After reports and rumors that she's releasing a new album and some singles after her iconic return at the Super Bowl in 2023, Rihanna has yet to release a follow-up on "Lift Me Up."
As the mother of two graced Vogue China, she talked about defying expectations and motherhood while the buzz of her collaboration with Nicki Minaj emerged on social media.
Rihanna Talks About Expectations, Career, Motherhood
Rihanna spoke to Vogue China and shared the latest realizations she had in life.
"[Children] come into the world with their own individuality and sincerity, without any logic or conformity, which usually makes you feel that you must fit into a certain group," she told the publication about her children, RZA and Riot. "It's really beautiful to see and I want to continue to help them navigate that and make sure that they know they can be whoever they want to be.They should embrace it completely, because it's beautiful, and it's unique. I love them just that way."
Rihanna shocked the world when she announced her second pregnancy with Riot at the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show. Since then, Rihanna has taken on so many business endeavors for her Fenty makeup line.
She has since become a Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated singer for "Lift Me Up," among many other achievements.
As to living his dream at this point in time, Rihanna admitted that all she wanted to do was to make her parents proud.
"I [certainly] wanted to make my mom and my dad proud," she realized. "But the reality is, I did it by standing up for what I believed in and pursuing my own path and dreams."
For Rihanna, she's already living her "dream." She went on to recall that her parents were "very proud" of that accomplishment because all they wanted to do was for her to be "happy and successful."
"So, I think the key thing is to find some kind of balance. Yes, balance is important. Do this and you get the best of both worlds. You can write your own life the way you want, and it will be beautiful. Sometimes, you just need to let go of everyone's expectations and start living your own story."
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Nicki Minaj, Rihanna Collaboration Coming Soon?
Buzz of Rihanna and Nicki Minaj's new song has become a thing on social media in the past few days.
In the past, Nicki Minaj revealed that she's waiting for Rihanna to send the vocals to a song they've been working on. Many believed that it would be part of Pink Friday 2 (Deluxe), which Minaj is expected to drop soon.
More so, Nicki Minaj announced that she has a special surprise on Friday, Mar. 29, 2024.
Aside from this, fans posted on Twitter/X what could be deduced as the alleged leaked version of the song. However, some argued that it was just generated by artificial intelligence.
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