She reckons all women should be brave enough to flash the flesh in NUDE pictures.
The 21-year-old is back on the chart trail with steamy photoshoots and stage outfits and a sexy, strong, "don't mess with me" image.
And she tells The Sun in an exclusive interview: "Every woman should have naked pictures taken. In five years my body might not look like this!
"I've always been borderline raunchy and a little sexy. But sexy at 19 and sexy at 21 is two different things. I'm just having fun."
It is a new-found confidence for the Barbados-born singer.
She explains: "When naked pictures I'd sent to a boyfriend were leaked this year I was so nervous and embarrassed that my mom was going to see them.
"But she reacted in the most surprising way.
"She just sent me a text saying, 'You're an adult now'. Basically saying, 'Welcome to the real world'.
"She says I'm a woman now so I have to handle things like an adult."
In the flesh Rihanna is staggeringly pretty, with perfectly clear skin and eyes that sparkle with genuine excitement and enthusiasm. [link]
