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- After five years of releasing no solo music, Rihanna told a fan she would.
- Rihanna made it clear it would just be one song, though.
- The comment came after Rihanna became the first Black female artist to have a five-year run on the Billboard 200.
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After five years of refusing to release new music, Barbadian pop singer Rihanna has (possibly) changed her mind, letting her followers on Instagram know that she could be releasing a new song soon.
On Wednesday, when celebrating the success of her last studio album, "Anti," she posted on Instagram to thank everyone who supported the 2016 project.
Her post highlighted how "Anti" is now the first album by a Black female artist to have spent five years on the Billboard 200 chart.
She captioned it: "grateful to the most High for putting die hard supporters in my circle 🙏🏿 #Anti#WomensHistoryMonth 💪🏿congrats to everyone that contributed to this era, thank you team."
A fan commented on the post, saying, "celebrate by releasing a song !!" to which the "Work" singer replied, "I think I should," followed by the "soon" emoji.
The singer then added, "just 1 tho lol."
-Pop Crave (@PopCrave) March 25, 2021
On Wednesday, Rihanna's vocal engineer, Kuk Harrell, reshared her celebratory post, saying, "We love you @badgalriri & I am truly honored to be a part of your royal journey for so many years!"
Rihanna commented on this post and wrote, "Need a session ASAP." She subsequently wrote, "Let's Goooo!!!"
-Pop Crave (@PopCrave) March 25, 2021
This isn't the first time Rihanna has teased music from her ninth studio album, often referred to by fans as "R9."
In December 2019, she made an Instagram post captioned, "update: me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it."
Rihanna also replied to two fans begging for new music in April 2018 when she posted a teaser of her new lingerie line.
In response to one fan's demands for new music, Rihanna said, "she coming sis!"
When another fan asked if she had forgotten about her music career, the singer replied, "HOW! Y'all would never let me Lolol."
In the interim since "Anti" was released in 2016, Rihanna has been building her lingerie line, Savage x Fenty, and her cosmetics brand, Fenty Beauty.
These ventures proved successful for Rihanna, who was named the world's richest female musician by Forbes in 2019.
