Despite an album drought and the message her clothes are projecting, Rihanna insists that she is not retired from music. Nor is she pregnant, for that matter. The “Diamonds” and “Umbrella” singer set the internet abuzz last week after stepping out in a graphic T-shirt dress that was emblazoned with “I’m Retired — This Is as Dressed Up as I Get.

” The wardrobe choice led her fan base — desperate for new music from the hitmaker and frantically trying to decode the message on the frock — to believe that she had closed out her recording career . Alas, new music is still on the horizon, and Riri has said the only retirement she has planned at the moment is from dressing to the nines . “That was just me looking into the future.

I’m not retired. I just like that dress,” the 36-year-old told “Extra” on Monday. “I got it as a gift and I loved it.

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They didn’t read the second line, I’m not retired, I’m just retired from dressing up — it’s a lot of effort.” Further teasing her fans, the singer quipped: “Wait for the ‘I Quit’ T-shirt.” The singer, who has welcomed two children since 2022, last released an album in 2016.

Her fans have waited impatiently for her “R9” album release — settling ever-so-slightly in late 2022 when the singer debuted the Oscar-nominated ballad “Lift Me Up” from the soundtrack of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The multi-hyphenate has kept plenty busy with other projects, including expanding her.