Rihanna revealed she\u2019s hanging onto 170 unreleased songs since her last album. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf there are 10 products in a vault, then I have at least 17 vaults,\u201d she said during\u00a0a TikTok Live <\/a>for Fenty Beauty on Wednesday \u2014 that adds up to 170 songs.<\/p>\n A$AP Rocky, the \u201cUmbrella\u201d singer\u2019s longtime partner, previously divulged that she was \u201cin the studio right now\u201d during an August interview with Jason Lee, adding \u201cLike, bro, she working. She cooking, no funny sh\u2013t. Damn, I\u2019mma get in trouble for this.\u201d<\/p>\n The Grammy winner\u2019s last album, \u201cANTI,\u201d was released well over a decade ago, in January 2016. <\/p>\n Rihanna, pictured above in 2015, teased that she has 170 unreleased songs in her vault. Christopher Polk<\/p>\n She claimed during a TikTok Live for Fenty Beauty, \u201cIf there are 10 products in a vault, then I have at least 17 vaults.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n Since then, her fanbase \u2014 known as the Navy \u2014 has been anticipating her next album, despite the release of her 2025 track \u201cFriend of Mine\u201d for the \u201cSmurfs Movie.\u201d<\/p>\n The mom of three<\/a>, 38, has teased seemingly elusive<\/a> new music a number of times over the years. <\/p>\n In 2018, she heavily hinted at a reggae-inspired<\/a> or \u201creggae-infused\u201d album she dubbed \u201cR9,\u201d telling Vogue at the time, \u201cReggae always feels right to me. It\u2019s in my blood.\u201d <\/p>\n She also addressed fan malcontent over the next album, telling the outlet, \u201cI know I have some very unhappy fans who don\u2019t understand the inside bits of how it works.\u201d<\/p>\n Her partner, A$AP Rocky, claimed she was making music in an August interview. She\u2019s pictured here in 2015. Kevin Winter<\/p>\n Rocky divulged, \u201cshe working.\u201d The lingerie designer is shown above in a promotional image. Instagam\/savagexfenty<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Later that year, she tormented them with an Instagram Reel, captioning it, \u201cupdate: me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it.\u201d<\/p>\n But in 2020, she literally changed her tune, saying the album wouldn\u2019t be confined to reggae, and explaining that she feels she has \u201cno boundaries\u201d when it comes to music. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve done everything \u2014 I\u2019ve done all the hits, I\u2019ve tried every genre \u2014 now I\u2019m just, I\u2019m wide open,\u201d she told British Vogue<\/a> at the time. \u201cI can make anything that I want.\u201d <\/p>\n By 2022, she told Vogue she was viewing her \u201cnext project completely differently,\u201d and that same year, she shared a social media teaser<\/a> for her song \u201cLift Me Up,\u201d which dropped in October of that year. <\/p>\n The singer, pictured in performance in 2018, has hinted at new music over the years. Getty Images for NARAS<\/p>\n Her last album dropped in 2016. She\u2019s shown above in 2012. WireImage<\/p>\n A year later, in 2023, she confessed to British Vogue<\/a> that though she wanted the album to drop that year, \u201cMaybe it\u2019ll never come out and no, I\u2019m not down to that.\u201d <\/p>\n She subsequently explained to Interview Magazine<\/a> in 2024 that perhaps her \u201cvisual ideas\u201d were \u201cleading [her] to the songs\u201d that she \u201cneeded\u201d to make. <\/p>\n In her most recent update, the \u201cLove the Way You Lie\u201d singer told Harper\u2019s Bazaar last year that new music won\u2019t \u201cbe anything that anybody expects,\u201d noting that it also won\u2019t \u201cbe commercial or radio digestible.\u201d <\/p>\n The Grammy winner hinted at \u201creggae infused\u201d music at one point. She\u2019s pictured above in 2015. Redferns<\/p>\n The singer sparked retirement rumors in 2024. Getty Images for NARAS<\/p>\n She added, \u201cIt\u2019s going to be where my artistry deserves to be right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Then again, fans have speculated a retirement from music \u2014 which catapulted her to stratospheric heights of fame \u2014 could be on the horizon.<\/p>\n \u201cMusic was the thing that got the attention, but God had other plans for me,\u201d she told fans at a Fenty event <\/a>in 2024. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t