--- title: Rihanna: Videos Show Singer Can't Wink and Twitter Loses It description: The music goddess might have one tiny flaw, as a collection of videos show that she has trouble closing just one eye at a time. canonical: https://time.com/4468748/rihanna-wink-videos/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-26T18:12:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:55.836Z og:title: Rihanna Can't Wink — And the Internet Is Freaking Out og:description: The star singer might have just the one flaw, as Twitter has discovered. og:url: https://time.com/4468748/rihanna-wink-videos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Can't Wink — And the Internet Is Freaking Out twitter:description: The star singer might have just the one flaw, as Twitter has discovered. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Apparently Rihanna Can't Wink and the Internet Is Losing It  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 26, 2016 6:12 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 26, 2016 6:12 PM UTC Rihanna — singer, fashion star, free spirit — [is a goddess, yes](http://time.com/4466448/rihanna-aphrodite-statue-museum/?iid=sr-link2). But even goddesses have limits. And the internet has uncovered Rihanna’s one true limit: despite her undisputed status as one of the world’s most sought-after women, she can’t wink. Twitter user [@NotAgainBen](https://twitter.com/NotAgainBen) has documented the evidence extensively in a series of tweets with videos of the soon-to-be recipient [of MTV’s Video Vanguard Award](http://time.com/4465441/mtv-vmas-2016-guide/?iid=sr-link1) trying — and, ultimately, failing — to perfect the single-eye blink. It’s an impressive collection of proof, wherein we see that each time she tries to just subtly shut one eye, the other inevitably goes along for the ride, too. The clips are mesmerizing, because… [Rihanna](http://time.com/4398744/rihanna-bra-stage-reaction/?iid=sr-link9). > [](https://twitter.com/NotAgainBen/status/769137740516589568) > [](https://twitter.com/NotAgainBen/status/769139535263461377) > [](https://twitter.com/NotAgainBen/status/769138302444240897) > [](https://twitter.com/NotAgainBen/status/769138056565813248) These are just a few of the [many, many examples.](https://twitter.com/i/moments/769207181292007424) But honestly, what’s the big deal? She’s still [BadGalRiRi](http://time.com/4347726/rihanna-dior-sunglasses-star-trek/?iid=sr-link1), and her flawless ability to [accessorize with wine](http://time.com/4431632/rihanna-wine-glasses/?iid=sr-link1) pretty much negates the need to execute a perfect blink. Who are we to tell her what is right or wrong? Maybe _we’re_ the ones blinking wrong? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4468748/rihanna-wink-videos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4468748/rihanna-wink-videos/"},"headline":"Apparently Rihanna Can't Wink and the Internet Is Losing It","datePublished":"2016-08-26T18:12:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:55.836Z","description":"Maybe it's just too much work","url":"https://time.com/4468748/rihanna-wink-videos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4468748/rihanna-wink-videos/","name":"Apparently Rihanna Can't Wink and the Internet Is Losing It"}}]}] ```