You South Africa – 08 August 2019

What’s up with

Riri’s new album

If you’dgivenupwaitingfor

thehitmaker’snewalbum,

takeheart– it’scoming.

Here’swhatweknowsofar

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IT WILL BE THIS YEAR The 31-year-old,

whose last album was 2016’s Anti, confirmed

on Instagram earlier this year that her next

album will drop in 2019. But no release date

has been announced. In January her pro-

ducer, The-Dream, confirmed to US radio

station Hot 97 that it’s almost finished.

“She’s cooking; she’s just about done.”

IT HAS AN UNOFFICIAL TITLE While Riri

has said she doesn’t have a name for her

ninth album yet, she’s joked she may call it

R9 after her fans dubbed it that.

“I’m about to call it that probably ’cause

they’ve haunted me with this ‘R9, R9 when

is R9 coming out?’” she told the New York

Times T magazine. “How will I accept an-

other name after that’s been burned into

my skull?”

IT WILL BE PERFECT (LIKE, DUH) She says

she’s a perfectionist. “I’m not going to put

it outuntilit’scomplete. It makes no sense

torushit,”shetold Interview magazine.

it’staken longer than usual

sobusy.

n the studio for three

t, and an album would

it’slike a carousel. I do

ay,lingerie the next, beauty

n music the next. It’s like

nchof kids.”

E COLLAB-CRAZY In May

hetold Vogue she wanted

reggae album, which could

s could mean she’s working

Dups, a producer who’s

thSean Paul, Beenie Man

ntMan.

vious collabs are anything

could see Pharrell Williams

together on his hit 2016

Kendrick Lamar (Loyalty),

ldThoughts), Calvin Harris

YouCame For) and Future

album too. S

CHILLOUT|||MUSIC

ESCAPE (FT

J SOMETHING)

TIMO ODV

Another

piece of

electronic

brilliance

from the

Save Me

hitmaker.

Escape,thefirstsingle off

Timo’s brand-new EP, Tonight

It’s Us, debuted at No 1 on

Spotify and Deezer.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER

(FT CAMILA CABELLO &

CARDI B)

ED SHEE RAN

This pop

tune,

which is

one of 15

collabora-

tive tracks

on Ed’s

just-releasedNo 6 Collabora-

tions Project, is a catchy gem.

WHAT MORE CAN I SAY

ROSS JACK

The

Seven45

hitmaker

is back

on the

scene and

slowing

thingsdownwiththis funk-

infused love song.

BAD GUY

(FT JUSTIN BIEBER)

BILLIE EILISH

We can’t

get

enough

of this

super-

cool remix

which

seestheBiebsadding his

vocals to one of the year’s

biggest tracks.

HARDER (FT BEBE REXHA)

JAX JONES

Acclaimed

DJ-pro-

ducer Jax

teams up

with yet

another

power-

house vocalist in the form of

Rexhafora bangin’track.

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