I'm singing about different things, it's a lot sexier." "It's a lot edgier than the rest of the stuff that anyone has heard from me before. "We want people to hear it now and experience it now."īut fans may be surprised by what they hear. This time, Rihanna has not only made really great singles, but a great album," he told AP. "In the past, Rihanna has made really great singles. But Island Def Jam Chairman Antonio "LA" Reid said Rihanna's upcoming album, which features labelmate Ne-Yo and a song written by Justin Timberlake, is being released this summer because the label feels it's that good. The singer made her debut with island-flavored dance groove "Pon de Replay" in 2005, from her debut album, "Music of the Sun." Less than a year later, she released "A Girl Like Me," a platinum success that broadened her mainstream appeal.Īrtists usually don't release another album so quickly, especially when they're having success with their current one. "People are not going to expect a song like that from me." It's different, and that's what I love about it," she said. "`Umbrella' is a serious song, a relationship song.
Rihanna said the song can be about a romantic or platonic relationship. Jay-Z delivers the opening salvo on the dramatic song, about the strength of a relationship. "If you listen to the lyrics to that song, you know the depth and how far she's come." "It shows such growth for her as an artist," Def Jam President Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, told the AP. The hits are likely to keep coming and coming for the 19-year-old Barbados beauty, who has had success with "S.O.S.," "Unfaithful" and "Break It Off." Her new single, "Umbrella," was due out Thursday, the first song from her upcoming, not-yet-titled album, set for release June 5. "We just keep going and going _ it's fun, we make sure that we have fun while we do it." "It's a nonstop pace, very speedily, and Def Jam does not play, that's all I can tell you," she joked of her record label in an interview with The Associated Press. Rihanna is working on her third disc, just two years after releasing her first. Some singers take two-year breaks between albums.
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