Anti, Rihanna's eighth studio album, has held over the fans of her music for the last decade as the Barbadian superstar dominated other ventures — fashion, beauty, and motherhood. Rihanna's ability to do it all (and do it well) was illustrated in a rare Feb.

Nearly a decade after releasing her most recent album “Anti,” billionaire pop star and beauty mogul Rihanna hinted at her long-awaited new music in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, stating she’s been in the studio for eight years but finally had the realization about what she wants her new album to sound like.

Rihanna knows we’re all waiting for her new music to drop—we’ve actually been waiting nearly nine years, since 2016’s Anti. But in her March 2025 cover story for Harper’s Bazaar, the superstar reveals she was waiting, too, for a sound that aligned to her new self and mirrored her growth. Now, she’s found it.