Rih-gae: Rihanna is officially working on a reggae album. In a Vogue profile promoting Savage X Fenty and Ocean’s 8, Rihanna gave details about Anti’s follow-up. “With her next record — her ninth — Rihanna is moving the needle on her creative output all over again: She plans to make a reggae album,†Vogue reports. “Though it’s too soon to name a full list of collaborators, one early influence may be Supa Dups, the Jamaican-born record producer who has worked with such dancehall greats as Beenie Man, Sean Paul, and Elephant Man.â€
According to Vogue, Rihanna named Bob Marley as her favorite reggae artist. (“Buffalo Soldier†is her all-time favorite.) Recall, however, that Rih knows her stuff: When Diplo begged to play her a song during a group hang, she cut him down to size. “I played her a song. And she was like, This sounds like a reggae song at an airport,†Diplo recounted last summer. “I was like, I’m gonna go kill myself.†Safe to say he won’t be making an appearance.