Rihanna's eighth album 'Anti' was released in 2016 and spawned major hits with "Work," "Needed Me" and "Love on the Brain"

Rihanna, who hasn’t released an album for nearly a decade, recently detailed her approach to creating her forthcoming music.

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.

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.

There's a reason why Rihanna hasn't released an album since 2016's Anti. The "Diamonds" songstress opened up about her highly-anticipated ninth studio album during a recent chat with Harper's BAZAAR,

Rihanna is opening up about her most successful albums, revealing her favorite project was the fan-favorite 2016 album 'Anti.' The singer-turned-businesswoman explained that she can have an "out-of-body experience" while listening to her album and admitted that she always felt "shame" about listening to her own music.

Rihanna’s forthcoming album has been as elusive as Saquon Barkley running on a football field, but her last release Anti has held fans down for over nine years. The 37-year-old singer recently revealed that the January 2016 release is the only album in her catalog that she enjoys listening to.