Rihanna is musically ‘feeling open’ in the ‘era of discovery’

Singer Rihanna is a bit unsure what her future will look like but she’s still excited “for what is to come.” “I’m in an era of discovery. And maybe it’s rediscovery because so much is changing, and some things are fleeting. And some things are yet to be discovered, right? And I’m in the centre of all of that,” Rihanna told Complex. “So I’m not on a landing yet, but I’m excited for what is to come because I have the feeling of what it is. But I can’t put it into words, and I know the journey is going to be exciting of getting there.

And that’s not just with fashion or my daily routine ... with music, all of it! I’m really excited to explore things right now.” Rihanna hasn’t actually released an album since ‘Anti’ in 2016. The singer shared that she’s “open to exploring” as she works on new music. The ‘Work’ hitmaker shared: “Musically I’m feeling open,” reports aceshowbiz.com. “I’m feeling open to exploring, discovering, creating things that are new, things that are different, things that are off, weird, might not ever make sense to my fans, the people that know the music I’ve put out.

I just want to play. I want to have fun with the music.” Rihanna performed the Super Bowl Halftime Show earlier this year, and she previously revealed that she “totally forgot about Valentine’s Day” ahead of her performance. The singer, who has been with A$AP Rocky since 2020, told CBS: “I’ve been so focused on the Super Bowl, I totally forgot that my birthday is coming up. I totally forgot about Valentine’s Day. I am just like Super Bowl, Super Bowl, Super Bowl. It’s a lot of preparation, a lot of moving parts.”

Rihanna continued to mix pop, dance, and R&B genres on her next studio albums, Rated R (2009), Loud (2010), Talk That Talk (2011), and Unapologetic (2012), the last of which became her first Billboard 200 number one. The albums spawned a string of chart-topping singles, including “Rude Boy”, “Only Girl (In the World)”, “What’s My Name?”, “S&M”, “We Found Love”, and “Diamonds”.

Her eighth album, Anti (2016), showcased a new creative control following her departure from Def Jam. It became her second US number one album and featured the chart-topping single “Work”. During her musical career, Rihanna has collaborated with many artists, such as Drake, Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Ne-Yo, and Shakira. With sales of over 250 million records worldwide, Rihanna is the second-best-selling female music artist of all time and the highest-certified female artist of all time on the RIAA’s Top Artists (Digital Singles) ranking.

She has achieved 14 number-one singles, 32 top-ten singles in the US, and 31 top-ten entries in the UK. Her accolades include nine Grammy Awards, 13 American Music Awards (including the Icon Award), 12 Billboard Music Awards, five World Music Awards, six Guinness World Records, the NAACP’s President’s Award, and an Academy Award nomination.

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