Rihanna Gives An Update About New Album ‘R9’
In Rihanna’s latest interview, she gave an update about her ninth studio album. Rihanna sat down with Interview Magazine in a cover story published Tuesday (April 9) about what concepts she has fleshed out.
“My brain is working backward right now. I usually have the music first, and the music leads me into all of these visual opportunities, and now I’m having all of these visuals,” she told the publication.
The singer also admitted that she doesn’t have “songs for them yet.”
However, she is hopeful that they will come to her, and it just might be that her process is different this time, adding that “maybe the visual ideas are leading me to the songs that I need to make.”
A$AP Rocky and Rihanna Gives An Update About New Album ‘R9’
A$AP also gave fans an update back in February, when he was approached by fans in New York. In a 🎥 ASAP Rocky spotted last night in Paris. A fan asked him to ask Rihanna to release the album and he replied that she is working on it. pic.twitter.com/rwNy1TWzHU
“She’s working on it!” A$AP says, smiling and walking away. The fans began screaming with excitement over the news.
Her last album was Anti in 2018, which featured songs such as “Kiss It Better,” “Needed Me,” “Consideration,” “Work,” and more.
Rihanna On Relationship With A$AP Rocky
Besides talking about the new album, she spoke about how she enjoys motherhood and her partner, A$AP Rocky.
The “Diamonds” singer said she “didn’t know how it would come, but it is the best part of my journey so far. Everything else was a surprise.”
Rihanna has two sons with A$AP Rocky. RZA, who is named after the Wu-Tang member, was born in 2022, and her youngest son, Riot Rose, was born in 2023.
The two have known each other for a long time, and Rihanna reminisced about them seeing each other in relationships with other people throughout the years. Rihanna has dated Chris Brown, Drake, Travis Scott and Matt Kemp. Prior to A$AP Rocky, she dated Hassan Jameel for two years. A$AP Rocky has been linked to Kendall Jenner, Iggy Azalea, Rita Ora, and Chanel Iman in the past.
RiRi broke the internet when she revealed she was pregnant during her Super Bowl performance last year. However, Rihanna is not opposed to growing their family a little bit more. When asked how many more kids she would want, the singer said that it is in God’s hands, but she said she “would try for my girl. But of course, if it’s another boy, it’s another boy.”