Rihanna in April 2023.Photo:David Becker/Getty
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Rihannais the “Only Girl (in the World)” who can break Spotify records without releasing new music in years.
On Friday, the Grammy winner, 35, reacted to the news that she became the first female artist to have 10 songs reach 1 billion streams on the platform.
“Bad Gal billi,” shewrote on both Twitter and Instagram, referencing her status as theyoungest self-made female billionairein the U.S.
“With no new album,” added the Caribbean singer, who released her last album,Anti,in 2016.
“Lemme talk my s—,” she concluded her post, adding emojis of a tongue sticking out and the Barbados flag.
InBritishVogue’s March issue, Rihanna opened up about the pressure she feels to release new music after “my most brilliant” and “most cohesive album”Anti.
“There’s this pressure that I put on myself. That if it’s not better than that then it is not even worth it,” she told the magazine.
“It is toxic. It’s not the right way to look at music because music is an outlet and a space to create, and you can create whatever. It doesn’t have to even be on any scale. It just has to be something that feels good. It could just be a song that I like. It literally could be that simple,” she said.
Rihanna at the 2023 Super Bowl.ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty
“I want it to be this year,” she said, adding that “it’d be ridiculous if it’s not.”
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The singer-songwriterreleased her first song in nearly seven years, titled “Lift Me Up,” in October 2022. The emotional song is featured on theBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreversoundtrack, and serves as a tribute to the late actorChadwick Boseman.
source: people.com
