California King Bed’ single cover

Is it just us, or are we getting mixed messages from Rihanna these days? One minute, the Turtleneck & Chain contributor is cracking whips and topping charts with fellow dominatrix Britney Spears on “S&M,” and the next, she’s all lonesome and weepy in her “California King Bed.” The cover art for Rihanna’s latest Loud single gives us another taste of the softer side of David O. Russell’s muse, and not much more than that. Check out the full-sized version after the jump.

Rihanna to perform “California King Bed” at CMA 2011

As the country music industry ramps up for the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, April 3rd, RyanSeacrest.com can exclusively reveal that Rihanna will perform a new song on the show with Sugarland frontwoman Jennifer Nettles.
The song, “California King Bed” is from Rihanna’s fifth studio album Loud which has gone platinum in the U.S. and climbed to the top of the charts in countries around the world.