Rihanna about new music: after waiting 8 years, you might as well just wait some more

[Teletubby 149,580]

There have been many rumors on the stylistic direction of R9,the fan name given to the long-awaited record. A reggae album was buzzed about in 2018, though she’s quick to debunk this: “Way off! There’s no genre now. That’s why I waited. 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.”
 

Still keeping the details close to her chest, she shares that she’s “feeling really optimistic. This feels right. It feels like it digs right into where I need to be, and I want this. This body needs to come out, and I’m ready to go there. This is becoming my new freedom, because when I’m in the studio, I know that my time away from my kids is to blossom something that hasn’t been watered in eight years. I’ve been in the studio the whole eight years. But it didn’t hit me. I was searching for it. I went through phases of what I wanted to do. ‘This kind of album, not that album.’ I know it’s not going to be anything that anybody expects. And it’s not going to be commercial or radio digestible. It’s going to be where my artistry deserves to be right now. I feel like I’ve finally cracked it, girl!”
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Edited February 22 by Teletubby

[Zombiecat 16,678]

the way she's probably got like 3 albums just didn't feel like the right ones to release  

[JoeMo 3,862]

See when she does release an album… it’s gonna be insane. I imagine she will snatch lots of streaming records 

[Red 97,985]

Let me be cute and say I respect her artistic integrity 

[monketsharona 81,220]

I think she will return for the 10th year of ANTI tbh 

[AnnTakamaki 6,871]

i dont think music is her passion anymore, now that's she's a billionaire with a beauty empire i dont think she will want to comeback to music

[Chesescake 4,003]

Well at least I'm glad that ANTI (her best) is her last record 

Edited February 22 by Chesescake

[Decodekid 28,262]

So she’s afraid of not releasing music that reflects her growth but she was out there singing WILD WILD WILD THOUGHTS WA WA WA  

[bpmMonkey 5,950]

55 minutes ago, Catnikko said:

the way she's probably got like 3 albums just didn't feel like the right ones to release  

Mhhm, sounds a bit like she/her team/label are trying too hard to play catch-up with the current trends and aren’t confident enough to carve their own niche again and accept they could fail. Who knows. I always liked her music, she has a great voice and live presence, but she’s never been necessarily musically interesting, so might as well do as she says and wait another 2-8 years 😅

[NickiMinajStan 6,892]

Oh, the album will be awful 100% . This idea of waiting forever "to find the right sound", absolutely never works. 

By the time she actually releases anything, nothing she could possibly put out will live up to the expectations. I don't judge her though, she is rich, and has a family, she doesn't *need* to be doing any of this, her bills are paid, I'm not sure if I would give a damn either if I was in her position . 

[bionic 50,107]

1 hour ago, Teletubby said:

I cannot put up anything mediocre.

then how do you explain 2/3 of your discography girl

[Killa 17,478]

17 minutes ago, OliviaRodrigoStan said:

Oh, the album will be awful 100% . This idea of waiting forever "to find the right sound", absolutely never works. 

By the time she actually releases anything, nothing she could possibly put out will live up to the expectations. I don't judge her though, she is rich, and has a family, she doesn't *need* to be doing any of this, her bills are paid, I'm not sure if I would give a damn either if I was in her position . 

This. Many have been prey of this. Also sooner or later e everyone had tò fail and flop. 

[Karl 3,413]

I think part of the problem is that she never found her own sound until Anti, like she usually hopped on whatever trend was going at the time be it hip hop or edm, genuinely think she just released albums yearly so her contract finished quickly cos she was done with the music industry 

[Reed 740]

Idk why anyone cares about this bitch lol

[dynamite 59,337]

8 years? Honestly at this point keep it she obviously cares more about other stuff and Auntie was horrific to my ears.

Edited February 22 by dynamite