Rihanna could be ready to leave her music career behind. And although it sounds like one of those rumours that makes us debate between \u2018it’s clear\u2019 and \u2018it can’t be\u2019, the truth is that Rih herself launched a rather ambiguous message at the Fenty Skin launch party in her native Barbados. What she basically told us is that music is over, that now there are other priorities and that, if anything has become clear to her over the years, it’s that life has its own plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018I would say that music was what caught my attention. But God had other plans for me\u2019, said the 36-year-old artist to an audience that, as always, was more interested in her impeccable look than in what she was really saying. And no wonder: Rihanna has been reigning outside the studio for years, with empires like Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty, which, come on, are way beyond any album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And no, it’s not that she’s stopped being interested in music, but what’s clear is that the projects she’s most excited about are others. \u2018I don’t feel like this is a job. I’m celebrating with the people who have always supported me, my community. The ones who have given me the strength and inspiration to keep growing,\u2019 she said, almost as if she were giving us a crash course on how to be a high-calibre businesswoman without mussing her hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking of music, of course, R9, her long-awaited reggae album that she started promising years ago, has yet to see the light of day. In 2018, Rihanna announced it on a Vogue cover as if it were the next thing to arrive, but the truth is that all we’ve had are rumours, unofficial clues and many, many memes. Anti, her last album, dates back to 2016, with gems like \u2018Work\u2019 and \u2018Love on the Brain\u2019, but since then, the artist has preferred to conquer other more profitable territories than the music market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, in a recent chat with Complex, Rihanna opened up: \u2018I’m in an era of discovery. Or maybe rediscovery, because everything is changing. Some things are flying away, and some things are still to come.\u2019 Is this a dig at her fans or is she really going all in on her business reinvention? The only thing that’s clear is that if Rihanna says music is still her first passion, it’s a secret only she knows how to keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n