Rihanna Reportedly Plotting Massive Music Comeback After Lengthy Hiatus
Rihanna has been secretly plotting a music comeback, Mirror reports.
On Saturday (Oct. 21), the outlet reported that the pop star is planning a comeback tour for 2024/2025. The tour is part of a new deal with Live Nation worth up to $39 million USD. Rihanna also reportedly has “two albums” worth of music ready to release. An insider close to Rih’s camp provided more details regarding her return to the spotlight.
“Rihanna is quietly planning a comeback tour after signing with Live Nation. The deal was created to facilitate a world tour, and her creative team is quietly at work in Los Angeles putting it all together as she raises her family. She’ll press play on the live show once she’s ready to go back to work and has two albums’ worth of material to release once she’s back.”
The singer previously contributed to the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack with “Lift Me Up.” Rihanna’s track was nominated for Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards and Best Original Song at the 80th Golden Globe Awards. “Lift Me Up” also won an Original Song in a Feature Film award at the 13th Hollywood Music in Media Awards. She would later perform that song live at the 2023 Oscars.
In early 2023, the Barbadian songstress performed a medley of her hits at the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
As for a studio album, Rihanna’s last project was 2016’s Anti. The critically acclaimed work featured contributions from Drake, SZA, Travis Scott, Partynextdoor, James Fauntleroy, Kevin Parker, and more.
Elsewhere, Rih recently welcomed baby no. 2. According to The Blast, the couple named their son Riot Rose Mayers. Riot’s name could be inspired by A$AP’s latest single of the same title.
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