--- description: Rihanna is getting the Yeezus treatment title: Kanye West Is Executive Producing Rihanna's New Album image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0ed0056b2ef9467/69877b8ae53aba61944d7330/rihanna-kanye-west.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 # Kanye West Says He's Executive Producing Rihanna's New Album  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2015 12:58 AM CUT  Rihanna (L) and Kanye West (R) Rihanna (L) and Kanye West (R)Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic/Getty Images; Jim Spellman—WireImage/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2015 12:58 AM CUT Finally, some news about #R8. Rihanna’s eighth studio album is one of the most anticipated albums of the year (it even has its own hashtag), but details have been few and far between. But following the premiere of her Kanye West-Paul McCartney collaboration “FourFiveSeconds” last month, it was West, not Rihanna, who shared some details. West announced on the Grammy Awards red carpet that he’s executive producing the “Umbrella” siren’s upcoming record — and that it’s coming soon. That may not be the only surprise West has in store this evening — he’s hitting the stage with Rihanna and McCartney at the awards show to perform “FourFiveSeconds” live for the first time. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3700262/grammys-2015-rihanna-kanye-west-producing-new-album/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3700262/grammys-2015-rihanna-kanye-west-producing-new-album/"},"headline":"Kanye West Says He's Executive Producing Rihanna's New Album","datePublished":"2015-02-09T00:58:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:14:35.553Z","description":"Rihanna is getting the Yeezus treatment","url":"https://time.com/3700262/grammys-2015-rihanna-kanye-west-producing-new-album/","keywords":["Music","Kanye West","Rihanna"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0ed0056b2ef9467/69877b8ae53aba61944d7330/rihanna-kanye-west.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/bltb0ed0056b2ef9467/69877b8ae53aba61944d7330/rihanna-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rihanna kanye west","caption":"Rihanna (L) and Kanye West (R)","creditText":"Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic/Getty Images; Jim Spellman—WireImage/Getty Images","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/3700262/grammys-2015-rihanna-kanye-west-producing-new-album/","name":"Kanye West Says He's Executive Producing Rihanna's New Album"}}]}] ```