Rihanna Says Her New Album Should Be Released ‘This Year’
metroweekly.comRihanna fans have been eagerly waiting for the release of her next album, which has been many years in the making. Now, following her show-stopping performance at the Super Bowl, the singer has finally given them an update on the much-anticipated project.“I want it to be this year,” Rihanna said during a cover story interview with British Vogue. “Like, honestly, it would be absurd if it’s not this year.
But I just want to have fun. I just want to make music and make videos.”The singer also emphasized the importance of having the right background music with the visuals, stating, “I can’t just go shoot a video to me talking.” Rihanna continued to explain, in part, why it’s taken so long for her to release anything new. “There’s this pressure that I put on myself.
That if it’s not better than that, then it is not even worth it,” she said.She added that she “realized that if I keep waiting until this feels right and perfect and better, maybe it’s going to keep taking forever, and maybe it’ll never come out, and no, I’m not down to that.” Rihanna continued by stating that she wants “to play.
And by play, I mean I have my ideas in my head, but I can’t say them out loud yet.”The Super Bowl halftime show headliner has been keeping fans waiting for new music for more than half a decade now.It’s been over seven years since the release of her last album, Anti, which dropped in 2016.
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