Rihanna is set to make her musical comeback this week.
The singer will mark her return to the music industry by releasing a single from the upcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever movie.
The news was teased by Marvel on social media, as they alluded to the song’s release in a cryptic video.
👀 #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/EPjcFGbzSH
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 26, 2022
The video began with the title of the film coming into view, before the first ‘R’ in the word ‘FOREVER’ took over the entire screen, and the date ‘10.28.22’ appeared.
While it’s unclear what the video was referencing, fans have already come to the conclusion that it’s the release date for Rihanna’s confirmed song on the movie’s soundtrack.
New Rihanna music this Friday….. October saved pic.twitter.com/zLd5Y80Lch
— HOOD VOGUE is tired of poverty (@keyon) October 26, 2022
Rihanna is back ✨ pic.twitter.com/daiV9K3nYE
— RihannaDaily.com (@RihannaDaily) October 26, 2022
🚨 Rihanna is making her comeback this Friday with music for the ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ soundtrack. pic.twitter.com/6ObJFz4iid
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 26, 2022
Fans have been begging Rihanna to release new music over the past few years, as she hasn’t dropped an album since 2016.
Her last single release was in 2020 when she collaborated with PartyNextDoor on Believe It.
RiRi’s musical comeback comes ahead of her headline performance at the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show at the State Farm Stadium in Arizona on February 12, 2023.
While she’s been taking a break from her music career, the 34-year-old has been busy in other areas of her life.
The songstress welcomed her first child, a baby boy, with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky in May.
Earlier this year, Rihanna also appeared on Forbes’ annual list of America’s richest self-made women for the third year in a row.
With a net worth of $1.4 billion, she ranked 21st in the list, and is its only billionaire under the age of 40.
Rihanna amassed her fortune not only through her 17-year music career, but from her three retail companies – Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, and Savage x Fenty.
In March, Bloomberg reported that Savage x Fenty lingerie, of which she owns 30%, was working with advisors on an Initial Public Offering (IPO) that could potentially be valued at $3 billion.
The ‘Umbrella’ singer also owns 50% of Fenty Beauty, which produced $550 million in revenue in 2020 – the other 50% is owned by French fashion conglomerate LVMH.
In 2019, Rihanna told The New York Times’ T Magazine that reaching financial milestones was “not going to stop me from working.”
She revealed she wanted to give her money away to causes that matter, “My money is not for me; it’s always the thought that I can help someone else.”
“The world can really make you believe that the wrong things are priority, and it makes you really miss the core of life, what it means to be alive,” she said.
In 2012, the nine-time Grammy Award winner started a philanthropy fund – the Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF), which aims to “support and fund groundbreaking education and climate resilience initiatives.”
One of the foundation’s primary initiatives launched one year after it began, and raised $60 million for women and children affected by HIV/AIDS through sales from her lipstick collection with MAC Cosmetics.
In January, CLF paired up with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s #SmartSmall initiative to donate a combined $15 million to 18 different climate justice groups.
The next-youngest billionaire on Forbes’ list is 42-year-old Kim Kardashian, who has a net worth of $1.8 billion.
