Rihanna fans waiting on her long-awaited ninth studio album have been dealt a helping good news and bad news.
Find out what we mean below…
During the launch of her latest business venture, Fenty Hair, last night, RiRi was quizzed on the status of her the almost mythical follow-up to 2026’s ‘ANTI.’
Over the years, the Bajan billionaire has been coy about the project or skewed somewhat non-descript.
That changed when chatting it up with ET‘s Kevin Frazier. For, when asked directly about ‘R9,’ she confessed “I’m about to start.”
Keeping it candid, the 36-year-old shared:
“I have been working on the album for so long that I kinda just put all that stuff aside. And now, I’m prepared to go back into the studio. Now I’m prepared. So I’m gonna start.”
Peep the clip:
Rihanna tells ET that she is “starting over” her album:
“I have been working on the album for so long that I kinda just put all that stuff aside. And now, I’m prepared to go back into the studio. Now I’m prepared. So I’m gonna start.” pic.twitter.com/PT5WXe2FBg
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 11, 2024
Sigh.
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RiRi, I love you, but just leave the promises of music alone. Go run your empire, girl.
If there’s no (hit) music people will stop buying her silly products. The masses are only interested in her because she brings out catchy music.
She sounds like Normani 🥴
We don’t care h**. Normani is the new supreme!
Lies Sabrina and Tyla are the new supremes
Nobody cares anymore.
Lol real. But if she’s gonna do make music again then it needs to just be a hobby atp. If she spends a lot of time making something shítty and it flops then she won’t ever want to waste her time making music again.
It’s probably best if she starts over because it may sound outdated. That or she is trolling lol and its dropping soon
Rihanna music never sounds dated. She works with producers who know what is current.
ask the record company the FCK you keep asking Rihanna for they paying for it
Well I believe she is ready to drop probably later this year or next year. She added the music videos of her collabs on her playlist which she hasn’t done ever, and she recently updated her certifications.
B**** is definitely coming
Anti is 2016, not 2026.
What a mess. That’s another 8 years ya’ll! Lol.