Anticipation was excessive for Rihanna’s first new music in three years, however “Pal of Mine” isn’t fairly the comeback that the Navy had been anticipating.
Launched at this time (Might sixteenth) as a part of the soundtrack for the upcoming Smurfs film, by which Rihanna voices Smurfette, “Pal of Mine” options minimal lyrics past repeating, “Really feel like a good friend of mine” a number of occasions. It additionally accommodates just one verse, sung twice, over admittedly catchy Afrobeats-inspired manufacturing.
No matter whether or not it has met expectations, “Pal of Mine” is the singer’s first new, unique music since 2022’s “Carry Me Up,” a extra substantial, tender soundtrack lower from Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly that paid tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman.
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Smurfs is due out on July 18th, and can observe Rihanna’s character, Smurfette, as she leads her fellow Smurfs into the human world to rescue Papa Smurf (voiced by John Goodman) from a band of evil wizards.
In the meantime, “Pal of Mine” serves as the newest tease for Rihanna followers holding out hope for her long-awaited ninth studio album. “I’ve simply cracked the code on what I actually need to do for my subsequent physique of labor,” she advised Harper’s Bazaar in February. “I’m truly feeling actually good about this.”
Although no launch date has been set for the mission, Rihanna insisted that it “feels proper.” She added, “This physique [of work] wants to return out, and I’m able to go there.” Her most up-to-date full-length launch was the acclaimed 2016 album Anti.
On the non-public entrance, Rihanna lately introduced that she is anticipating her third baby with accomplice A$AP Rocky.
