#Rihanna hits album cover update#

In her June 2018 cover interview for Vogue magazine, Rihanna confirmedВ that her ninth album will be a reggae album. Even though IвЂ™ve explored other genres of music, it was time to go back to something that I havenвЂ™t really homed in on completely for a body of work.' It doesnвЂ™t matter how far or long removed I am from that culture, or my environment that I grew up in it never leaves.' But youвЂ™re going to feel the elements in all of the tracks.' 'ItвЂ™s not gonna be typical of what you know as reggae. 'I like to look at it as a reggae-inspiredВ or reggae-infused album,' she explained. Rihanna confirmed to VogueВ in October 2019 that the album will indeed 'reggae-inspired' and confessed that the genre 'always feels right' to her.

He even suggested the singer might be from Venus, saying 'I'm willing to bet, because Venus is gaseous, that if they had a telescope that could zoom through all that s***, youвЂ™d see Rih laying there naked.' 'Rih is in a different place right now,' Williams said.

#Rihanna hits album cover update#

Speaking to Allure in November 2020, Pharrell Williams gave fans an update on his long-time friend and collaborators album. The Fenty Beauty entrepreneurВ shared a photo of a soundboard on her InstagramВ stories that reads 'The Neptunes' and wrote a caption along theВ bottom of the snap reading, 'gang. In February 2020, Rihanna reassured fans that new music is on the way, posting that she was in the studio with The Neptunes. I donвЂ™t have the whole song, IвЂ™m just going to play you a piece of it, and it probably wonвЂ™t sound great because itвЂ™s an iPhone recording of the speakers,' said Grey. I donвЂ™t know if sheвЂ™s still making a reggae album or what, but this is a song we did for it. 'This was when Rihanna was supposedly doing some kind of reggae album. Wrote this with a guy named Hymn,' sheВ said. 'I was working withВ DiploВ on a song forВ Rihanna. Skylar Grey teased a reggae-inspired songВ she worked on with Diplo for Rihanna's album in September 2020. That's a challenge as well, but I love challengesВ so you know I'ma get it done.' 'I want to go on tour but I can't, and now I'm stuck with music that I love, and now I'm trying to to figure out how I can even create visuals to that. 'The world that we live in, a lot is overwhelming every single day. But now, it's just like - what makes me happy? I just want to have fun with music.' You do pop, you do this genre, you do that, you do radio, you do who's following you and your fans. 'How do I want to interpret that, reimagine that?В Because it's been so structured before. In an October 2020 interview with the Associated Press, Rihanna explained how she just wants to have fun with her new music.В 'We started with tons of writing camps,' she revealed, before sighing and adding, 'Now it's moreВ what do I feel personally? What do I want to put out as an artist? How do I want to play it with my art? On October 31st 2020, Rihanna was spottedВ wearing a fur coat while entering the NoMad Hotel downtown LA for aВ suspected music video shoot,В sparking rumours of an upcoming music release. In December 2020, Rihanna revealed she plans 'to take my music and my brands to a different level' in 2021. The singer jumped in the comment section of an Instagram post celebrating her musical achievements over the years, responding to a fan asking about new music.ДЄ fan asked Rihanna to 'celebrate by releasing a song,' to which Rihanna replied, ' I think I should' with a 'soon' emoji, before adding 'just 1 tho lol'. In March 2021, Rihanna confirmed that the release of a hotly-anticipated new song will be coming 'soon'. ItвЂ™s authentic, itвЂ™ll be fun for me, and it takes a lot of the pressure off.' 'I think this way suits me better, a lot better.

In her May 2022 Vogue cover interview, Rihanna said she's looking at her new album 'completely differently from the way I had wanted to put it out before.'

What songs are going to be on Rihanna's new album? HereвЂ™s everything we know about #R9 so far.