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"Rihanna just doesn&amp;apos;t see what all the fuss is about.\r\nIn a new interview with Esquire UK, the &amp;quot;We Found Love&amp;quot; singer, 23, defends her decision to collaborate with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown on the racy single &amp;quot;Birthday Cake,&amp;quot; as well as appear in a verse on his &amp;quot;Turn Up the Music&amp;quot; -- and says the backlash surrounding the tunes caught her &amp;quot;off-guard.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It never occurred to me how this was going to be a problem,&amp;quot; she tells the  mag. &amp;quot;I thought people were gonna be surprised that we finally did a record together, but I didn&amp;apos;t see how people could think it was a bad thing, you know? In my mind, it was just music . . . I could never see anything wrong with making music.&amp;quot;\r\nThree years after Brown violently assaulted then-girlfriend Rihanna, multiple sources confirmed to Us Weekly earlier this year the pair had been hooking up in secret. (&amp;quot;Rihanna loves to live dangerously, and talking to and hooking up with Chris is all part of that,&amp;quot; one source explained to Us.)\r\n\r\nWhen the Esquire article&amp;apos;s author presses the singer for more about the status of her current relationship with Brown, their discussion gets heated.\r\n&amp;quot;[I worked with Brown] in a completely professional environment,&amp;quot; Rihanna argues. &amp;quot;I mean, if I went back to him [as a girlfriend], then that&amp;apos;s a whole different discussion.&amp;quot;\r\nAdds the pop star, &amp;quot;If I ever do, then that&amp;apos;s something that y&amp;apos;all have to talk to me about when -- if -- that ever happens. Until then, look at it for what it is.&amp;quot;\r\nWhen the piece&amp;apos;s author points out the overtly sexual nature of her single with Brown, Rihanna rejects the idea that the lyrics hint they&amp;apos;re hooking up again.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;That was the tone before [he] was ever on the record,&amp;quot; the Barbados-born songstress snaps. &amp;quot;You think it was going to be about hopscotch or jump rope?&amp;quot;\r\nEven if she and Brown had decided to get together again, Rihanna says it&amp;apos;s not really anyone&amp;apos;s business, anyway.\r\n&amp;quot;There&amp;#x2019;s a lot of sh-- y&amp;#x2019;all can&amp;#x2019;t get over. Y&amp;#x2019;all holding your breath on a lot of stuff that doesn&amp;#x2019;t matter,&amp;quot; she snipes. &amp;quot;When you realize who you live for, and who&amp;#x2019;s important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I&amp;#x2019;m gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it &amp;#x2014; and I lived it for me.&amp;quot;\r\nTell Us: What do you think about Rihanna&amp;apos;s defense of her collaboration with Chris Brown?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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