Rihanna Doesn’t Need to Release New Music Ever Again

I could possibly be banned from expressing an opinion on the internet for what I’m about to say, but I’m going to say it anyway: I don’t care if Rihanna never releases music again.

This maybe isn't as bold of a declaration as I’m making it seem. However, online discussions about the Barbadian singer over the past few years have routinely come in two flavors: punctuated with the same-old desperate inquiry (BUT WHERE IS THE ALBUM???) or a dig at her pivot to a full-time businesswoman (“avon lady”).

Likewise, when Rihanna headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show this past Sunday, fans anticipated some sort of digital drop a la Beyonce, or even a tour announcement. Instead, Rihanna gave viewers a stacked-but-barely exhaustive setlist of her greatest hits and collaborations (sans the collaborators) over her nearly 20-year career. And the next day, she told Good Morning America that she didn’t “have any updates” on when she would release new music.

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