12 Shocking Music Videos You Won't Believe Actually Exist

7. Rihanna - B*tch Better Have My Money

Whether or not this video is actually controversial has been the subject of think-pieces for several weeks now since its release. Regardless of you perspective, you must agree that the video is great. It's probably the most consistently eye-widening pop music clip of 2015 so far. Effectively, Rihanna and her friends spend the entire video torturing a woman that is married to Rihanna's cheating accountant. It pulls no punches in terms of its graphic content, with full-frontal nudity, toe-curling depictions of violence and buckets of blood appearing throughout the video. It concludes with Rihanna, having murdered her accountant, lying naked coated in his blood in a box filled with her money It is genuinely a great watch, and a fitting accompaniment to one of the pop tracks of the year to date. As you can imagine, many have objected to the violent imagery in the video. Perhaps rightly so. But the inclusion of references to Carrie, Thelma And Louise, Boogie Nights and many more cult films reveals this clip to be much more than just a mindless schlock-fest. There's also the fact that it's inspired by Rihanna's real-life experiences with her accountant, which adds a lot of spice to the video's narrative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3eAMGXFw1o
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