--- description: The singer surprise-released her album exclusively on Tidal after sharing the first single "Work," featuring Drake, on Wednesday title: Rihanna's Long-Awaited 'Anti' Album Is Finally Out image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f4f016496ea2a51/69887ab10b72e3d79c6e7d26/rihanna-anti-new-song-drake-work.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rihanna's Long-Awaited New Album _Anti_ Is Finally Out  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 28, 2016 3:13 AM CUT  Part of the album artwork for Rihanna's new album, Anti, which is available now on Tidal. Part of the album artwork for Rihanna's new album, Anti, which is available now on Tidal.  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 28, 2016 3:13 AM CUT After months of teasing and false starts, Rihanna’s long-awaited eighth studio album, _Anti_, is finally out. The 13-song collection is now [available exclusively on Tidal](http://tidal.com/us "undefined"), the subscription streaming-music service Rihanna owns a stake in, after it was leaked to the Internet earlier Wednesday evening. _Anti_ is Rihanna’s first album since 2012, and its release ends the longest gap between albums in the singer’s decade-long career, which has often seen her release a record each year. (**Read next:** [_6 Songs You Wish Were the New Rihanna Single_](http://time.com/4195618/new-rihanna-song-work-other-artists/ "undefined")) _Anti_ has long been the subject of rumors that never panned out, but a release seemed imminent after the singer unveiled a new song, [“Work,” featuring the rapper Drake](http://time.com/4195453/rihanna-work-drake-new-song-anti/ "undefined"), on Wednesday morning. Rihanna called it the first single from the album, which meant that last year’s string of releases—the Kanye West and Paul McCartney collaboration “FourFiveSeconds,” the booming “Bitch Better Have My Money”—were not to be included on the record. Only two songs unveiled in 2015 made the final cut: “James Joint,” which she posted on her website, and “Higher,” which she first previewed in a series of Instagram posts. Rihanna kicks off her Anti World Tour next month in San Diego, Calif. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4197490/rihanna-anti-out-now-tidal-new-album/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4197490/rihanna-anti-out-now-tidal-new-album/"},"headline":"Rihanna's Long-Awaited New Album Anti Is Finally Out","datePublished":"2016-01-28T03:13:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:30:50.217Z","description":"The singer surprise-released her album on Tidal after sharing the first single on Wednesday","url":"https://time.com/4197490/rihanna-anti-out-now-tidal-new-album/","keywords":["Music","Rihanna"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f4f016496ea2a51/69887ab10b72e3d79c6e7d26/rihanna-anti-new-song-drake-work.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f4f016496ea2a51/69887ab10b72e3d79c6e7d26/rihanna-anti-new-song-drake-work.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rihanna-anti-new-song-drake-work","caption":"rihanna anti finally out","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4197490/rihanna-anti-out-now-tidal-new-album/","name":"Rihanna's Long-Awaited New Album Anti Is Finally Out"}}]}] ```