Behind the Scenes: Rihanna s November 2012 Cover Shoot

♫ Shine bright like a diamond

♫ Shine bright like a diamond

♫ Find light in the beautiful sea

♫ I choose to be happy

♫ You and I, you and I

♫ We re like diamonds in the sky

Hey guys, it s Rihanna

and I m on my set of second Vogue cover, yes.

♫ When you hold me, I m alive

Since my first Vogue cover, I ve gotten a lot more fearless,

a lot freer, a lot more comfortable with who I am

and as I ve changed and grew up,

I ve just started to embrace that,

I ve started to infuse that in my fashion

as well as my music.

It s pretty much exposed my fans

and they got to see that change in evolution.

♫ So shine bright

When people listen to my new album,

I want them to walk away with a spurt of hope

like a light spirit.

That s the place I m in and I want them to see that,

I want them to feel that.

♫ Eye to eye, so alive

I love cutting my hair, the shorter it got,

the more I was fallen in love with it.

Like I felt like the long hair

was holding me back a little bit like I loved it

but it was always a thing I had to think about,

I have to make sure it was done

and I felt like brand new.

Femininity has a lot to do with self-expression,

individuality, not being afraid to be yourself

and embrace who you are in every way.

The beauty of being a woman is that,

there s so many different colors to us,

so many different layers and so many different types.

That s why you have to be yourself

because there s only one of you.

♫ You re a shooting star I see

♫ A vision of ecstasy

♫ When you hold me, I m alive

♫ We re like diamonds in the sky

♫ At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays

♫ I saw the life inside your eyes

♫ So shine bright tonight