Rihanna made a seemingly cryptic statement about the future of her music career , and now fans are worried. It's been almost a decade since Rihanna released her last album, ANTI. Since then, there has always been conversation about new music, but the 36-year-old "Umbrella" singer has been mostly focused on her businesses, Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, and Savage x Fenty.
Rihanna referenced the shift in her career from music to beauty and fashion at an event in Barbados for her makeup brand. "Obviously, music was the thing that got the attention, but God had other plans for me," she said. "And I was able to create in ways that were sincere and genuine and organic and authentic to the things that I loved.
" "So it doesn't even feel like a job," she continued. "Coming back home, where the first place I ever met beauty, acknowledged beauty, was at my home here in Barbados," she added. "You guys have always inspired me.
Everything about my brand, Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin, have been inspired by you and this country, my people, my family, my friends, my opps, I love all of you guys." When a user tweeted a clip of her speech, adding, "'music was the thing that got the attention, but god had other plans for me' she is gone 😭," the internet started piling on speculations and interpreations. One person wrote , "The navy need to accept already the fact that she's not a singer anymore, she's a business woman who WAS a singer.
" The navy need to accept already the fact that she’s not a s.