When we look through our posts from last year it was obvious how excited we were to see Rihanna’s “Rihturn” to Pop music. It was a whole other story when we heard the music. After losing a great deal of interest this year a story popped up online stating that Rihanna was to perform a new song in August of 2010. Well, August is nearly over and there is no new song BUT new information surfaced.
Firstly, Rihanna was most likely pushed to take over her official Twitter account which signals a whole new time period of her music. You would think Rihanna connecting more with the fans via Twitter would be great but she actually loses that mystery and star quality that the then mute Pop star exuded in the Summer of 2009.
The next bit of news was announced that the UK was to premiere the first single from the forthcoming album (to be released on November 2) entitled “Only Girl.” A lot of emphasis is being put on the fact that her new music will be a lot more “upbeat” and “dancey” compared to the music of her Rated R album.
A few more days passed and now Rihanna’s first single is another song entitled “Cheers” and will not premiere this Tuesday. One thing is for sure we could never write off a performer before we hear the music but the Bajan who ruled the Pop world with the song “Umbrella” and the album Good Girl Gone Bad may have reached her Thriller period in her career.
NOTE: “Thriller period” is another way of describing a Pop act’s peak in their career.
Oh, by the way, it looks as though will return to rocking longer hair in that unnatural Red hue…
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