According to UT San Diego, Rihanna revealed a little bit about ‘R8′ during an in-store at Macy’s for Rogue:
I can’t give you any hints of when it will drop. It’s going to be great, that’s all I’m going to tell you and I’m excited about it. I try to battle myself and outdo everything I’ve done and that’s been the hardest thing to do. You start overthinking things at times.I can’t wait for everybody to hear (the music) little by little. … little by little. I can’t wait.