Singer touches on much-anticipated R9 in new interview, however does not decide to its long-awaited launch
Rihanna briefly talked about her much-anticipated new album — however didn’t reveal any concrete plans to launch her ninth LP — within the singer’s new interview for her Vogue UK cowl story, which hits stands days after Rihanna’s career-spanning (and pregnancy-revealing) Tremendous Bowl halftime present.
Within the interview, seemingly performed each earlier than and after Rihanna came upon she was pregnant together with her and A$AP Rocky’s second little one, Rihanna stated of the now-mythic R9, “I need it to be this yr. Like, actually, it’d be ridiculous if it’s not this yr. However I simply wish to have enjoyable. I simply wish to make music and make movies… And I want the correct background music with the visuals. I can’t simply go shoot a video to me speaking.”
Rihanna solely briefly touched on the long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s Anti, and didn’t present any agency plans for its launch, which may very well be postponed even additional by her being pregnant.
Rihanna has reportedly recorded over 500 songs for the dancehall-flavored follow-up, and with out attending to descriptive, likened listening to unreleased songs to “virtually like making an attempt to decorate such as you used to decorate. It’s like, ‘Ew, no. I might by no means put on these once more.’ Your style modifications, your vibe modifications.”
“So I spotted that if I preserve ready till this feels proper and excellent and higher, possibly it’s going to maintain taking ceaselessly and possibly it’ll by no means come out and no, I’m not right down to that,” Rihanna advised Vogue UK. “So I wish to play. And by play, I imply I’ve my concepts in my head, however I can’t say them out loud but.”