New Rihanna on the way (Picture: Getty)

Get ready for the return of RiRi.

Rihanna is reportedly hard at work on her next music project, which will serve as the long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s Anti.

We think it’s about high time that we got a new Rihanna album, and thankfully she agrees – so much so that she’s apparently readying up two full albums’ worth of new material with her next release.

It’s (double) album time (Picture: Getty)

A source close to Rihanna’s camp has told Metro.co.uk all about the progress of her next record – sorry, records – with the star currently very, very busy in the studio working on new music.




‘Rihanna wasn’t happy with how her last album performed – even though she loved how it turned out, she knows she needs a new project full of smash hits to avoid two back-to-back flops,’ the source told us – though we wouldn’t say Anti was a flop…

‘She’s currently recording two albums – one full of chart-friendly songs, and another made up of moody and experimental tracks – and is considering releasing a double disc if she feels the songs won’t mesh well on the same album.

She’s looking for a big chart smash with this next project (Picture: Getty)

‘Rihanna knows she hasn’t had a hit as big as Umbrella [which was released in 2007] in a while, and is determined to change that with this album,’ the source added.

So get your headphones at the ready, everyone – a double dose of Rihanna is on the way.

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