Three years since her last drop, Rihanna returns to the fore with ‘Friend of Mine.”
In what marks the Barbadian’s first release since ‘Born Again’ from the ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ soundtrack in 2022, the now 37-year old has shares ‘Friends ..’ from the new ‘Smurfs’ animated film.
In addition to her soundtrack contribution, the multi-hyphenate (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty) Rihanna serves as the voice Smurfette in the animated film that’ll hit theaters nationwide on July 18.
Having not released an LP since ‘ANTI’ in 2016, the mother of two also lent her voice to ‘Home’ and also acted in ‘Ocean’s 8’ with Sandra Bullock and ‘Battleship’.
Admitting that she’d like to win an Oscar one day, when asked if it’s on her list of goals, RiRi said:
“I’d love to get there one day. Who doesn’t want to be told they are doing a great job?’ “Any validation that your work is impacting is rewarding. I work hard and put my all into everything I do but the rest isn’t up to me.” “I don’t think anyone makes an album thinking about winning a Grammy, or makes a movie thinking about winning an Oscar. What you do is work as hard as you can and if awards follow, then that’s great.”
Rihanna’s partner A$AP Rocky recently stated that he’d love to act alongside the mother of his two children and when the 36-year-old rap star was asked by Variety if he’d like to be on-screen with her, he replied:
“Hell, yeah.” “You saw her acting in my film [the 2022 music video] ‘D.M.B.’ You saw her acting in [my 2013 music video] ‘Fashion Killa’.”
Rocky stars in ‘Highest 2 Lowest’, the new Spike Lee-directed neo-noir crime thriller film.
The father of RZA (2,) and Riot (21 months,) with a third child on the way with Rihanna, said:
“That’s gangster.” “Yo, this s*** is jokes, though. We both got movies coming out the same year. I didn’t even realize that. Wow! Shout-outs to us – we’ve been working!”
Interested in making a movie that his children could enjoy, A$AP added “I want to do something for my children. Everybody’s doing ‘Despicable Me’ and ‘SpongeBob’ and s*** like that. I want to do an original DreamWorks/Pixar-ass film, like ‘Soul’.” “I like the internet stuff too, like ‘Gracie’s Corner’. I hate ‘Cocomelon’. ‘Cocomelon’ is bad for the kids, man, but ‘Gracie’s’ is hittin’. I just hope my kids don’t grow up and think that s*** was lame. So, whatever I do, it’s gonna be cool and timeless.”
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Author: Saul Goode
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