Chris Brown/Rihanna Duet Pre-Arrest

E! News is reporting that the duet Chris Brown and Rihanna were recorded was done before their February 8th altercation.

"The duet was recording long before the incident," the rep said. Rather, what went on with Rihanna in-studio over the weekend qualified as postproduction—mixing, audio tweaking, etc.

The clarification comes two days after the Los Angeles Times reported that the song, written by da Don as a single for Rihanna, was reconceived as a duet for the two after Brown's Feb. 8 arrest. The lyrics dealt with love's "trials and tribulations, the way love is complicated and blind," a source told the paper.