Nearly a decade after releasing her most recent album “Anti,” billionaire pop star and beauty mogul Rihanna hinted at her long-awaited new music in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, stating she’s been in the studio for eight years but finally had the realization about what she wants her new album to sound like.

After waiting eight years, you might as well just wait some more," the Grammy winner teased in a new interview

In a candid conversation with Harper’s BAZAAR, Rihanna shared her excitement and the challenges she faced during the creative process. She emphasized that this album will be unlike anything her audience has heard before,

I am actually feeling really good about this. I know I kept saying this over the years,” she says. Fans have guessed that her next album would lean into reggae, tapping into her Caribbean roots, but Rihanna says that theory is “way off!