popmusiclife: PHOTOS: Rihanna on cover of new Elle magazine

Rihanna is featured on the cover of the Elle magazine, on newsstands April 17.

The pop superstar is also spotlighted in the May issue with a fashion shoot and interview, during which she talks about finding her way back to her ex Chris Brown, in a professional sense.

“It gave me guns. I was like, well, f—,” explains Rihanna. “They know more about me than I want them to know. It’s embarrassing. But that was my opening. That was my liberation, my moment of bring it. […] Now you know that, so you can say what you want about it. I don’t have anything to hide.”

The Rihanna-Brown reunion – on singles by each artist - made headlines and received some harsh criticism, given their controversial past.

“The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently,” said Rihanna. “It’s very hard for me to accept, but I get it. People end up wasting their time on the blogs or whatever, ranting away, and that’s all right. Because tomorrow I’m still going to be the same person. I’m still going to do what I want to do.”

Find out more at Elle.com