Rihanna playfully trolled her fans on Thursday while out in New York City, as they continued to beg for ‘new music’ from the star.
The nine-time Grammy winner, 36, jumped out of the backseat of a black SUV wearing a blue T-shirt that referred to her as “retired.”
It had “I’m retired, this is as stylish as I can get” scrawled across the front in white, yellow, and red letters.
Rihanna hasn’t released an album since 2016’s Anti and has instead shifted her focus toward building her billion-dollar beauty empire.
She frustrated her fans earlier this week by announcing that she will soon be launching her own hair line, as one tweeted: ‘You’re releasing everything but the album!’
Rihanna playfully trolled her fans on Thursday while out in New York City, as they continued to beg for ‘new music’ from the star.
The nine-time Grammy winner, 36, jumped out of the backseat of a black SUV wearing a blue T-shirt that referred to her as “retired.”
And Thursday’s shirt choice appeared to be his way of responding to the online outcry.
She paired it with a navy blue mermaid skirt, red Puma sneakers and a bright green Bottega Veneta bag.
The mother of two wore 2000s-inspired sunglasses with blue-tinted lenses and her golden blonde hair was in braids.
Rihanna was decked out in eye-catching gold choker necklaces and had a sparkling ring on her left hand.
As for makeup, the billionaire sported glossy lips, a dewy complexion, and a rosy blush.
Her chauffeured vehicle dropped her off outside a building in New York.
It’s been a busy week for the star who officially announced the June 13 release of her latest project, Fenty Hair, with a stylish commercial on Tuesday.
It’s still unclear exactly what type of hair care products will be sold under Fenty Hair, as the website only shows the commercial, which only quickly showed the containers.
“You know how much I care about changing my hair,” Rihanna, who has 310.3 million social media followers, wrote on Instagram.
It had “I’m retired, this is as stylish as I can get” scrawled across the front in white, yellow, and red letters.
She paired the top with a navy blue mermaid skirt, red Puma sneakers, and a bright green Bottega Veneta bag.
Rihanna hasn’t released an album since 2016’s Anti and has instead shifted her focus toward building her multimillion-dollar beauty empire.
‘I’ve had almost every texture, color and length from weaves to braids to natural, so I’m launching a flexible line of products not only for every hair you want, but each product is designed to strengthen and repair all types of hair. hair. , which is what we really need! It’s time to play and get stronger with style.’
Fenty Hair is the latest subsidiary of his company Fenty Beauty, founded seven years ago, after Fenty Skin and Fenty Fragrance.
Although Rihanna seems excited about her latest business endeavor, her fans struck a different tone as they reacted to the news with anger and frustration on social media.
“Is this ‘Fenty Hair’ the name of the new album?” tweeted X user @x_jjh1.
On Instagram, user @highnegro commented: ‘We need FENTY ALBUM.’
“Play an album and I’ll see some shampoo,” Instagram user @kei.a.jah wrote.
Instagram user @lailaamichel commented: “You’re literally a billionaire sister, enough is enough.”
It’s been a busy week for the star who officially announced the June 13 release of her latest project, Fenty Hair, with a stylish commercial on Tuesday.
It’s still unclear exactly what type of hair care products will be sold under Fenty Hair, as the website simply shows the commercial, which only quickly showed the packaging.
Rihanna wrote on Instagram: “I’ve had almost every texture, color and length, from weaves to braids to natural, so I’m launching a flexible line of products not only for every hair you want, but each product is designed to strengthen and repair all types of hair, which is what we really need! It’s time to play and get stronger by style’
Fenty Hair is the latest subsidiary of her company Fenty Beauty, founded seven years ago, after Fenty Skin and Fenty Fragrance (pictured April 26).
“Come into the studio Rihanna. I’m tired of this shit,” wrote Instagram user @sydneesarchive.
Instagram user @queenbee_kimmy took Riri’s (born Robyn Fenty) side: ‘You guys aren’t getting it, poor souls. Rihanna is done with music. The woman is in business and is busy creating generational wealth.’
Last Friday, the nine-time Grammy winner celebrated two record sales milestones—the most diamond-certified singles for a female artist and the most diamond-certified titles for a female artist—with a tweet titled: ” There is no back and forth.”
Rihanna is producing and voicing Smurfette in Paramount Animation’s The Smurfs Movie, due in UK and US cinemas on February 14, 2025, as well as writing and recording original songs.
The animated film from Chris Miller and Matt Landon also stars Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, JP Karliak, Dan Levy, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll, James Corden, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Sandra Oh, Alex Winter, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña , Kurt Russell and John Goodman.
And it’s been just over a year since the Savage
The billionaire’s fans were quick to react angrily on social media, with one tweeting a frustrated meme with the caption: “You’re releasing everything but the album!”
“Is this ‘Fenty Hair’ the name of the new album?” tweeted X user @x_jjh1.
On Instagram, fans were equally outraged by Riri’s latest cash grab, demanding: ‘Get in the studio Rihanna, I’m tired of this shit!’
Rihanna and her dad A$AP Rocky ‘are trying to figure out who’s going to wear what’ when it comes to sampling their two sons’ voices on their long-delayed ninth studio album and fourth studio album, Don’t Be Dumb.
The Puma brand ambassador, whose last album Anti came out in 2016, told ET in April: “I already have things that I feel like I can turn into hits.”
Rihanna and the 35-year-old rapper (born Rakim Athelaston Mayers) originally confirmed their romance in 2020, nine years after she first recruited him to rap on her song Cockiness (Love It).