Se havia um concerto que eu não podia perder era o da Rihanna. A Diamonds World Tour veio a Lisboa e eu quis garantir o meu lugar na fila da frente, porque afinal se vou a um concerto gosto de ver os artistas bem na minha face. Por isso mesmo, decidi dormir lá... Eu sei que muitos podem achar isso extremista e exagerado mas I really don't care e só o faço porque tinha disponibilidade de momento. Afinal, garanto-vos que quando olho para trás fico mesmo contente e nada arrependido. Não fui o único e digo-vos já que nos divertimos bastante, conhecemos pessoas, há sempre confusão na organização das filas, porém no final todos ficamos em bons lugares.
A abertura do concerto da Rihanna foi um sacrilégio. Uma dupla de djs, sabe-se lá vinda de onde, apresentou um set com batidas mais que repetidas... e como a Princess RiRi se atrasou (e muito!), bora lá de os pôr a tocar mais tempo do que é suposto. Eu só sei que entrei as 18h na Meo Arena e a Rihanna só apareceu as 22h30. Eu morri a esperar tbh. No entanto, o concerto valeu tãããããão a pena. I mean, nem consigo explicar por palavras o espectacular que foi. A Rihanna está on point, a melhor fase da carreira dela sem dúvida. Um corpo espectacular, músicas brutais e uma produção magnânima. O segmento de abertura foi o meu preferido... "Numb", "Birthday Cake", "Cockiness" e "Pour It Up" mesmo para dar aquele ambiente ghetto e dirty/badalhoco, em que ela ia abaixo, abria as pernas and so on... Slayou tudo!!!! E claro vestida em Givenchy... I died.
Depois houve uma secção bem hardcore quando ela cantou "Jump" e "Rockstar 101", com fogo, oh my jeeeeezzzuzzz. My whole existence was slayed!!! Depois apareceu com um vestido encarnado com uma racha gigante até à barriga a cantar o "Loveeee Song" e aí eu tive um enfarte porque aquilo estava a ser bom demais... e só foi melhor ainda quando ela, durante o "We Found Love", veio para junto do público e claro como eu estava à frente toquei nela e vi-a right in front of me. Gorgeous!!!! ^_^
Houve imenso playback mas I couldn't care less... ela foi épica. Um dos pontos mais fortes e surpreendentes desta tour foi o facto da Rihanna ter dançado. Coreografias muito boas e sincronizadas, como eu gosto. Lembro-me de tê-la visto em 2011 na Loud Tour e ela não tinha explorado muito o dance factor. Fiquei apenas aborrecido porque ela não cantou "Hard", "Drunk On Love" e "Fire Bomb" que são das minhas faves... no entanto os hits não falharam: "S&M", "What's My Name", "Rude Boy", "Where Have You Been"... my non-existent ovaries exploded.
Depois do concerto, me and my crew já sabíamos em que hotel ela estava instalada e fomos esperar por ela... e passaram-se 6 horas, adormecíamos e acordávamos com "vem aí uma carrinha!!!!!" e depois de várias... finalmente ela chegou e foi tudo tão rápido os seguranças vieram p junto de nós, ela sai e entra no hotel, sem olhar para nós, nem acenar, nem dizer "hi" sequer. Em 2011 eu tinha feito a mesma coisa e ela foi muito mais simpática. Falou-nos e inclusive no lobby do hotel nos acenou... agora virou diva! (Podem ver acima a única fotografia que consegui tirar dela a sair da carrinha.) Foi muito fun tho e valeu a pena. Espero que tenham gostado das fotografias que partilhei com vocês aqui, estão todas no meu instagram. Podem seguir-me - @ZERBRANDAO. ;)
You all know how biased I am when it comes to my faves, but even if she wasn't my protegee I would have to admit that she's the most perfect woman on earth. Of course I'm talking about Cara Delevingne, who else could it be?!
Cara decided to show up for the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival wearing a Burberry silk lace plunge-neck column dress. Chopard jewelry completed the look. FLAW FREE. She has been slaying all red carpets lately, rocking the best dresses and being the perfect Burberry ambassadress. Honestly, you should tell your faves to take notes!!!
This was Cannes' best red carpet moment of all time. I can't even breathe... Cara Delevingne was werkin' like a pro, with her killer look and stunning silhouette. I selected these pictures for you all to enjoy Cara's epicness. Time to bow down and worship Cara DeleQUEEN!
My favorite girl Nicki Minaj is dominating the world and I love it. From her own fragrance, two #1 albums, owning the record of 7 singles charting at the same time on Billboard Hot 100, a collaboration with MAC cosmetics to American Idol judge, face of Jeremy Scott for Adidas collection, duets with Madonna, Britney, Kanye West, among others, performing at Superbowl with Madonna, and so on. Miss Minaj is slaying all your faves because she not only does hip-hop like no one else in the game but she also did a crossover to pop and R&B. I mean... when will your faves??? Bow down to the Queen!!!!
Right now she covers the April issue of ELLE US and she's absolutely stunning, like she's never been seen before. For 2013, Nicki revealed she wanted to go with more clean looks and she's doing it. Excessiveness is part of the past and she's evolving. Love to see one of my favorite artists stepping up her game. She opted to strip down and show her natural self with no fake eyelashes, no wigs, no pink lipstick. Let's see some of the legendary amazing shots and part of the interview where she opens up about being bullied and much more.
Photography: Thomas Whiteside
Styling: Joe Zee
(wearing Print Jeremy Scott for Adidas bathing suit and Salvatore Ferragamo leather trousers)
On her dramatic make-under for her ELLE photo shoot:
"When I saw myself with barely any makeup at, it was such a… like, I'm so, so attached to my pink lipstick, it's hard. I feel that it's become a part of me. To go in front of the camera, without pink lips or big ol' crazy lashes— you know, nothing— I felt naked. It was scary! So this photo shoot was a real accomplishment in my eyes."
(wearing Dolce & Gabbana woven raffia bustier and skirt)
On her plans for world domination:
"My goal in the beginning was to buy my mother a house. Now I realize, Okay, if I really focus and become a key player in business, then I can build an empire. I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination— in terms of providing for my family— is absolutely my goal."
On experiencing bullying in school as a child:
"I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a living hell. We had come to America from a different country. My brother and I had accents. It was very tough. So I've always put up this wall— it was a self-defense mechanism growing up— because I was almost expecting people to attack me. And I still have it. It's sad."
(wearing Tom Ford leather jacket and American Apparel leggings)
Her advice for women on how to command respect:
"My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want— and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge. You want everyone to know, Okay, I can't play games with her. I have to do right by this woman. That's what it's all about."
Watch this really funny video where Nicki Minaj interviews herself, literally. I laughed so much. Love the fact ELLE played with Nicki's alter-egos. You must see!!!
In some other news, Nicki Minaj just filmed the music video for her new single "High School" featuring Lil Wayne and collaborated with rapper French Montana on his sexy new single "Freaks". Check it out!
Robert Pattinson was in Lisbon for the premiere of his brand new movie "Cosmopolis". It was directed by the amazing David Cronenberg who I had the opportunity to talk to and he's so nice and friendly... his wife even took a picture of me while I was waiting to meet Rob. Paul Giamatti was there as well and he's really laid-back and pleasant, he loves Lisbon and went for a walk to buy some stuff and people didn't recognize him at all.
Yesterday was the anticipated premiere of "Cosmopolis" and I have to say that it is quite incredible. Rob plays a complex character in a brain movie which might be considered boring by some people because it's focused on dialogs, not much action happening and mostly located inside a limousine. However, the lines have a lot of meaning, mostly criticizing a money-centered-society and raising philosophical questions related to time/money, sex/feelings, life/death, perfection/chaos. Robert's character is having an inner conflict because he urges himself to get out of the abstract world he lives in, he tries to free himself through violence and testing his numb senses. "Cosmopolis" is basically an ode to the decline of the capitalism. Great piece of work from Mr. Cronenberg! I need to watch it once again so that I can have more conclusions, even though this is not an understandable movie, everything can be considered as a metaphor.
The red carpet moment was crazy even though it was confusing, stressful and happened in a blink of an eye. Inside the theatre he presented the movie and I tried to capture some moments with my camera so I could share them with all of you. Hope you like it!
(All of the pictures were taken by me, if you use them please credit this blog)
