--- title: People Can’t Handle Rihanna's Secret Move to London description: Rihanna moved to London and didn’t tell her fans and now they are taking to social media to express their shock. Not necessarily that they... canonical: https://time.com/5593516/rihanna-london-reactions/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-22T15:18:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:06.584Z og:title: People Can Barely Handle the Fact That Rihanna's Been Living in London Without Alerting Us og:description: Rihanna moved to London and didn’t tell her fans and now they are taking to social media to express their shock. Not necessarily that they... og:url: https://time.com/5593516/rihanna-london-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteca63f741b558f4e/69894a374ee2623ac0314899/rihanna-london.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rihanna attends the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Anniversary Event at Overseas Passenger Terminal on October 3, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Can Barely Handle the Fact That Rihanna's Been Living in London Without Alerting Us twitter:description: Rihanna moved to London and didn’t tell her fans and now they are taking to social media to express their shock. Not necessarily that they... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteca63f741b558f4e/69894a374ee2623ac0314899/rihanna-london.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Can Barely Handle the Fact That Rihanna's Been Living in London Without Alerting Us ## Video: Right Now: Rihanna on Her Mission with Savage x Fenty [Watch (HLS stream): Right Now: Rihanna on Her Mission with Savage x Fenty](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oyMcrLV5.m3u8) (0:18)  _Published 2018-09-13. Rihanna on Her Mission with Savage x Fenty_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 22, 2019 3:18 PM UTC  Rihanna attends the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Anniversary Event at Overseas Passenger Terminal on October 3, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. Rihanna attends the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Anniversary Event at Overseas Passenger Terminal on October 3, 2018 in Sydney, Australia.Caroline McCredie—Getty Images for Fenty Beauty by Rihanna by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 22, 2019 3:18 PM UTC [Rihanna](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217602/rihanna/) moved to London and didn’t tell her fans and now they are taking to social media to express their shock. Not necessarily that they expected the star didn’t tell them the news of her move, but the fact that no one seemed to notice the location change. The “Work” singer and Fenty boss revealed that she left the U.S. for [the U.K.](http://time.com/5593473/theresa-may-latest-brexit-proposal/) in a new interview with the [_New York Times T Magazine_](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/20/t-magazine/rihanna-fenty-louis-vuitton.html). In the interview, Rihanna explained that moved to London to be closer to her Fenty team who are based in Paris and Italy where the company’s products are manufactured. The news wasn’t a huge shock to eagle-eyed fans who spotted a shopping bag from British grocery store Sainsbury’s in the background of one of her [recent Instagram photos](https://twitter.com/joe%5Ft96/status/1128033612228648963) or in the wake of the news that Fenty was collaborating with U.K. pharmacy chain Boots. The singer, actress, and business mogul is apparently quite happy living under the radar, though. She told the _Times_ that one of the things she appreciates most about living in London is “walking around the block”, presumably without being noticed, and visiting a local Jamaican grocery store. Fans have taken to Twitter to register their shock over Rihanna’s casual revelation that she lives, walks, and shops in London in now and not on [Rihanna Drive.](http://time.com/5403636/rihanna-barbados-ambassador/) Some are stunned that she simply walks the streets like mere mortal, others can’t believe she hasn’t been spotted yet, while at least one fan is determined to knock on Rihanna’s door and demand a timeline for her next album. > [](https://twitter.com/HxsxxnA/status/1130808161001267200) > [](https://twitter.com/ameliadimz/status/1130785877125423104) > [](https://twitter.com/maisiehpeters/status/1130903678511190016) > [](https://twitter.com/icarusmendes/status/1130926778707406848) > [](https://twitter.com/hannahidill/status/1130809250513674240) > [](https://twitter.com/G%5F%5FNara/status/1130830389893894144) > [](https://twitter.com/JordanRowes/status/1130920903368433669) > [](https://twitter.com/RashaanMuir/status/1130839972284649473) > [](https://twitter.com/kayahhazell/status/1130789680801296384) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5593516/rihanna-london-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5593516/rihanna-london-reactions/"},"headline":"People Can Barely Handle the Fact That Rihanna's Been Living in London Without Alerting Us","datePublished":"2019-05-22T15:18:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:06.584Z","description":"Rihanna moved to London and didn’t tell her fans and now they are taking to social media to express their shock. 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