Rihanna (AFP Photo/Angela Weiss) – Robyn Fenty, the superstar singer popularly known as Rihanna, is finally putting a date on her years‑long promise of a new album. The business mogul, who has spent recent years focusing on her multi‑billion‑dollar brand, has been hinting at a return to music after a seven‑year hiatus. She first broke her silence with a new track, “Lift Me Up,” for Marvel’s *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* movie, and then stunned the Super Bowl crowd during the halftime show on Sunday.
In her cover story with *Vogue* (March 2023 issue), the mother of one explained that she never stopped recording music, but she has fallen in and out of love with some of the songs over the years. When asked if fans should finally anticipate a new album’s release, Rihanna said, “I want it to be this year. Honestly, it’d be ridiculous if it’s not this year. But I just want to have fun.” The “Diamonds” star also promised visuals to accompany the album, adding, “I just want to make music and make videos. I need the right background music with the visuals. I can’t just shoot a video of me talking.”
Reminiscing about *Anti*, her last album released in 2016, Rihanna said she felt pressure to outperform that chart‑topper. “In hindsight, it really is my most brilliant album,” she confessed. “I say that because in the moment I didn’t realize it, but it always felt like the most cohesive album I’ve ever made. When you break it down, you realize this album goes from ‘Work’ to ‘Kiss It Better’ to ‘Needed Me’ to ‘Love on the Brain’ to ‘Sex with Me’ to ‘Desperado.’” She added, “There’s this pressure that I put on myself: if it’s not better than that, then it’s not even worth it.”
Fans continue to hope for her new project even as the singer recently joined the mother’s club and is currently expecting another child. After welcoming her first son with rapper A$AP Rocky in May 2022, the songstress rocked the internet by revealing her second pregnancy during Sunday’s performance.
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