Peas do what Haiti couldn't, displacing Ke$ha at the top. Rihanna hits the chart again, but not with the song that would seem to be her album's obvious next single, "Te Amo," an excellent combination of lilt, catchiness, and burning regret. Maybe she or the record execs fear that its subject inhibits popularity: a woman coming on to Rihanna, with Rihanna not merely letting her down gently but also feeling empty for not being able to reciprocate, trying to enunciate "I love you" herself by pondering the other woman's "I love you." If the lesbian thing had been done for titillation by a Ke$ha or Britney or Katy the audience'd find it no big deal, but my guess is that the seriousness of "Te Amo" potentially makes it too disconcerting, even though the motion of the song is breezy enough.
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