thank you thank you the navy needs new music rihanna oh girl who sent you i'm like
new music not from rihanna not anytime soon she's now a billionaire through her fenty products
she'll never have to sing again but music is still a part of that fortune as rihanna was smart enough
to acquire her masters she shared this with vogue in 2016 and in five years and several
products later boom billionaire i can't think of a smarter way for artists to spend their hiatus and
she also owns part of both her fenty companies i have to say i may be the only one who is genuinely
surprised remember bitch better have my money rihanna allegedly nearly went broke in 2012 and
had to recover all her finances because a bunch of people misappropriated her wealth and earnings
she sang about that in 2015 and apparently acquired that masters after her seven studio album
unapologetic i'm sure that financial crisis inspired that move that's a short amount of time
to really get your act together she's talented a little risky on some notes but she never struck
me as being too invested in her artistry or timeless performances to me she was just
the it girl the face the voice the moves the sails just a great package
with some say so here and there a picture perfect pop star i look back and i realize i was wrong
clearly she was always invested in both the art and the business in hindsight rihanna left us with
her most artistically daring record a number one single in the form of work and has been
in the news for something else that finally overshadowed her lack of music in recent years
not to mention the forever tiring teasing of r9 that got exhausting pretty quickly now
people can't help but to be distracted by her new self-made billionaire status
to really want more from her it's a new spotlight that requires no sound check
no rehearsal when she does decide to step back into her musical spotlight however
she will do it with the renewed level of intrigue fame and power and ownership to
do whatever she wants to do every creative stream there are rules but rules are meant to be broken
we have always counted on her to be the sound of modern pop music much like madonna
in the 80s through the 2000s but to a lesser degree of overall impact innovation and acclaim
the ball is in her court and she has the pop culture influence to shift that
sound once again so what can we expect her next drop will be the most highly anticipated record
that we have yet to see since kanye west and donda but will she actually play the game this
is a game that has changed a lot since 2016 or even 2018 when her last song that i can remember
wild thoughts was even on the radio the live performances of ariana grande and her
own little foresty coves that seemed to deliver a throwback to mtv unplugged but without an audience
the dance moves of germany the visual artur that is beyonce who seems to have forgotten mainstream
radio success to remain the quote unquote queen as a visual albums artist plus all the other now
recognizable voices and hits attached to women whose own signature catchy choruses are played
just as often as rihanna's this is the new world of pop music and top 40 radio
the come and go factor and how quickly the mainstream can forget is so ubiquitous that
we can appreciate a full body of work which rihanna certainly left us with but
will we care for its continuance the vocal and choreographic expectations of today may not suit
rihanna but her own brand of emotional rawness and being the girl that most want to emulate may help
what does the rihanna album sound like today in this decade maybe that should be her new thing
define her sound pick up where she left off and give us more she teased earlier that she was doing
a reggae album with the return to her dance hall sound which is something that is sorely lacking
in music today she needs to remind us of where she left off and make us forget that she was ever gone
the new role of billionaire beauty fits well next to her pop dominance rihanna profiting
off her beauty in a place of ownership was brilliant because it's all people talk about
they never shut up about it and she probably thought you know what let me get in on it what
we can learn from re is that it pays well to sit down and ask yourself how much are others making
off of me and how do i get in on my own brand and strive for more than just being a cog and my own
money making machine her business sense is a thing of beauty and her beauty is now a business what
better face for a brand than that face there are definitely brains behind that beauty too
but let's face it pop music is fleeting thank god she has her masters songs we all know the words to
and in her absence i'd nearly forgotten she was a gifted performer until her savage
times fenty lingerie show i honestly thought since when can rihanna dance
and then quickly went oh the most famous woman in the world today possibly rivaled by beyonce
seriously made several of her mainstream audience listeners fully forget it's not that her last
release lacked true impact or anything memorable she has a large discography from releasing albums
back to back throughout the years as well and she has hits spanning all the way back to 2005. it's
just that her energy shifted into something that felt more beauty guru than singer when i thought
of rihanna first i just thought of finty that's it and the influence of this new role as beauty
businesswoman was certainly seen in the rest of the music industry gaga beyonce katie you name it
they all wanted a piece of the merchandising game and the world of makeup and clothing
where rihanna has always stood out over her peers is in the fact that she does fashion and beauty
in a more effortless and aspirational way the magazines and women in general actually care
about what she looks like and want to mimic her that stupid off the shoulder on both sides look
cannot really remember that being an overnight fashion staple until rihanna i'm not surprised her
ease in this arena has led to this much success in fact it feels even more effortless than her
talents as a recording artist pop star always felt like a role driven by the visual aesthetic
she was trying anything doing anything and could sing anything she had a voice that just
meshed well with any sonic arrangement and any visual design she was just the
perfect centerpiece for those things a canvas for other more talented people
to mold and form her into whatever it looked sounded and felt like rihanna needed to be
at the time it's not that she wasn't passionate about her music it's just like an influencer with
a singing career that was an actual singer before the age of the internet beauties with following
a mass appeal it just felt like an instagram personality who also happened to be on billboard
it would be a wonder as to why or even how she would return to music given the success
found infinity until then she at least won't have to depend on being on the top of the charts
to stay on the top of her empire when is your next album going to come out everyone wants to know
pending hides from the navy
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