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Rihanna: 'Making my LP was so emotional'
Published Monday, Dec 7 2009, 08:28 GMT | By Rebecca Davies
WENN
The 'Russian Roulette' singer, who was assaulted by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown in February, said that she struggled to make the album because the songs were so personal.
Rihanna told The Sun: "It's the closest album to me, to my heart. I opened up a lot on it and got a little vulnerable and let my emotions out on it. Everything's documented on the album."
The 21-year-old continued: "I'm able to listen back to it now but in the beginning it was really weird. I couldn't listen to demos or anything. It was too deep for me. I kept leaving the studio when people wanted to listen to the songs."
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