Rihanna addressed her future in music at her most up-to-date public look, fuelling fan hypothesis if she has one other album in her.
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The pop star and cosmetics mogul was in her native Barbados final Friday (November 7) to launch her newest merchandise underneath the Fenty Magnificence model. In a speech to attendees, she talked about how her work in music – starting with the 2005 album ‘Music of the Solar’ – laid the groundwork to her success in the present day as an entrepreneur.
“Music was the factor that acquired the eye, however God had different plans for me,” she informed the group. “And I used to be in a position to create in ways in which had been very honest and real, or natural and genuine to the issues that I like.”
Referring to Barbados, she mentioned: “It doesn’t even really feel like a job, however while you convey it residence” earlier than the group erupted into cheers.
rihanna final evening:
“music was the factor that acquired the eye, however god had different plans for me” she is gone 😭 pic.twitter.com/3fop9I25jz
— 𝖌𝖆𝖇 (@gabgonebad) November 8, 2024
The clip has added gas to the continued fan discourse on whether or not Rihanna – whose final album was 2016’s ‘Anti’ – is certainly carried out with music. For the previous few years, Rihanna has gone full businesswoman mode with Fenty Magnificence, and, save for a Tremendous Bowl efficiency final 12 months, has primarily shied away from making and performing music.
“She’s principally saying she’s retired”, one fan writes in response to a tweet with the quote. “Oh we’ll by no means get that album once more guys”, one other fan laments.
One fan selected to see it in another way: “Discover how she mentioned “had” as a result of she’s releasing R9 quickly wbk [we been knew]”, they wrote.
Rihanna additionally responded to Billie Eilish’s pleasure upon listening to she is her dream musical collaborator. “She is probably the most ‘Anti’… coolest lady ever. In my thoughts, she doesn’t take heed to industrial music, or anybody’s music,” she informed Entry Hollywood.
“I really feel like she’s simply creating her diary, vocally. You may really feel like she is simply zoned into who she is and what she’s experiencing [and] feeling, even when she doesn’t know what it’s.”
The look ahead to a brand new album has been simmering all this time, and Rihanna is aware of it. In July, Rihanna despatched a DM to GloRilla asking about new music: “I do know dis wild hypocritical, however when the album drop?”.
In April, the star mentioned she had materials she felt she “might make hits out of”. Moreover, she informed Further that she felt the album would signify “the evolution” of her sound.
Earlier this week, Rihanna clapped again at critics who latched onto a joke she made about election fraud.
