--- description: Listen to clips of "Higher" and "Dancing in the Dark" title: Hear Previews of 2 New Rihanna Songs image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hear Previews of 2 New Rihanna Songs  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 17, 2024 5:01 PM CUTPublished: Mar 5, 2015 7:36 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 17, 2024 5:01 PM CUTPublished: Mar 5, 2015 7:36 PM CUT Get More: [Music News](http://www.mtv.com/news/music/ "undefined") What will the first Rihanna album in nearly three years sound like? Your guess is as good as anyone’s. Pop music’s most prolific supplier of club-bangers subverted expectations by going acoustic and teaming up with a Beatle on [“FourFiveSeconds,”](http://time.com/3693572/rihanna-kanye-west-fourfiveseconds-video/ "undefined") and now, judging by two new Instagram clips of a song called “Higher,” it seems she’s spent the past few years curled up with some 20th century classics (or at least Christina Aguilera’s _Back to Basics_)_._ _“_Let’s pour a drink babe,” a raspy-voiced Rihanna sings over swelling strings, “I hope I ain’t calling you too late.” Of course not, Riri — even after all this time, it’s never too late for a house call. Especially when she’s got more than one album in the works: in addition to her eighth solo record, she also curated the soundtrack to the animated movie _Home_, which she has a starring role in. Fans already heard one song from the compilation (expected to feature Charli XCX, Kiesza and Jennifer Lopez), [“Towards the Sun,”](http://time.com/3720296/rihanna-towards-the-sun-home/ "undefined") and now they can hear a non-Instagram preview of another track, “Dancing in the Dark,” which sounds much more like the Rihanna we’re used to. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3734120/rihanna-higher-dancing-in-the-dark/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3734120/rihanna-higher-dancing-in-the-dark/"},"headline":"Hear Previews of 2 New Rihanna Songs","datePublished":"2015-03-05T19:36:47.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-17T17:01:14.000Z","description":"Listen to clips of \"Higher\" and \"Dancing in the Dark\"","url":"https://time.com/3734120/rihanna-higher-dancing-in-the-dark/","keywords":["Music","Rihanna"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3734120/rihanna-higher-dancing-in-the-dark/","name":"Hear Previews of 2 New Rihanna Songs"}}]}] ```