Pretty much spot on...Rihanna has been working on the "Home" project for years...so of course she is going to push back any other projects to make sure it is a success. It makes good business sense. Rih will release a single before the end of this year, it will just be for RH instead of R8

We will get the first "Home" single around Nov/Dec...then probably the second RH single featuring JLO around late Feb, before the movie comes out...

And you know this how??

Because it makes logical sense...

Think about it...promoting 2 very aesthetically different projects at the same time would be conflicting, and possibly disastrous.

The "Home" soundtrack/movie is the exact opposite of what a traditional Rihanna album/promotional rollout is...Rihanna would have to water down R8's promotion, to make sure she wouldn't hurt the "Home" project with negative backlash. Plus, Rih has a lot riding on the "Home" movie being a success..."Home" is Rih's pet project, she has stated it as such...it is going to get first priority over her regular music career.

We gonna get new music this year, regardless...I'm very interested to see what Rih cooked up for the "Home" soundtrack, tbh.

At this point, I don't think she will.

I think (AND HOPE) that she will release the lead single within the next two weeks.
Anyway, I CRAVE new material, it's unfair she's not saying anything

she could just be staying quiet because she plans to do something beyonce-esque and do some sort of surprise release..... i don't think she would do the exact same thing as bey, but something in which complete anonymity of the project must happen.

I agree with this I think she has initially planning to release HOME in the Fall with an album in early 2015 but HOME being pushed back to March 2015 changed things up.


The lead single coming in April would be Especially that HOME is coming out in April in France which is a big market for Rihanna. They should play on her 10 years and follow MOTS release lead single: May and album in August.

I really don't get what's taking her so long.

Summer release 2014 would actually be pretty good if she isn't trying to get the holiday sales in Nov. My assumption is more time working on the album = better quality

She better produce some great tracks if it's gonna be released next year

I don't know if you mean she should have released in Summer 2014 or if you made a mistake and meant 2015.

but I think Summer 2014 didn't happen because they expected HOME to come out in November so they didn't want to overlapping eras but when HOME got pushed back it was too late to release an album that quickly.

If you meant Summer 2015 well it would be the album coming out in August so they could do the following

Lead single: Mid-May
2nd single: Mid-August
Album: Late August
3rd single: Mid-October

and give the 3rd single a big push to get holiday sales.

Well I don't know what this bish is all about but I'm at the verge of nervous breakdown.

oops no I meant 2015 next yeaaaar after HOME. If she wanted to release it before home then the lead single should have dropped in Sept. 2014 and album in Nov.

But I'd prefer it in the summer next year so she can smash with an uptempo or club-banger Your schedule is great I hope they use it or something reaaallly close.

I really don't think she will spend that much time on releasing singles from Home, maybe just a lead single before the album and movie come out, it's not like we get huge eras made from soundtracks anymore.
Having such a huge gap between the lead single and the album could hurt her sales (plus August sales are usually very low regardless ), so I still think single April, album June ala GGGB would work better for her.

Seems like they're waiting on Home which I don't blame them for.

If she releases home midway through R8 it could mess up both the era and the soundtrack, I think Home should come first

Even if they release much single the movie is still coming out end of March and they'll probably continue to push till April especially since like I said they're releasing the movie in a big market for Rihanna and movies in April.

Also having the lead single following so closely after the HOME single it would look like it's one project.


Also she'd obviously release a 2nd single before the album release.

I hope she does Home first. Lead single at the top of the year. ALbum in March. And then release R8 in November. Just so she has enough time in between. Bu if Home is a "flop" (no major hits/ sales) she can rush release the R8 lead single in the summer to save face. At least she can use the "soundtrack" excuse, because thats basically what it is.