Rihanna has her finger on the pulse of her fanbase, and Navy (the nickname given to her legion of fans) is, in her words, the Conor Ives T-shirt she wore last week that read "I'm Retired, This Is As Dressed Up As I Get" She is very aware that she was "induced" by the dress.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Rihanna joked that fans should have focused on the second half of the proclamation rather than on the "I'm Retired" statement: "Rihanna said yesterday about the 'dressed up' part of the outfit, 'No one read the other line. I didn't read it. People were triggered by the word 'retired.' It was like, 'No more albums.'"

EntertainmentTonight spoke with Rihanna at a Fenty Hair event last night, and as fans took that "I'm Retired" T-shirt dress a little too literally, she cheekily said, "Obviously I'm here and I'm going to work."

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The Navy's concerns, especially regarding her "retirement" from music, are not entirely off the mark: Rihanna has not released a full album since 2016's Anti, and will instead be releasing a new effort, Fenty Hair, on Thursday (Rihanna is also the author of Entertainment Tonight), which she told "Entertainment Tonight" has been in the works for "four years," and focuses on entrepreneurial ventures in the fashion and beauty fields.

To be fair, the multifenate has contributed "Lift Me Up" to the soundtrack of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in 2022 and the Super Bowl in 2023. halftime show.

Fans have nicknamed Rihanna's upcoming album R9, and yes, Navy, it is coming true. Musically, Rihanna said she is in the "starting over" phase: "Music is a new discovery for me. Music is a new discovery for me. Music is a new discovery for me." "I'm rediscovering things," she said.

She added, according to Entertainment Tonight.

She added that as she prepares to focus on creating more music, "I don't want to neglect the songs I have, so I want to actually go back and listen to them with new ears and a new perspective to see what fits and what I still like."

Speaking of "in love with," Rihanna has had two sons, RZA and Riot, with partner A$AP Rocky since the release of her last album in 2016. Rihanna revealed last night that she is not currently pregnant, but when asked by Entertainment Tonight if she would have more children, she said, "I hope so. I definitely want more kids," she added.

Yes, as for Rihanna being retired, from any aspect of her full life, nothing else.