Rihanna publishes a new song after 3 years for “I Smurfi”
After revealing that he is pregnant with the third child from his partner at $ ap Rocky showing the belly on the red carpet of the Met Gala, now Rihanna makes it known to be ready to publish one new songthe first after almost three years. The song, entitled “Friend of Mine”, It will be officially released tomorrow May 16th And it is part of the soundtrack of the new animated feature film “The Smurfs – The film“.
The singer, who will also be one of the protagonists in the next film of the “Smurfs”, in the meantime he shared A preview extract of the songincluded in the new trailer of the film that opens with a shooting of the pop star dancing in the studio while recording the song:
In addition to Rihanna, other artists participated in the soundtrack of “The Smurfs – The film”, including Tyla. The music of the film will also include the song “Higher Love” Of DJ Khaled, Cardi B And Desi Trillpublished in February.
For the pop star Barbadian origin, “Friend of Mine” is the first song published after “Lift me up“of 2022, part of the soundtrack of”Black Panther: Wakanda Forever“. The latest album given to Riri’s prints, however, remains” anti “of 2016 and details on a possible New study projectthe highly anticipated “R9“, they remain vague. Last February, on one of the recent occasions in which he spoke of his next album, Rihanna had said he was feeling” optimistic “about the music he was working on. As resumed by the US edition of” Rolling Stone “, he added:”This time I feel it is right. I feel it goes exactly in the direction in which I need to go, and I really want it. This project must come out, and I am ready to let him out. Has become my new form of freedombecause when I am in the studio I know that the time away from my children serves to make something that has not been watered for eight years flourish. I have been to the studio for all these eight years. But he didn’t take. I was looking for it, but I didn’t find it. “And again:”I crossed various phases about what I wanted to do. ‘This type of album, no this other …’. I know it will be nothing of what people expect. And it will not be something commercial or designed for pleasure on the radio. It will be what my art deserves right now. I feel I have finally understood it! “.
