looks pretty badass and isn’t quite the lazy whore that she used to be.

Hate all you want (yeah, I’m still over her too ever since she rubbed that “Birthday Cake” ish in our faces), but Rihanna looks much fiercer doing her “Where Have You Been” routine than Cheryl Cole’s ridiculous “Call My Name” choreography, Britney’s entire Femme Fatale era performances, and Katy Perry’s bizarre “Part of Me” aerobics routine all put together.

Check out RiRi busting out “Where Have You Been” below.

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  • http://twitter.com/ThatBoyLuke LUKE

    LOL really??? The video is good, the “Where have you been” performance was ok but the “Birthday cake/Talk that Talk” performance was so bad… i literally laughed thinking it must be a skit or something with her patting her pussy like that and her tired old rusty wine.

  • John Norman

    I agree! She’s gotten so much better, but she needs to calm down with the pussy pattin’ it’s so dumb.

  • theprophetblog

    Blame Beyonce. The whole Where Have You Been routine is so beyonce, from the ass shaking to the pussy patting. Women need to stop doing choreography that is centered around their vagina. 

  • theprophetblog

     I didn’t even watch the others but I heard they were bad, and I imagine they would be if they didn’t contain any type of routine.

    Rihanna should be doing these little routines for almost all her performances that aren’t ballads. Pop artists should be talented enough to do this stuff and ENTERTAIN since it’s their job.

    People try say J.Lo is untalented coz she doesn’;t have a big voice, but she slays like nobody’s business whenever she hits the stage like a true superstar.

  • Brazen

    Solid vocals and good performance. She should keep this shit up. Been waiting for her and Drake to perform Take Care live though, that song is a jam

  • all4U

    After the whole “Birthday Cake” fiasco, I’m slooooowly starting to make up with her, leaving that awkward event in the past… and this performances are definitely helping.
    I guess… I just can’t live without my b*tch Rihanna and her SMASH hits LOL.

    Anyway, she still needs to improve that voice though. I know, I know, “one step at a time”, but DAMN! It’s taking her ages! LOL

  • Jawon

    She burping that pussy again!
    Must of just ate…

  • Guest

    lmfao please. at least beyonce can do more than just pussy popping. she can actually dance! no one forced rihanna to dance like this. she danced like this because she can’t do anything else!

    it’s ridiculous that you praise rihanna’s awful dancing and justify it by comparing it to britney or katy. but when cheryl (who is a FAR superior dancer) drops a video, you compare her to the “amazing” dancers of k-pop. well rihanna is a piece of shit compared to them too (according to your logic) so please sit down.

    i’m sick of everyone kissing rihanna’s ass just because she’s such a hit on the charts. fact is girl has no talent and will last only as long as her looks do. 

    btw, if you want to compare WFL rip-offs
    Call My Name >>> Where Have You Been

  • theprophetblog

     Dead, do we have a delusional Cheryl stan here?

    Rihanna’s choreo shits on Cheryl’s Call My Name routine, namely because she doesn’t look like a Goddamn retard. The biggest issue with Cheryl’s choreo in that video was the routine itself — it was so bizarre and all over the place, with those absurd crunk moves and those faces Cheryl pulled. Rihanna’s was just a sexy shuffle and shake routine and she pulled it off well.

    And I’m just saying that at least Rihanna has shown some improvement, even though she is still nothing special. Cheryl actually got WORSE, even though the bitch took an entire year off. All that time and the best Cheryl could come up with was the worst choreography of her entire career and a generic Rihanna knock-off single.

  • Guest

    lol I don’t even like cheryl, although I am obsessed with Call My Name at the moment. 

    tbh I just hate rihanna. ANYONE could pull off rihanna’s choreo, that’s what i’m saying. cheryl’s may be horrible too but i couldn’t care less. at least she has proved in the past that she CAN dance.

    i don’t expect every pop star to be a great dancer, but when you’ve been in the game for 7 years, i expect more than what rihanna has given us. not to mention the fact that she doesn’t really even pull it off that naturally. plus, she only bothered to dance because the song didn’t go top 10 by itself, and because she knew that EVERYONE would call her out if she didn’t. 

    cheryl ripped off rihanna because she is a flop outside the uk and wanted to follow a proven formula. i’m not even defending cheryl, i just think it’s unfair to criticize her (given her circumstances), while rihanna is probably the biggest pop star atm and somehow even more useless than britney.

  • theprophetblog

     I definitely wouldn’t class Rihanna as more useless than Britney. At least Rihanna sings and even her pussy patting is more energetic than Britney’s whole Femme Fatale era.

    I think Rihanna pulled off this choreo really well though, and I’m picky with choreo. Of course it was an easy routine but IMO she didn’t look like an awkward flop doing it. She looked like she was really comfortable and confident with it.

    And I agree it took her 7 years just to do what she should have been doing from the start, but at least now she’s doing it and I hope she improves further. It’s not like I overreacted and said she slayed shit and snatched my wig. But it was a big improvement for her, way better than Katy, Nicki, Britney, and some others. It’s not like she’s moving backwards as Cheryl is now.

    By the way am I the only person who thinks Yeah Yeah by Cheryl is flawless? It’s her best song!

  • shamelesskclarkstan

    I completely agree with all the above and proph i could’ve used you on my side for the debate over vocal vs. dance vs. entertainer this morning at brunch with my gays. no one cares that adele can’t move bc her voice slays our souls; and no one cared (past tense) when brit brit didn’t sing a note in her prime bc she’d dance her ass off…with a f*cking snake! flawless entertainers. and points to rihanna for trying to become a better entertainer, too. k perry / smiley / bieberlena / that skank from britain on the other hand need to do the same or risk having their careers fall flat as bey’s “4.”  

  • Blah

    Yeah Yeah is Cheryl’s best song indeed!

  • Guest

    Yes, let’s all feel proud of Rihanna. She is now capable to perform at or above the level of a medicated Britney. 

  • YAAAAS HONEY!!!

    I bet that fucker has teeth! Can’t nobody tell me otherwise.

  • matttm7

    I still prefer Rainbow’s pussy fapping. They look like they enjoy it more.

    http://youtu.be/dKDS7zzz-kU

  • Melony

    Sorry I totally disagree still looks stupid dancing on stage and in the music video…Britney and Cheryl Cole did SOOOOO much better dancing but I do agree about katy that was weird…

  • RyGuy19

    say wat u want about beyonce but performance wise we dnt hav anyone this generation that comes close wen talking about an ALL AROUND performer (vocals and dance). We either have ppl who do one really well (adele, christina, (old) britney) or do both horribly (new britney, rihanna) and its depressing .. there are some rihanna songs i absolutely love but wen she gets on stage and falls flat 9 times out of 10 its so discouraging .. yes shes improved kinda but its like i miss being blown away!! and the last time i felt that was a year ago wen beyonce tore the roof off of the billboard awards and we jus dnt hav performers like that anymore … ughhhh ..

  • iAmAwesome

    I don’t know about you guys, but I was bored. It just seemed like amateur night.

  • http://twitter.com/beatrixandbill Kush Kardashian

    For her, this was a great performace. I hope WHYB hits number 1. 

  • Cmiorino

    I def liked her voice a lot more during this performance, but that was hardly “choreography” lol. A bunch of raising her leg and gyrating her hips, but hardly true dance choreography. And to say that’s better than the entire Femme Fatale era is just bogus. Britney may not dance the same as she did when she was 23, but she still actually dances, and it’s much better to look at than this shit lol.

  • Popblock

    I usually don’t defend Britney’s “dancing” these days.. but this was on the exact same level as ‘Femme Fatale’ and nothing better, some case’s worse.

    I’ll give Ri an A for effort though.

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  • Prophetina

    she really needs to fuckin step up her game and stop resting on her laurels.

  • Oliver

     I’m sorry but I feel like we were watching different performances. To me, that was incredibly sloppy and there was no fire and confidence with the choreography. The small section of dancing after the first chorus was okay but the middle eight was just awkward as fuck. I genuinely think that Britney’s TTWE performances were a lot stronger than this. As for Cheryl, while the choreography is a little messy, at least it actually requires a degree of technical skill and she seems to be genuinely into it. I actually love Rihanna but this was pretty weak and I expected her to have a lot more confidence.

  • LizzyG

    I guess she saw that cassie can do it so she better at least try. Try being the key word. Idk what she does in her spare time but she should really work on her vocals and this routine is no better than cheryl’s. People really need to start giving girls like nicole scherzinger some credit if they’re going to eat this crap up.

  • Guest

    Poor vocal, poor routine and she still can’t own her songs on stage. Unfortunate mess

  • Nicky

    “Rihanna looks much fiercer doing her “Where Have You Been” routine than Cheryl Cole’s ridiculous “Call My Name” choreography, Britney’s entire Femme Fatale era performances, and Katy Perry’s bizarre “Part of Me” aerobics routine all put together.”

    NO.

  • Nicky

    Like really, wtf are you smoking…

  • theprophetblog

     Lmao http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJUkHjEhORI

    Well I guess Britney had better arm movement than Rihanna, I’ll give her that…

  • sexygissel15

    Damn picking a performance where she didn’t even slay? I’m no Britney stan but she had way better performances than that proph

  • swaggie

    I’m still damn pressed that Def Jam refused to promote Birthday Cake. You know that song is smashinggggg! PHUCKKKK!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Trevor-Szuba-Schneider/100000290157462 Trevor Szuba-Schneider

    i am still super impressed by this choreo and rihanna’s performance of such.  it’s truly amazing to see such greatness coming along with such a great song!  if only it happened more often for her…..

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Trevor-Szuba-Schneider/100000290157462 Trevor Szuba-Schneider

    it’s true.  this was nothing overly special concerning pop music art in general, but for RiRi this is saving her ass big time in the lime light.

  • tjoz

     I never got the ‘sounds like a goat’ thing about Rihanna until now. Then again Ive never really paid any attention to her live either.

    She tries. Its not bad but its not that good either. Her dancing was much stronger in the MV.

    Send her for 2weeks to Kpop Land. After that if she not on an IV drip then she will be up there popping the pooch with the best of them

  • Ryk 101

     he is referring to the performances of Femme Fatale era, which all of them were wack. The good performances of Britney are In the zone era and backwards

  • Nicky

    Wow you’re hilarious. And way to pick 1 of the worst performance’s of the entire era. All Rihanna does is pat her pussy and move her legs like a monkey….

  • sexygissel15

    Yeah those were her early performances she has way better ones from the tour she even performed a Rihanna song better than she did..

  • Ryk 101

     let’s not be in denial hun! both are horrible performers (i am a rihanna stan) it is the true, but hey at least Britney once was the best performer pop could have, Rihanna well is beginning to “improve”

  • Faithz

    I am Rihanna’s pussy and i am so happy
    that she pat and rubs me.

  • Faithz

    Rihanna is not the best and she’s not the worst.

  • Faithz

    Look at how much shit they talked about madonna, and
    look at her now.

  • Faithz

    Rihanna just need to stay focus and keep learning more
    dance steps. Because if you can dance that helps.

  • Faithz

    Speaking of cassie doing it better, but what has cassie sold
    this far, shes talented just like many or and perhaps better
    trained and over all artist but other then smelling between
    diddy’s legs, what has cassie accomplished for her dam self?

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  • me

    she is alot better than beyonce even at dance , beyonce doesnt havebody or character or even pussy , well she has but as dry as the deserts