Photos: Rihanna stuns for Elle magazine

ELLE: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?

RIHANNA: That’s still a secret.

What do people misunderstand about you?

I’m shy.

What’s the sexiest thing a man has ever said to you?

Any man that tells me what to do is sexy!

What’s your mantra?

“Fuck bitches, get money!

Your worst fear?

Childbirth!

Do you ever sound like your mother?

My mother doesn’t say much, but that one “ummmm” is a full paragraph of things I was grateful she didn’t say. I catch myself doing that a lot recently.

If you weren’t a singer, what would you be?

A wife.

The last time you were starstruck?

When I met Aaron Paul at the Spike awards.

The best hangover cure?

Ice, Chinese food! And an upside-down trash can and towels, preferably next to the toilet.

If you had to listen to three albums on repeat, what would they be?

KoL’s Only By the Night, Buju Banton’s ’Til Shiloh, and Michael Bolton’s Greatest Hits (1985–1995). And the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack.