Rihanna has her fans absolutely terrified that a recent speech she gave at a Fenty Beauty event in her native Barbados means she’s retiring from music.
During the speech, the Umbrella singer, 36, mentioned that while music is what made her famous and opened doors for her, God has other plans for her moving forward.
This has reignited fans’ fears that RiRi will never finish her highly anticipated ninth album and, in fact, may never release new music again.
After all, it has been awhile since her last musical performance at the 2023 Super Bowl, which fans are well aware of, especially when Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have had such massive tours since the last time Rihanna toured.
One fan took to X (formerly Twitter) to express dismay, writing, ‘Rihanna said God had plans for her elsewhere…WELP! She officially done fri y’all.’
Rihanna has her fans absolutely terrified that a recent speech she gave at a Fenty Beauty event in her native Barbados means she’s retiring from music. Seen here in Spain in 2011
One fan took to X (formerly Twitter ) to express dismay, writing, ‘Rihanna said God had plans for her elsewhere…WELP! She officially done fri y’all’
What isn’t helping Rihanna’s fans cope is the fact that she hasn’t released a new album in eight years.
And earlier this year, the Pon de Replay hitmaker was spotted wearing a blue t-shirt that said ‘I’m Retired’ on the front of it.
To top it all off, Rihanna has been very focused on Fenty Beauty and her other beauty and fashion industry desires and has made no secret of the fact that she enjoys that creative process greatly.
A passionate fan wrote, ‘Music was the thing that got the attention, but god had other plans for me. Rihanna is gone byee.’
‘Rihanna really retired,’ another fan said, adding a broken heart emoji. ‘We aren’t getting any new music.’
Someone else went doom and gloom by writing, ‘Rihanna announcing her retirement trump becoming president radical optimism and eternal sunshine getting snubbed I’m out, ‘ they said referring to the albums by Dua Lipa and Ariana Grande being snubbed by the Grammy Awards.
Another fan cautioned not to press Rihanna, writing, ‘I know people are big fans, etc but gotta stop pressuring Rihanna for music. She’s fully saying she’s done with it and I admire that man, stop while she was on top and now evolved to do other things.’
One fan shared an image of a coffin and captioned it, ‘Rihanna passed away in her sleep last night.’
‘Rihanna is really retired from music. Sad to hear but honestly can’t judge her. It’s not an honest industry,’ someone else shared.
During the speech, the Umbrella singer, 36, mentioned that while music is what made her famous and opened doors for her, God has other plans for her moving forward
This has reignited fans’ fears that RiRi will never finish her highly anticipated new album and, in fact, may never release new music again. Seen here in Sweden in 2016
This has reignited fans’ fears that RiRi will never finish her highly anticipated new album and, in fact, may never release new music again
After all, it has been awhile since her last musical performance at the 2023 Super Bowl, which fans are well aware of
A passionate fan wrote, ‘Music was the thing that got the attention, but god had other plans for me. Rihanna is gone byee’
What isn’t helping Rihanna’s fans cope is the fact that she hasn’t released a new album in eight years
Someone else went doom and gloom by writing, ‘Rihanna announcing her retirement trump becoming president radical optimism and eternal sunshine getting snubbed I’m out’
‘Rihanna is really retired from music. Sad to hear but honestly can’t judge her. It’s not an honest industry,’ someone else shared
Rihanna has been very focused on Fenty Beauty and her other beauty and fashion industry desires and has made no secret of the fact that she enjoys that creative process greatly
And earlier this year, the Pon de Replay hitmaker was spotted wearing a blue t-shirt that said ‘I’m Retired’ on the front of it
Rihanna has not explicitly stated she is retiring from music. Back in June, she placated her fan base somewhat by revealing she was going to start over on her work on a new album.
At the same time, she addressed the viral rumors that started circulating after she wore the ‘I’m Retired’ t-shirt.
She denied that there was any meaning behind the t-shirt and said there was another line on it.
‘This is as dressed up as I get,’ which was the point she was trying to make.
