In reply to Meme.

That’s a great point. If Rihanna doesn’t write her music, and has no talent for musical or vocal production, what does she control? How can you be in control when you’re not a creator? When you rely so heavily on others for that? Her last album, Kanye produced it, Travis Scott named it, and she found the album cover through Jay Z. What exactly does she do?? As far as we can tell, the only thing she chooses is which one article of clothing she’s gonna wear on the album cover. Adele, Beyoncé, and Whitney (especially Adele and Beyoncé) have written and produced plenty of their music. You’d have a hard time convincing anyone that Rihanna’s written even one song by herself. Let alone the fact that her biggest hits all came from other people. Even her peers don’t rave about her talent or go, “I admire her as a musician, or she’s such a gifted songwriter” etc. Nothing. She’s not an artist. At the very least, she’s a good musical curator — basically a glorified cover artist. She Probably has some fire Spotify playlists...