It’s been a month of Sundays since Rihanna final launched a studio album, and her fan base, identified by the nickname “the Navy,” appears to be rising more and more weary of ready for brand new music.
On Wednesday, the singer shared a celebratory Instagram video of herself ringing in 2025 with buddies — and that’s when issues took a pointy flip. As an alternative of wishing Rihanna a contented new yr like many Instagram customers did, one particular person determined to remark, “We want an album forehead.”
Rihanna, devoid of care, shot again: “listen Lorenzo! You ain’t cute enough to be calling me by my black name you dizzy fuck!”
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It might be a brand new yr, however we’re nonetheless getting the identical Rihanna. One would assume it’s frequent data to not go toe-to-toe with the “Diamonds” singer, however apparently some people have missed the memo.
Rihanna’s clapbacks are a factor of legend, and this isn’t the primary time she has skillfully put somebody of their place on the web.
Again in 2011, Rihanna and fellow singer Ciara had a viral alternate on social media. The feud was ignited when Ciara appeared on the present “Fashion Police” and accused Rihanna of being impolite at a celebration. Rihanna took to Twitter, now generally known as X, and responded along with her signature wit: “My bad ci, did I 4get to tip u? #howrudeofme.”
Ciara replied, “Trust me Rhianna u dont want to see me on or off the stage.” That’s when the “Umbrella” singer fired again, “Good luck with bookin that stage u speak of.”
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Rihanna’s fiery tongue was additionally evident amid the 2024 elections. In November, the Barbadian singer posted a video to Instagram with overlay textual content that learn, “POV: me trying to sneak into the polls with my son’s passport #votecauseicant.”
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Some weren’t amused, with one Instagram consumer commenting: “That attitude is why we want to make America … [great] again. You want to cheat to win. So disappointing.”
Making obvious reference to latest poll field fires in a number of states, Rihanna replied: “lol! When yall stop burning ballot boxes come check me.”
