Rihanna, In New Cover Story With Son, Explains Why She Did The Super Bowl Despite Declining 2018 Event In Solidarity With Kaepernick

And on her long-awaited ninth studio album, Rihanna said, “I want it to be this year,” but as stated before, said this without the knowledge of her pregnancy.
“Like, honestly, it’d be ridiculous if it’s not this year. But I just want to have fun…I just want to make music and make videos,” she continued, adding that she misses music videos. “And I need the right background music with the visuals. I can’t just go shoot a video to me talking.”