Is Rihanna lastly able to drop new music? In response to boyfriend A$AP Rocky, her ninth album could also be right here quickly.
In a video shared on X (previously Twitter) over the weekend, followers caught up with the 35-year-old rapper whereas he was out and about in Paris and requested concerning the standing of her upcoming album, which followers have since dubbed R9.
“She’s working on it,” Rocky replied with a smile as he walked away.
On prime of that, photos recently surfaced on X of Rihanna leaving Lendit Studio in Paris along with her crew and choreographers.
Rihanna, 35, launched her final album, Anti, in 2016, and two years later, she advised Vogue that she was engaged on a reggae challenge. She then confirmed on Instagram that it could drop in December 2019 and even teased followers with the chance that the album already existed.
“Update: me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it,” Rihanna captioned an Instagram video.
Nonetheless, the album by no means arrived.
Whereas Rihanna has but to drop her ninth album, she’s saved busy with different initiatives, together with her Fenty Magnificence make-up model and her Savage X Fenty lingerie line. She additionally carried out throughout the Apple Music Tremendous Bowl halftime present in 2023 and launched her Oscar-nominated single, “Lift Me Up,” from the 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually soundtrack, which marked her first track in six years.
As for her private life, Rihanna welcomed two sons, RZA and Riot, with Rocky in Could 2022 and August 2023, respectively.
However it appears 2024 would be the yr Rihanna formally returns to music. Again in October 2023, ET realized the GRAMMY winner is planning a world tour for 2024/2025 after putting a cope with Reside Nation and has plans to launch new music.
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