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Rihanna Shares Time-Stamped Reel From a Late-Night Recording Session

The muted Instagram clip offers visual confirmation of fresh studio work without signaling a release plan.

Overview

  • The 80-second video, captioned “commercial break,” tracks her night from a lengthy Savage X Fenty meeting to a recording studio after 2 a.m.
  • Inside the studio she is seen writing, adjusting the console, and dancing, though the segment is deliberately muted with no audio revealed.
  • Timestamps show activity around 3–5 a.m., followed by her making a Mardi Gras costume for her son before the morning school run.
  • The footage reignited fan speculation about her long-discussed ninth album, yet no music, title, or timeline was announced.
  • Rihanna has not released a full album since 2016’s Anti, and she said in 2025 that she had finally “cracked” the direction for her next record.