Rihanna Shares the Music She Sings for Her 2 Sons

R9 may well under no circumstances come out, but Rihanna will not permit her singing talents go to squander.

In an Interview magazine feature published on Tuesday, April 9, the publication’s editor-in-chief, Mel Ottenberg, asked Rihanna, 36, what music she sings to RZA and Riot, the two boys she shares with ASAP Rocky.

“Oh, my gosh. There’s ‘Penguins Salute,’” the pop star claimed. “There’s ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.’ Oh, my gosh. RZA will get truly psychological about that.”

Rocky and Rihanna’s 23-month-outdated son is also “really into ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,’” she discussed. “‘The Wheels on the Bus’ is a beloved from the beginning till now,” she additional. “That’s just a basic. It is hardly ever likely out of design and style. And oh, the new ‘Incy-Wincy Spider,’ for the reason that he will get like, ‘Ahh,’ like he thinks I’m heading to tickle him when I sing that a single. And he has a e-book about that, so he can put two and two with each other.”

While Ottenberg did not ask what Riot, 8 months, is into, the stylist did question Rihanna irrespective of whether she nevertheless has “the vibe to do new music again” as the Savage x Fenty mogul looks to be fascinated in doing anything at all else but launch her ninth studio album. Her previous full-size release was 2016’s Anti.

“I have a large amount of visible strategies. It’s odd,” mentioned Rihanna. “My mind is performing backward ideal now. I ordinarily have the music initial, and the music prospects me into all of these visible opportunities, and now I’m obtaining all of these visuals, and I never have the tracks for them yet, but possibly that is the important, this time. It’s possible the visible strategies are leading me to the songs that I will need to make.”

When Ottenberg instructed that this would be a creative “rebirth” for her, Rihanna mentioned she’s entertaining “random concepts, quirky thoughts [and] items that have very little to do with me at all.”

“I imply, I just can’t convey to you,” she additional. “The opps is looking at.”

In March, Rihanna performed her very first complete concert in 8 many years. She played the pre-wedding ceremony celebration for the son of billionaire business enterprise tycoon Mukesh Ambani, according to the Associated Push. Ambani, identified as “India’s Richest Man,” held a 1,200-particular person celebration in Jamnagar, India, to commemorate the marriage of his youngest son, Anat, and businesswoman Radhika Service provider.

Rihanna reportedly performed hits like “Work” and “Bitch Greater Have My Money” while obtaining paid out $6 million for the functionality.

Prior to that, Rihanna’s most important musical appearance was in February 2023 at the Tremendous Bowl LVII halftime demonstrate. The celebration started with Rihanna revealing her little one bump, her way of announcing she was expecting with her and Rocky’s second baby. They welcomed Riot in August 2023.