Rihanna said Thursday that she regrets going back to ex-boyfriend Chris
Brown after he left her bruised and battered during a February assault, warning other women facing domestic violence to not let themselves become blinded by love.the 21-year-old singer said on "Good Morning America" in her first TV interview following the beating. "I'll say that to any young girl who is going through domestic violence: 'Don't react off of love.The attack occurred in Los Angeles' Hancock Park neighborhood as Brown drove a rented sports car. A Los Angeles police detective described a brutal attack in a search warrant affidavit filed in the case, stating Brown hit, choked and bit Rihanna and tried at one point to push her from the car. A photo of her bruised face was circulated on the Internet. In an interview with Glamour magazine, posted online Tuesday, she said about the leaked photo, "I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it's my life."Rihanna's interview coincides with the debut of her new single, "Russian Roulette," from her upcoming album, "Rated R." It's her first CD since 2007's multiplatinum "Good Girl Gone Bad."In Thursday's interview, Rihanna said, "I am strong. This happened to me. I didn't cause this. I didn't do it. This can happen to me and it can happen to anybody.

Has Rihanna been dropping hints about her new album?The Umbrella hitmaker took to her Twitter account earlier this week — and apparently revealed the release date for the eagerly anticipated record.“The Wait Is Ova. Nov 23 09,” she wrote.A representative for Rihanna told Entertainment Weekly that though the date “looks accurate” for her album release, “The Wait Is Ova” is not the album title.Rihanna’s new album, the first since 2007’s Good Girl Gone Bad, features collaborations with Justin Timberlake, Tyson Ritter of the All-American Rejects, Drake, Ne-Yo and Akon.“Expect an edgier, almost angrier Rihanna on this one,” Ne-Yo recently said of the record. “Rihanna says some things on this album that you’ve never heard her say before.”Rihanna shot the cover for the album — her fourth LP since her debut at 17 — on October 8 with Ellen von Unwerth in Berlin.