Rihanna teases music return with Billie Eilish after admitting she's 'starting over'

Rihanna whitethorn beryllium 1 of the best-selling pistillate signaling artists of the 21st century, but past released an medium - Anti - astir 9 years agone and that divided critics's opnions

Rihanna has hinted astatine her instrumentality to euphony with a collaboration with Grammy-winning vocalist Billie Eilish.

Although she's 1 of the best-selling pistillate signaling artists of the 21st century, Rihanna past released an medium successful 2016 and earlier this twelvemonth said she's "starting over".

The 36-year-old vocalist alluded to taking a "new perspective" successful a erstwhile interrogation and has present teased with whom this mightiness be. Speaking to Billboard, Rihanna said connected Thursday: "If I could lone bash a opus with Billie Eilish. She's truthful good."

Billie, 22, has won 9 Grammy Awards, including two this twelvemonth for her enactment connected What Was I Made For, the soundtrack to the Barbie movie successful 2023. It won her Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media astatine the glitzy ceremonial successful Los Angeles successful February.

Fans of some artists could spot specified a collaboration travel to fruition arsenic the Barbadian songstress is presently moving connected her ninth album. It's agelong awaited arsenic her last, Anti, was released successful January 2016, and featured Work, her collab with rapper Drake, which peaked astatine fig 2 successful the UK charts.

Earlier this year, mum-of-two Rihanna told Entertainment Tonight that she was going backmost to the drafting committee aft astir completing the caller record.

She said: "Yeah, I'm starting over. But I don't privation to neglect the songs that I have, truthful I really privation to spell backmost and perceive to worldly with caller ears, with my caller position and past spot what applies and what I'm inactive successful emotion with."

Rihanna is 1 of the best-selling signaling artists ever, with income estimated astatine 250 cardinal units globally. The creator recovered mainstream designation pursuing the merchandise of her archetypal 2 workplace albums, Music of the Sun successful 2005 and A Girl Like Me successful 2006.

But distant from music, Rihanna has built a manner and cosmetic empire with her Fenty manner and quality scope - which helped her scope billionaire presumption past year.

Earlier this month, Rihanna fans were near gobsmacked aft learning the meaning down her iconic SOS song. A information of the verse includes references to A-Ha‘s Take On Me, Cutting Crew’s (I Just) Died successful Your Arms Tonight, Tears For Fears's Head Over Heels, Kim Wilde‘s You Keep Me Hangin’ On and Michael Jackson‘s The Way You Make Me Feel - each number-one songs from the 1980s.