--- title: Rihanna Recording Photo Has Hans Hoping for New Music description: After Rihanna posted an Instagram Story of herself in a recording setup, fans went wild with excitement over new music. canonical: https://time.com/5377413/rihanna-recording/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-24T16:07:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:31.294Z og:title: The Latest Glimpse Into Rihanna's World Has Fans Excited og:description: It looks like Rihanna is recording music — and fans are overwhelmed og:url: https://time.com/5377413/rihanna-recording/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bd6797aac237fae/698938a30a4a220b8d9d3858/rihanna-louis-vuitton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: rihanna-louis-vuitton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Latest Glimpse Into Rihanna's World Has Fans Excited twitter:description: It looks like Rihanna is recording music — and fans are overwhelmed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bd6797aac237fae/698938a30a4a220b8d9d3858/rihanna-louis-vuitton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Latest Tidbit From the World of Rihanna Is Already Exciting a Lot of People > Sponsored content. 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At least, that’s the conclusion fans have drawn after the Barbadian singer posted a trio of Instagram stories that shows her set up behind a recording microphone. Decked out in headphones and huge, white-framed sunglasses, this new glimpse into the world of Rihanna is all the internet needs to become completely overwhelmed with the tantalizing prospect of new Rihanna music. The [Fenty Beauty entrepreneur](http://time.com/4927962/rihanna-fenty-beauty-makeup-line/) and tastemaker last released an album, the [acclaimed _Anti_](http://time.com/collection-post/4577061/top-10-best-albums-2016/item/rihanna-anti/), back in 2016\. Since then, she’s focused on her fashion, [philanthropy](http://time.com/4940425/rihanna-diamond-ball-report/) and beauty businesses — and dabbled in acting, appearing in the popular all-female [_Ocean’s 8_](http://time.com/5303837/review-oceans-8/) alongside stars like Anne Hathaway and Sandra Bullock. There was her featured vocals on last summer’s DJ Khaled hit track [“Wild Thoughts”](http://time.com/4820737/rihanna-dj-khaled-wild-thoughts/) and last fall’s N.E.R.D. collaboration [“Lemon”](http://time.com/5007648/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-32/item/lemon-n-e-r-d-feat-rihanna/) to tide us over, but that hasn’t been quite enough for her eager fans. But it looks like there’s hope that the musical drought may soon be easing up. She was previously spotted working on some kind of project with Donald Glover [on location in Cuba](http://time.com/5369053/rihanna-donald-glover/), although it remains unclear what that is. But with these recording selfies, it seems highly likely that she’s well on her way to developing the next musical project. If it’s an album, it would be her ninth. Her fan base is, naturally, thrilled. Rihanna is due in New York City in September, where her [Savage x Fenty](https://www.vogue.com/article/rihanna-savage-x-fenty-new-york-fashion-week-show) lingerie brand is scheduled to close out Fashion Week before she hosts her annual charity Diamond Ball on Sept. 13. > [](https://twitter.com/RihannaDaily/status/1032992407791521792) > [](https://twitter.com/madalenashawn/status/1032995738442256385) > [](https://twitter.com/Loveijonte/status/1032996050490073093) > [](https://twitter.com/RihannaNominees/status/1033005008730685440) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5377413/rihanna-recording/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5377413/rihanna-recording/"},"headline":"The Latest Tidbit From the World of Rihanna Is Already Exciting a Lot of People","datePublished":"2018-08-24T16:07:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:31.294Z","description":"Rihanna can cause mayhem with just an Instagram Story","url":"https://time.com/5377413/rihanna-recording/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Rihanna"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bd6797aac237fae/698938a30a4a220b8d9d3858/rihanna-louis-vuitton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bd6797aac237fae/698938a30a4a220b8d9d3858/rihanna-louis-vuitton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rihanna-louis-vuitton","caption":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5377413/rihanna-recording/","name":"The Latest Tidbit From the World of Rihanna Is Already Exciting a Lot of People"}}]}] ```