Hold on to your Fenty… Rihanna might actually be releasing new music.
In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the singer celebrated her 2016 album Anti becoming the first by a Black female artist to spend five years on the Billboard 200 chart.
“Grateful to the most High for putting die hard supporters in my circle #Anti #WomensHistoryMonth congrats to everyone that contributed to this era, thank you team,” she wrote.
When someone commented with the suggestion that she “celebrate by releasing a song,” Rihanna replied “I think I should” along with a “coming soon” emoji. Then, she added: “just 1 tho lol.”
Fans have been pleading with Rihanna to release her ninth studio album. When one asked her about a new album in 2018, she replied “2019.” During a summer 2018 appearance on a UK talk show, Rihanna said she was "actually in the studio at the moment."
But, on Dec. 20, 2019, she shared a video on Instagram of a dog bopping to House of Pain’s “Jump Around” and captioned it: “update: me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it.”
Last October, Rihanna told The Associated Press: "I’m gonna get it done."
Fans have had to settle for hearing Rihanna last year on “Believe It” by Toronto’s PartyNextDoor.