"I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears," the Barbadian pop princess tells Glamour in an exclusive interview. It's well-timed for her comeback. This isn't to say that when Rihanna awoke, she shaved her head and tattooed a heart to the back of her neck, all before chasing down a car with an umbrella. It means that the media hoopla around her personal hell became a frenzy overnight. And rather unexpectedly, too. "That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day."

In the interview, she takes to task publications that published a face of her battered face all over the internet, adding, "That is not a photo you would show to anybody. I felt completely taken advantage of ... like people were making it into a fun topic ... and it's my life." Well done, TMZ. Ugh.

However, Rihanna's also embracing the up-side to her very public fall-out with Chris Brown. "The positive thing that has come out of my situation," she says, "is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn't heard." And it's encouraging to hear her step up and speak out. “Domestic violence is a big secret,” she says. “I want to give as much insight as I can to young women … to help speak for them.” The Rihanna Recovery Press Tour continues later this week, with an appearance on Good Morning America on Thursday and another on 20/20 on Friday.