Rihanna has been criticized by her fans for a “horrible” karaoke performance in New York City.
The Rude Boy hitmaker, 36, performed at the Girls love karaoke event on Sunday, with clips from the night going viral on social media.
The mother-of-two, whose last album came out in 2016, was criticized for her voice after performing her hits ‘Needed Me’ and ‘Sex With Me’.
‘Is this really Rihanna? “My cat sings better,” one person wrote on Twitter in reaction to the billionaire musician’s performance.
“The microphone was bleeding,” another added.
A third commenter asked: ‘Is this edited? It sounds horrible.’
Rihanna, 36, has been criticized by fans for a “horrible” karaoke performance in New York City.
“I didn’t know singing a single note was so difficult,” wrote another.
“That voice is gone,” another comment read.
‘The laugh I just let out.’
‘She’s not kidding or joking; He sounded like this during his live performance at the MTV Awards,” someone else wrote.
‘Can you blame her for not wanting to release any music? Your heart is not in it because you are not training that voice. “She’s super rich so she doesn’t need the music lol,” someone else speculated.
“Now I understand why we haven’t received music.”
The comments continued: ‘I’m sure she can keep that album, I’m gagggeedddd like whattttttt.’
“She did this so people would stop asking her for music,” another commenter wrote.
At the event, Rihanna sported an oversized fur hat, a Tupac-print shirt, jeans, and Bottega Veneta boots that sold for $1,400.
The Rude Boy hitmaker performed at the Girls Love Karaoke event on Sunday, and clips from the evening went viral on social media.
The mother-of-two, whose last album came out in 2016, was criticized for her voice after performing her hits ‘Needed Me’ and ‘Sex With Me’.
‘Is this really Rihanna? “My cat sings better,” one person wrote on Twitter in reaction to the billionaire musician’s performance.
“The microphone was bleeding,” another added. A third commenter questioned: ‘Is this edited? It sounds horrible.’
“I didn’t know singing a single note was so difficult,” wrote another.
“Now I see why we haven’t gotten any music,” someone else wrote.
Some questioned whether the person in the clip was really Rihanna
The comments continued: ‘I’m sure she can keep that album. I’m gagggeedddd like whattttttt’.
‘That voice is gone,’ reads another comment.
‘At least the microphone was on…’
‘She’s not kidding or joking; “She sounded like this during her live performance at the MTV Awards,” someone else wrote.
‘Can you blame her for not wanting to release any music?’ Your heart is not in it because you are not training that voice. She’s super rich so she doesn’t need music lol,’ someone else speculated.
“She did this so people would stop asking her for music,” another commenter wrote.
Rihanna fueled rumors of her retirement from music last month when she gave a speech about God having “other plans” for her career.
“The music was what caught my attention, but God had other plans for me,” he shared at an event in early November.
Despite teasing a music release in 2019, the Savage X Fenty designer has prioritized her lingerie and cosmetics brands.
In August, it was reported that the singer was finally ready to release her long-awaited ninth studio album.
Rihanna’s legion of fans have been clamoring for new music from the hitmaker since the release of her eighth studio album, Anti, in 2016.
Since the release of that album, which garnered some of the best reviews of her career, Rihanna has focused primarily on running and promoting her successful cosmetics and lingerie companies, in addition to dedicating time to her romance with rapper A$AP Rocky.
The lovebirds welcomed a son named RZA in May 2022, followed by their son Riot Rose in August 2023.
“It’s been a joke how long it’s taken for Rihanna’s ninth album to be released, but finally the wait is almost over,” said one music insider. the sun in August.
At the event, Rihanna sported an oversized fur hat, a Tupac-print shirt, jeans, and Bottega Veneta boots that sold for $1,400.
Rihanna fueled rumors of her retirement from music last month when she gave a speech about God having “other plans” for her career.
They claimed that Rihanna had recorded songs with “a lot of different people” over the years, including her collaborators Alesso and Diplo.
The singer-songwriter had supposedly flitted between multiple genres while trying to create her sound, although fans may never end up hearing her experiments.
“She’s gone from pop to reggae to hip hop and everything in between,” the source continued. “But because he wants it to sound fresh, and because of Rihanna’s situation in her life, pretty much everything was scrapped.”
They noted that some of the songs had been “reworked” and reused for the final version of the album, “but most were scrapped entirely when it went back to the drawing board earlier this year.”
“Rihanna has been back in the studio for a while now and things are finally going well,” the source added on a hopeful note.
Rihanna’s return to music will follow her partner A$AP Rocky’s fourth album, Don’t Be Dumb, which will be released on August 30 of this year.
So far he has released several anticipated singles from the LP, including DMB, S***tin’ Me, RIOT (Rowdy Pipe’n) and Same Problems?.
Meanwhile, one of Rihanna’s next big projects is producing Paramount Animation’s The Smurfs Movie.
His last LP was 2016’s acclaimed Anti, which garnered some of the best reviews of his career. But in the following years it focused on its cosmetics and lingerie brands.
She is also a busy mother and shares two children with rapper A$AP Rocky. The lovebirds welcomed a son named RZA in May 2022, followed by their son Riot Rose in August 2023.
The Diamonds singer will also have an important presence on screen, as she will voice the character of Smurfette.
Although it may not relieve fans eagerly awaiting his next album, he is reported to be writing and recording several new songs for the film’s soundtrack.
In addition to Rihanna, The Smurfs Movie will star Parks And Recreation’s Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, JP Karliak, Dan Levy, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll, James Corden, Octavia Spencer, Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham, Sandra Oh , Alex Winter and Billie. Lourd, Xolo Maridueña, Kurt Russell and John Goodman.
The family film arrives in US and UK cinemas on February 14, 2025.