--- title: Rihanna Lives Best Life in Bikini Slo-Mo Instagram Video description: Rihanna epitomized swimsuit goals when she shared a slo-mo video of her in a black bikini on her Instagram account. canonical: https://time.com/5704146/rihanna-bikini-instagram-video/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-17T21:28:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:55.837Z og:title: Rihanna Gifts You With Bikini Instagram Video to Distract the Masses for the Demand for New Music og:description: Completely unbothered and unconcerned og:url: https://time.com/5704146/rihanna-bikini-instagram-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4dc3280e1987ff33/698a047d4ee2622c6431672a/rihanna-bikini-instagram-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings in New York City - October 13, 2019 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Gifts You With Bikini Instagram Video to Distract the Masses for the Demand for New Music twitter:description: Completely unbothered and unconcerned twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4dc3280e1987ff33/698a047d4ee2622c6431672a/rihanna-bikini-instagram-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Rihanna Strolling as a Goddess Among Us in This Nonchalant Slow Motion Video > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by James Devaney/GC Images) NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 13: Rihanna arrives to the PlayStation Theater in Times Square on October 13, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/GC Images) James Devaney—GC Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 17, 2019 9:28 PM UTC Much to the consternation of her loyal and eager fanbase the Navy, [Rihanna](https://time.com/5700203/rihanna-reaction/) appears to be completely unbothered by the fact that her [rumored ninth studio album](https://time.com/5609978/rihanna-fenty-no-more-music-shirt/) is nowhere in sight. In case anyone needed evidence of this state of nonchalance, the singer and beauty and fashion mogul posted a glorious slo-mo video of herself [living her best life](https://time.com/5535503/rihanna-lakers/) by frolicking in a black bikini. In the clip, which she posted to her Instagram account sans caption on Wednesday night, Rihanna is seen taking a leisurely smoke and stroll in a sunny and tropical locale. Her black bikini is accessorized with a flowing black robe, slim sunglasses, and a mint green Bottega Veneta clutch in what can only be termed as bad gal chic. And at the end of the video, as if to assure her fans that she is completely unconcerned with the status of her rumored album, she takes an insouciant twirl and flips her hair. While Rihanna still hasn’t confirmed whether a new album will be dropping for fans before the end of the year, she’s stayed busy doing lots of other things, like [launching a fashion house with LVMH](https://time.com/5587259/rihanna-fenty-lvmh-fashion-house/), [dropping a 15-bound retrospective photo book](https://time.com/5699696/rihanna-book-launch/), and [expanding her beauty and lingerie empire. ](https://time.com/5662096/rihanna-fashion-show-premiere-date/) See Rihanna’s completely unbothered video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5704146/rihanna-bikini-instagram-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5704146/rihanna-bikini-instagram-video/"},"headline":"Here's Rihanna Strolling as a Goddess Among Us in This Nonchalant Slow Motion Video","datePublished":"2019-10-17T21:28:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:55.837Z","description":"Completely unbothered and unconcerned","url":"https://time.com/5704146/rihanna-bikini-instagram-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4dc3280e1987ff33/698a047d4ee2622c6431672a/rihanna-bikini-instagram-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4dc3280e1987ff33/698a047d4ee2622c6431672a/rihanna-bikini-instagram-video.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - October 13, 2019","caption":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - October 13, 2019","creditText":"James Devaney—GC 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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5704146/rihanna-bikini-instagram-video/","name":"Here's Rihanna Strolling as a Goddess Among Us in This Nonchalant Slow Motion Video"}}]}] ```