In 2016, Rihanna released her last studio project, “Anti.” Since then, her fans have been wondering when the singer would bless them with new music. As the interview noted, they’ve even speculated that her new album would lean toward a reggae sound. But, as it turns out, Rihanna intends on going in a different direction.

In a new interview, Rihanna spoke at length about her elusive R9 album, and the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is breaking it down.

Looks like Rihanna’s hinting at new music again with no release date in sight. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, the singer turned beauty titan revealed there’s “no genre” for her “next body of work” and that the music would not be “commercial or radio digestible.

Rihanna’s fashion sense is “driven by her mood”. The Grammy-winning artist has long been recognized as a style icon, influencing global fashion trends since her debut in the early 2000s.

Rihanna is "starting to have fun" with fashion again after being in "mom mode" following the birth of her two young sons. The music superstar and Fenty entrepreneur missed getting dressed up after welcoming RZA and Riot with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky in 2022 and 2023 because she didn't have the energy to put looks together.

Rihanna's fashion sense is "driven by her mood" and feels as if she is getting her passion for style back for the first time since becoming a mother.

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"People were thinking it was a ploy, like some sort of maneuver to get the jury to feel sympathy. The jury’s not feeling sympathy," the rapper's lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said.