Rihanna working on new music, A$AP Rocky confirms in podcast interview
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A$AP Rocky has said that Rihanna is currently recording new music, suggesting she may be preparing to end her near decade-long break from releasing studio albums. His comments matter because Rihanna has not issued a full album since 2016’s Anti, despite sustained public interest in a follow-up.
Speaking on The Jason Lee podcast, Rocky said she was “in the studio” and “cooking”, but offered no release date, title or other firm details, and denied rumours of a joint double album. Rihanna had previously said she was optimistic about new material but did not want to release anything mediocre; since Anti, she has focused on singles, film-related music and businesses including Fenty Beauty.
- A$AP Rocky says Rihanna is recording new music.
- No album release date or further details were given.
- Rihanna’s last full album, Anti, was released in 2016.
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Rihanna – the Barbadian singer, actress and businesswoman born Robyn Fenty – has not released a full studio album since Anti in 2016, despite dropping occasional singles such as 2022's Lift Me Up. In that time she has built a huge business empire, most notably the Fenty Beauty cosmetics line, and become a mother, all of which has fuelled long-running speculation among fans about when, or whether, she will return with new music.
Her long-term partner is the rapper A$AP Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, with whom she has young children. He is a well-known figure in hip hop in his own right, and his comments about Rihanna's music plans carry weight because the couple rarely discuss their relationship or family life in public.
Any hint of new material from Rihanna is significant given her stature as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and because her fanbase has waited nearly a decade for a follow-up album, making even brief remarks from those close to her a source of wide interest.
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Originally published by BBC World as “Rihanna is ‘in the studio’, says partner A$AP Rocky”.