Rihanna gives update on new album: “It’s not going to be anything that anybody expects”

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Rihanna has given fans an update on her much-anticipated new album, saying it is “not going to be anything that anybody expects”.Widely dubbed ‘R9’, the pop superstar’s next record will be her first since ‘Anti’, which was released in January 2016.

She has been tight-lipped with details about her progress on new music in recent years, but a new interview has shed significant light on the project.Speaking to Harper’s BAZAAR, she said: “I’ve been in the studio the whole eight years.

But it didn’t hit me. I was searching for it. I went through phases of what I wanted to do. ‘This kind of album, not that album’.”“I know it’s not going to be anything that anybody expects,” she continued. “And it’s not going to be commercial or radio, digestible.

It’s going to be where my artistry deserves to be right now. I feel like I’ve finally cracked it, girl!”She was also asked about reports in 2018 and 2019 that the album would be highly influenced by reggae. “Way off!