Rihanna Reportedly Plotting Massive Music Comeback After Lengthy Hiatus.
The pop star is planning a comeback tour for 2024/2025. The tour is part of a new deal with Live Nation worth up to $39 million USD.
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Rihanna also reportedly has “two albums” worth of music ready to release. An insider close to Rih’s camp provided more details regarding her return to the spotlight as Vibe reports
“Rihanna is quietly planning a comeback tour after signing with Live Nation. The deal was created to facilitate a world tour, and her creative team is quietly at work in Los Angeles putting it all together as she raises her family. She’ll press play on the live show once she’s ready to go back to work and has two albums’ worth of material to release once she’s back.”
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The singer previously contributed to the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack with “Lift Me Up.” Rihanna’s track was nominated for Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards and Best Original Song at the 80th Golden Globe Awards. “Lift Me Up” also won an Original Song in a Feature Film award at the 13th Hollywood Music in Media Awards. She would later perform that song live at the 2023 Oscars.
The musician will also write and record original songs for the forthcoming Paramount Animation film
Rihanna revealed at CinemaCon today that she will be voicing Smurfette in Paramount Animation’s forthcoming Smurfs movie, Deadline reports. “I tried to get the Papa Smurf role but It didn’t work out,” she apparently joked at the Las Vegas event. Rihanna is also going to write and record original songs for the film.
“Getting to do animation is a fun journey for me,” Rihanna also said, according to IndieWire. “I’m usually front and center with everything with my likeness… but this was fun, I got to imagine, I got to show up in my pajamas in my third trimester, and be a blue badass.”
Paramount and Rihanna confirmed the news on Thursday (April 27) at CinemaCon, where the singer made a surprise appearance. Rihanna also revealed that besides voicing Smurfette, she will also be writing and recording original music for the film.
Rihanna will also serve as a producer on the film, which is set to arrive in cinemas on Valentine’s Day in 2025. Paramount’s upcoming Smurfs film has yet to receive a title.
