Rihanna has revealed that she’s “starting over” work on her long-awaited ninth album. The Barbadian pop star, 36, hasn’t released a new record since her acclaimed 2016 record Anti , which produced hits including “Work” and “Love on the Brain”. Fans have been eagerly awaiting a follow-up ever since, but Rihanna has spent much of the last eight years focused on her make-up and fashion business Fenty Beauty .
Speaking at the launch of Rihanna x Fenty Hair in Los Angeles on Monday night, she said she felt like she is now rediscovering her music career all over again. “Music, for me, is a new discovery,” she told Entertainment Tonight . “I’m rediscovering things.
I have been working on the album for so long that I kinda just put all that stuff aside. Now I’m prepared to go back in the studio. Now, I’m prepared.
So I’m going to start...
” Asked if that means she is “starting over” her work on the album, she agreed: “Yeah, starting over, but I don’t want to neglect the songs that I have. I want to actually go back and listen to stuff with new ears, with my new perspective, and then see what applies and what I still am in love with.” In the time since she released Anti, Rihanna has also become the mother to two boys – RZA and Riot – who she shares with partner A$AP Rocky.
While Rihanna is the only female in her family of four, she still expressed that it’s “really cool to be a boy mom”, since her children ultimately inspire her to be.