Rihannaisn’t just a singer, makeup maven, and fashion entrepreneur she’s an icon.

I just want to have fun with music.

Everything is so heavy.

Rihanna

The world that we live in is a lot.

It’s overwhelming every single day.

And with the music, I’m using that as my outlet."

Rihanna

“It wasn’t compulsory or anything.

In an interview withNME,Rihanna reminisced about being an 11-year-old cadet alongside her BFF.

She explained, “We’d have to give trouble for enjoy this discipline we were getting.”

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It was a question of: why just do it?

It was so boring to follow the rules.”

In spite of how difficult it was, however, the training ultimately helped Rihanna prep for the role.

she explained, admitting to being “so scared” of the sergeant.

Maybe Shontelle went easy on her after all?