Beyst is responsible for all of this messiness. She's behind it all, corrupting Rihfund's release because she's releasing in less than two weeks post-Superbowl.
Rih could get two #1 hits from this era if she plays right, avoid being dragged by the industry and press for low sales due to it being given away for free and put up on streaming immediately, and her tour will probably do fine.
Never again will Rihanna be allowed to lead any project. The amount of work she had to do for this album, I honestly don't even see her releasing another album for 2+ years.
Like she's been in the studio finishing this for 2 years straight. I don't see how she would just go back and do a new album 6 months later. Poor Navy.
I think Anti will work in her favor. Sure, it'll bomb. But it has a sense of mystique, she feels sort of larger than life.
Hits are cheap. She can make them. But it's interesting to see something different.
No one cares about Rihanna like that.
They like to sing along to her catchy songs on the radio. No one is looking to her for some kind of artistic statement outside of walking Perez Hilton like a dog.