'I'll Start Over': Rihanna Shares R9 Update – Music News
Rihanna is “starting afresh” with her ninth album.
The “Umbrella” hitmaker hasn't released an LP since 2016's “Anti,” but he's finally ready to get back into the studio and relisten to the music he's worked on over the past few years to determine whether any of it is still meaningful or interesting to him.
She told Entertainment Tonight, “I feel like music is a new discovery for me. I'm rediscovering a lot of things. I've been working on an album for a long time, so I've put all that aside and I'm ready to get back in the studio now. I'm going to start. Hold on!”
“Yeah, I'm starting over, but I don't want to ignore the songs that I have, so I'm actually going back and listening to them with fresh ears and a fresh perspective to see what applies and what I still love about them.”
The 36-year-old singer, who has two-year-old son RZA and 10-month-old son Riot with A$AP Rocky, caused a frenzy among fans earlier this week when she was spotted in New York City wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “I'm retired.”
But Rihanna insisted that fans need not worry.
She laughs: “Everybody rebelled against that retired line. They were like, 'There's no more albums coming out.' Nobody read the other line. They were like, 'This is my best dressed up look.'”
Last week, the star's 2012 single “Diamonds” was certified diamond by the RIAA, and the song still means a lot to her.
She said: “Wow, I remember where we were from the beginning. It was London and I remember playing 'Diamonds' on tour.”
“When I perform with all the lights on, everyone takes out their phone at that moment, and their phone goes to my grandma. I literally think of her every time I perform this.”




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