--- title: Rihanna Debuts Goodnight Gotham Music Video description: In the new music video for "Goodnight Gotham," Rihanna runs into a mob of fans — and gets a chance to go crowd-surfing as they lift her up. canonical: https://time.com/4432986/rihanna-goodnight-gotham-music-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-01T15:18:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:57.006Z og:title: Watch Rihanna Take a Crazy Leap of Faith in New Music Video og:description: In the "Goodnight Gotham" video, Rihanna goes crowd-surfing in a mob of fans og:url: https://time.com/4432986/rihanna-goodnight-gotham-music-video/ 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: Watch Rihanna Take a Crazy Leap of Faith in New Music Video twitter:description: In the "Goodnight Gotham" video, Rihanna goes crowd-surfing in a mob of fans twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Rihanna Leap Into the Arms of Her Fans in ‘Goodnight Gotham’ Video > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 1, 2016 3:18 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 1, 2016 3:18 PM UTC Rihanna has never been one to [shy away from outrageous antics](http://time.com/4431632/rihanna-wine-glasses/?iid=sr-link4). But in a new video for “Goodnight Gotham” — a bonus song [on her latest album, _ANTI_](http://time.com/4198509/rihanna-anti-review/?iid=sr-link9) — she does something pretty crazy. Pulling up to Paris’s Trocadéro Square beneath the Eiffel Tower in an SUV, the singer sheds her jacket and runs straight out into a mob of screaming fans, who hoist her high into the air and give her what we only imagine was quite the crowd-surfing thrill. Decked out in a silver jumpsuit and sparkling collar necklace, Rihanna straight beams with sheer elation throughout. Rih: giving the people what they want, no matter how risky for her personal safety. 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