In 2016, Rihanna released her last studio project, “Anti.” Since then, her fans have been wondering when the singer would bless them with new music. As the interview noted, they’ve even speculated that her new album would lean toward a reggae sound. But, as it turns out, Rihanna intends on going in a different direction.

In a new interview, Rihanna spoke at length about her elusive R9 album, and the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is breaking it down.

“I am actually feeling really good about this. I know I kept saying this over the years,” Rihanna tells Harper’s Bazaar, adding that she’s finally “cracked the code” for her next project. Music, which she describes as her “freedom,” is something the Barbadian artist has spent years refining to match her growth.

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Rihanna has made a career of dropping hit after hit, but there's only one album of hers that she can listen to with absolutely "no shame." In a new cover story with Harper's Bazaar, Rihanna admitted that she has no qualms about listening to her 2016 Grammy-nominated album Anti "from top to bottom with no shame.

Rihanna has opened up about her plans to record a new album. Fans have waited nine full years for the Diamonds singer to unleash a new album - as her last, Anti, was released in January 2016. And it seems fans will have to keep on waiting as the 37-year-old music icon has insisted she won't release anything until she has a perfect album that she

Looks like Rihanna’s hinting at new music again with no release date in sight. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, the singer turned beauty titan revealed there’s “no genre” for her “next body of work” and that the music would not be “commercial or radio digestible.

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.