Despite the fact that her Super Bowl performance appeared to indicate that an album was finally on the way, the singer is dismissing speculation that her February halftime show means new music is on the way.
“That is not correct. One thing is the Super Bowl. Another thing is new music. “Do you hear that fans?” she asked The Associated Press ahead of her “Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4” performance.
Rihanna was well aware that her big Super Bowl announcement would spark speculation among fans that it was album time. “The moment I announced it, I thought, ‘Oh, my God, they’re going to think my album is coming.'” “I need to get to work,” she explained.
She did state that she was engaged in a “special project,” but she would not give an estimated completion date. “I will be releasing new music. We shall observe. Unrelated yet important,” she continued.
Rihanna made her musical comeback last month with “Lift Me Up,” her first solo release in over six years, and the first single from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Fans are eagerly awaiting the follow-up to 2016’s Anti.
The young mother talked candidly about her choice to participate in the Super Bowl less than a year after giving birth to her first kid during the interview. She said, “I’m going to leave my baby for something exceptional if I’m going to leave my baby.”
The timing seemed right, according to Rihanna, who reportedly declined the 2019 halftime performance in support of Colin Kaepernick. For me, it was either now or never, she said.
She and A$AP Rocky had a boy in May, but they haven’t released the baby’s name or pictures online. But that might alter shortly. “Really, we just haven’t gotten around to it yet. We have only been existing,” she said. But I suppose that putting something out there brings with it a certain freedom.
