Rihanna States that she simply wants to have fun on her new upcoming album ‘R9’

It's been four years since Rihanna released a collection however the artist is buckling down on recording new music. The pop star, 32, disclosed to The Associated Press for her new collection she's now held "tons of writing camps" — where musicians are placed into gatherings to make unique tracks for craftsmen. Presently, she said she's asked herself the inquiries: “What do I feel personally? What do I want to put out, and as an artist, how do I want to play it with my art? How do I want to interpret that?”

“How do I want to reimagine it because it’s been so structured before,” Rihanna proceeded in an ongoing meeting. The multi-classification craftsman who has won Grammys in the R&B, move and rap classifications included: “You do pop, you did this genre, you do that, you do radio, but now it’s just like, what makes me happy? I just want to have fun with music. Everything is so heavy. The world that we live in is a lot. It’s overwhelming every single day. And with the music, I’m using that as my outlet.”

Since the delivery of ANTI, she's visitor showed up on tunes like DJ Khaled's "Wild Thoughts," Kendrick Lamar's "Loyalty," N.E.R.D's. "Lemon" and Future's "Selfish." Her just 2020 delivery has been "Believe It" with PartyNextDoor. Rihanna, who has been uber-occupied with her fruitful cosmetics and design lines, says the pandemic has tested things musically, however she intends to go ahead. "“I want to go on tour but I can’t, so I’m stuck with music that I love, and now I’m trying to figure out how I can even create visuals to that,” she said. “That’s a challenge as well. But I love challenges so, you know, I’m gonna get it done.”

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