Celebrity1 min(s) read
Published 16:42 27 Mar 2020 GMT
Music sensation Rihanna has finally released new material for the first time in three years, but some fans are not happy.
The 'Umbrella' hitmaker took to social media to share her featuring on PartyNextDoor's 'Believe It'. This is a track from the 26-year-old Canadian singer's new album PARTYMOBILE and not Rhianna herself's highly anticipated ninth album.
In the track, she sings: "Best make me believe it / Best make me believe it / Believe you won't deceive me."
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This comes three years after her last song 'Loyalty', which was released in June 2017, in which she dueted with Kendrick Lamar, and four years after her 2016 album Anti, which was released in January of that year.
In the video below, Rihanna explains how to pronounce her name:
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In response to the singer's brief appearance on the track, one disappointed fan wrote: "So we've waited 3 years for Rihanna to say 5 words on a feature?!?!?"
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Another questioned: "These background vocals cute for his song baby but where's YOUR lead single & album?"
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A third lamented: "After 4 years and rihanna [sic] gave us this #PARTYMOBILE"
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However, while it looks like Rihanna's ninth album won't be released in the immediate future, there is hope, and she discussed its content in an interview with Entertainment Weekly back in October.
"I like to look at it as a reggae-inspired or reggae-infused album," the singer said.
"It's not gonna be typical of what you know as reggae. But you're going to feel the elements in all of the tracks."
She continued: "Reggae always feels right to me. It's in my blood. It doesn't matter how far or long removed I am from that culture, or my environment that I grew up in; it never leaves."
Rihanna added: "It's always the same high. Even though I've explored other genres of music, it was time to go back to something that I haven't really honed in on completely for a body of work."
