It cost Pedro dearly with the wolf. After lying so many times, when the animal came and ate the sheep, no one believed him. Rihanna has been the protagonist of the adaptation of this tale in the 21st century for more than seven years. She, like Pedro, said so many times that she was working on new music that her followers stopped believing her. And rightly so, Riri! You don’t play with people’s illusions.
That of Barbados has become one of the great protagonists of this 2023. The reason? He was the guest star of the 2023 Super Bowl, leaving us speechless with his performance at halftime in the American Football League Finals. A 13-minute show that made a lot of noise: from the announcement of her pregnancy to the incredible red look she wore.
But the thing did not stop there, Rihanna too She became the protagonist of the cover of the British edition of Vogue. And what a session! Rihanna posed with her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, and their shared son. In addition, she starred in a very special interview, where motherhood was very present.
Rihanna talks about new music
It was in this same interview that RiRi came back to play with the illusions of thousands of people. And it is that the diva has assured that this 2023 will release a record. No, Rihanna, it’s not said, it’s done!
When the journalist asks her if she plans to release a new album, Rihanna is clear: “I want it to be this year. Honestly, it would be ridiculous not to do it this year. But I just want to have fun. Make music and make videos. I need background music with the images. I can’t just go and record a video talking.”
If it’s not better than ANTI, don’t bother doing it.
Moreover, RiRi confessed that it was one of the reasons why she had not dared to release new music in seven years (excluding lift me up for the soundtrack of Black Panther 2): “Looking back, ANTI it’s my best album. At the time I didn’t realize it. But I always thought it was the most cohesive album I’ve ever done (…) There is this pressure that I put on myself. If it’s not better than that, it’s not worth doing.”
Rihanna: a lot of gaps in her back
All these years, Rihanna went to the studio, as she says in the interview. Of course, it seems many of them will never see the light of day: “I fell in love with songs that will never see the light of day. It’s like trying to dress like you used to dress. It’s like ‘uh, no’. I would never wear it again. Your tastes and your mood change.
The Other Times Rihanna Told Us New Music Was Coming
For Rihanna fans, this isn’t the first time they’ve heard these statements. During all these years, that of Barbados has played with the illusions of its followers. Some of them are still waiting for those two records he was working on, a reggae!
In 2019, for Times magazine, Rihanna assured that she was working on a reggae album. He even talked about the lack of collaborations in it. And rumor had it that Lady Gaga would be in it. She denied that last part. Four years later, we still haven’t heard a single note from this supposed album. Nor of the pop album he was supposed to make in parallel. Will he release it at some point?
And we arrive in April 2022, when Rihanna, pregnant with her first child, grants an interview for Vogue USA. The one from Barbados spoke very vaguely about a possible project: “I see my next job in a completely different way from what I wanted to do before. I think that way it affects me more, much more. Is right. It’ll be fun for me, it’ll take the pressure off me.” Of course, with those words, it seemed like Rihanna had something on her hands.
And we come to the statements of The Sun. The British media drew close sources to shed a ray of light in mid-2022: “Rihanna will release an album this year. She is about to release it this year. It’s something she always planned to do for her fans. has listened to their requests for new topics and knows they have waited patiently. She is delighted to bring them something new. After that, she will focus on her motherhood in her Fente fashion and beauty empire which are her passion.
It seems that those plans were delayed, if they ever came to fruition. Either way, we can’t wait to hear new material from Rihanna. To be able to be something that wasn’t recorded in the studios of the fictional town of Wakanda. We love you Riri, but like Pedro, we find it hard to believe you.