Rihanna said she is ready to start working on music again after announcing her retirement last week.
At the launch of her new business venture Fenty Hair on Monday, she shared an update on her long-awaited ninth studio album and said she plans to “get back in the studio.”
“I think music, for me, is a new discovery,” said the businesswoman, who showed off her short, natural curls at the event. Entertainment tonight.
“I’m rediscovering things,” the 36-year-old singer continued before explaining that she stopped making music for a while after working “for so long” on a new album, but that she will “start again.”
She also explained why she wore a T-shirt that said “I’m retired” last week and revealed to the outlet that she would “definitely have more children” before denying pregnancy rumors.
Rihanna, 36, said she is ready to start working on music again after announcing her retirement last week. At the launch of her new business venture, Fenty Hair, on Monday, she shared an update on her long-awaited ninth studio album and said that she plans to “get back in the studio.”
“People got excited about that word retired,” he said when asked about that viral T-shirt he wore in New York City on June 6 and his fans’ reaction to the possibility of him no longer making music.
“They said, ‘Now we’ll never have an album.’ No one read the other line. It was like, ‘This is the best I can wear,'” he explained.
“I’ve been working on the album for so long that I put all that aside and now I’m ready to get back into the studio,” she added. ‘I’m going to start. Give me a second!’
He then clarified where he is in terms of making R9 and his plans to complete the album.
‘Yes, I’m starting over. But I don’t want to neglect the songs that I have, so I really want to go back and listen to things with new ears, with my new perspective and then see what applies and what I’m still in love with.”
Last month, the multi-faceted artist also revealed that she has “a lot of visual ideas” for a new album, but admitted she hasn’t made any songs yet.
He hasn’t released an album since releasing Anti in 2016.
However, despite his hiatus from music, he is still achieving milestones with his acclaimed discography and older hits.
She also explained why she wore a T-shirt that said “I’m retired” last week. “People got excited about that word retired,” she said when asked about that viral T-shirt she wore in New York City on June 6 and her fans’ reaction to the possibility of her no longer making music. .
He explained that there was a second line on his shirt and said that he was not ‘retiring’ from music. She then clarified where she stands in terms of making R9 and his plans for completing the album; Seen in Los Angeles on April 26.
Last week, her 2012 single Diamonds achieved diamond status, as well as four of her other songs, making her the top female solo artist with the most diamond-certified hits in music history.
“Wow, I remember where we got from the jump,” he recalled of making the song.
“It was in London, and I also remember performing Diamond on tour,” he continued before remembering singing Diamonds under “all the lights.”
“Everyone turns off their phone right then and there,” he added. And it is related to my grandmother. I literally think of her every time I do that.’
Last year, Rihanna also addressed the possibility of making new music, declaring Anti to be her “brightest album.”
He also explained why that raised the stakes for his following.
In March 2023 British Vogue In the cover story, he said: “It always seemed to me to be the most coherent album I’ve ever made.”
For that reason, he said there is “pressure” to deliver on Anti, which earned him six Grammy nominations.
He hasn’t released an album since releasing Anti in 2016. However, despite his hiatus from music, he’s still hitting milestones with his acclaimed discography and older hits. Last week, she became the leading female solo artist with the most diamond-certified hits in music history; seen October 2015
“I’m rediscovering things,” he continued before explaining that he stopped making music for a while after working “for so long” on a new album, but that he will “start again”; Seen in London on April 17.
“There’s a pressure I put on myself,” she said of her tendency toward perfectionism. ‘If it’s not better than that then it’s not even worth it.
“I realized that if I keep waiting until this feels right and perfect and better, maybe it will continue to take forever and maybe it will never come out and no, I’m not up for that.”
Since leaving Anti, at least he hasn’t avoided the recording studio entirely.
In 2022, Rihanna released Lift Me Up, her first solo single in six years, as well as Born Again as part of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack.