Rihanna

[prettywhenimhigh 49,381]

15 minutes ago, Rorman Nockwell said:

Honestly she and Lana are the only two artists who can do the least and forgiveness

Anyone else I'd be like 

 

agree 100%

[American Whore 51,483]

i didn't watch it but i was hoping she'd preview something new, not a baby  guess we'll never hear new bad girl riri now 

[the ocean 67,601]

considering that i think that she should just release a greatest hits album and then dip

anti is a very good last album

[The Grants 13,525]

is the single coming or…?

9 minutes ago, living legend said:

…so looks like we ain’t getting that Fenty album anytime soon

at this point she will just open a new brand “Fenty Music” and do the bare minimum to maximize her wealth 

[prettywhenimhigh 49,381]

11 minutes ago, the ocean said:

considering that i think that she should just release a greatest hits album and then dip

anti is a very good last album

 

yes at least she managed to put out something that feels timeless now. anti ages like wine

[Mer 62,016]

18 minutes ago, Rorman Nockwell said:

Never mind that the doves would've suffocated 

I rly didn't think it through huh

 

*Rihanna opens up her fake belly*: 3 dead doves thump to the ground. 

*THE CROWD GOES WILD* 

[the ocean 67,601]

1 minute ago, Mer said:

 

*Rihanna opens up her fake belly*: 3 dead doves thump to the ground. 

*THE CROWD GOES WILD* 

imagine if said doves were alive and they flew off but they got torched by the pyrotechnics

[gatadelrey 4,617]

Rihanna is hot af 

[TRENCH 15,450]

I think we set ourselves up for overhype, but the blame can’t be all on us since this is her “return” to music and the public so obv we were ready for the flying doves and JayZ  appearing from a cloud of smoke. the stage was nice and the transitions went hard. 

 

Top 10 Super Bowl performance? No

Top 10 Rihanna performance? Yes

[Let the Light In 18,705]

This HTS reminded me that she has a really good catalogue.

[Liz Taylor Blues 18,772]

Unfaithful is still her best song. Remains untopped

[prettywhenimhigh 49,381]

so happy she gave a nod to brazil with the rude boy remix at least that was a huge surprise to me

[details 17,309]

so did she lie to apple music's team or what? where's that damn single they talked about 

[Coney Island King 26,087]

Pile her into the same pointless bin Grimes is in.

[Rorman Nockwell 56,812]

1 hour ago, kuntsugi said:

so did she lie to apple music's team or what? where's that damn single they talked about 

Lbr we are not getting anything

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39 minutes ago, Rorman Nockwell said:

Lbr we are not getting anything

yeah i'm convinced we're not getting anything lol but if we're not getting anything then she did all that for what like what was the reason 

[TRENCH 15,450]

15 minutes ago, kuntsugi said:

yeah i'm convinced we're not getting anything lol but if we're not getting anything then she did all that for what like what was the reason 

It’s weird considering the amount of campaigning Apple Music did for this show on tv, online, etc. Like they took time away from their own radio shows and filled those hours with Rihanna albums, playing the entire tracklist top to bottom 

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45 minutes ago, TRENCH said:

It’s weird considering the amount of campaigning Apple Music did for this show on tv, online, etc. Like they took time away from their own radio shows and filled those hours with Rihanna albums, playing the entire tracklist top to bottom 

i know right!! they wouldn't do all that for nothing… i think an album (or at least a new single) was actually coming but since she's pregnant they decided to postpone the release so she could have her baby, kinda like what happened with madonna back in 2000

[Mer 62,016]

1 minute ago, kuntsugi said:

i know right!! they wouldn't do all that for nothing… i think an album (or at least a new single) was actually coming but since she's pregnant they decided to postpone the release so she could have her baby, kinda like what happened with madonna back in 2000

 

But Apple doesn't necessarily gain anything from Rihanna's new album the way they would on their investment (~$50 million) in the Halftime Show. Unless Rihanna's 9th album is going to be an Apple Music Exclusive (which I doubt she, a billionaire, would ever agree to), the viewership for her Halftime Show was more important to Apple to promote than a new album/single--in terms of ROI. 

 

If I oversaw a marketing expenditure of $50 million for something, I'd want to make sure it was successful as possible as well--regardless of Rihanna's plans. 

[palemoonbaby 15,136]

where is energy?