Rihanna Sparks Powerful and Exciting R9 Buzz With Late-Night Studio Reveal

Is “R9” Finally Coming?

Before fans start dancing in the streets, the latest “R9” tease could be another stunt to troll the internet. Rihanna has poked fun at the public for years, making jokes about how long the project is taking. And in several interviews, when discussing her next album, she expressed that she is taking her time to find the right sound.

For example, in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in February last year, she explained why it is taking so long to release the album,

“Every time, I was just like, ‘No, it’s not me. It’s not right. It’s not matching my growth. It’s not matching my evolution. I can’t do this. I can’t stand by this. I can’t perform this for a year on tour.’ After a while, I looked at it, and I was like, this much time away from music needs to count for the next thing everyone hears. It has to count. It has to matter. I have to show them the worth in the wait. I cannot put up anything mediocre. After waiting eight years, you might as well just wait some more.”

Rihanna’s Next Era Awaits

Rihanna’s next album will come with high expectations, so taking her time is understandable. The “Diamond” singer has the Midas touch, having launched two billion-dollar businesses, expanded her beautiful family, become a fashion icon and continued to break records with an album a decade old. The bar is set high for R9.”

According to Billboard, “ANTI” has eight diamond-certified songs, and “”ANTI” also remains the longest-charting album by a Black female artist on the Billboard 200, with more than 508 weeks and counting.”

The same music fans who will celebrate the release of a new Rihanna album include the same critics who will bash “R9” if it is not on the same level as “ANTI.”

Rihanna Balances Boss and Mom

When does she sleep? The viral Instagram video posted by Riri starts with a late-night board meeting after 9 p.m. with the Savage x Fenty team. The “Sex With Me” singer is alert and perky in the meeting, approving fabric samples.

After the meeting is over and Rihanna leaves the studio, she races home to put together a diy Mardi Gras outfit and umbrella for her son Riot. With a billion-dollar net, the Bajan beauty could have paid someone to do it or bought a showstopping Mardi Gras outfit. But being a supermom, Rih created the outfit, and mommy duties lasted until almost 10 a.m., and the Roc Nation singer showed no signs of slowing down.

Revisit Rihanna’s Classic Era

Fingers crossed, hopefully “R9” will release this year, but while you wait, stream Rihanna’s album “ANTI” on Spotify. If you have already overplayed “ANTI,” try jamming the album “Talk That Talk” by Rihanna, released in 2012. The album features the songs “You Da One,” “We Found Love” and “Cockiness (Love It).”