It looks as if Bad Girl RiRi is getting ready to explode back onto the scene with new music and tour plans, according to a recent red-carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight.
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Speaking with ET while attending the FENTY x PUMA sneaker launch at NeueHouse Los Angeles on December 18, Rihanna discussed being a "boy mom," sharing how her and A$AP Rocky's one-year-old son, RZA, has taken on the big brother role to 5-month-old Riot Rose, and also dropped hints that new music is on the way, as well as plans for an extensive tour.
"We’re always gonna go back on tour," Rihanna explained. "[But] I feel I want to do a tour when there’s new music. We already know what that’s gonna be, with the songs that I’ve performed on my last tour. That was a long time ago."
The singer adds, "I feel like it’s only fair that my fans get what they’ve been waiting on, which is new music. After that, lets just like, blow everything up," hinting at her plans for future live performances.
A new album would mark Rihanna’s ninth studio release, with her last full-length, Anti, offered up in 2016. Back in October of this year, Rihanna revealed that her new year plans were starting to come to fruition, after first starting to tease the tentatively titled R9 as far back as 2018, recently signing a deal with Live Nation for 2024-2025.
"I realized that if I keep waiting until this feels right and perfect and better, maybe it’s going to keep taking forever and maybe it’ll never come out and no, I’m not down to that,” RiRi explained. “So I want to play. And by play, I mean I have my ideas in my head, but I can’t say them out loud yet.”