Rihanna "very aggressively" working on her reggae-influenced ninth studio album

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Rihanna has opened up about her long-awaited ninth studio album, revealing she is currently hard at work to finish the collection.

Speaking with British Vogue, the superstar affirmed that her first album in over four years - for which over 500 tracks said to have been pitched - will include reggae influences, but won't reflect just one genre. "I don’t want my albums to feel like themes,” she explained. “There are no rules.

There’s no format. There’s just good music, and if I feel it, I’m putting it out." That response prompted the interviewer to ask if Rihanna was still going down the reggae route, as confirmed by her in a previous edition of Vogue. "Oh no, that is happening," Rihanna reiterated, concluding however that her record will not