New year, same ol’ Rihanna. The queen of social media clapbacks is making sure people know she still reigns supreme thanks to a hilarious exchange with an online troll.
The conversation took place in the comment section under a video she posted of herself and friends on New Year’s Eve. As they counted down the clock and celebrated, Rihanna subsequently yelled at the camera: “Y’all I didn’t drink all year, I didn’t drink all year!”
As the clip began to circulate online, many folks went under the post to wish the “Diamonds” singer a happy New Year while others took the opportunity to express their desire for new music after all this time. And while that sentiment was prevalent throughout the comments, one user’s words stood out from among the rest and prompted the Barbadian bad gal to respond.
“We want an album forehead,” the user wrote while making fun of Rih’s head.
Once the Grammy-nominated singer saw it, she replied in kind: “Listen Lorenzo! You ain’t cute enough to be calling me by my black name you dizzy fuck!”
As we (and the rest of the world) have told you, it’s been fourscore and seven hundred nearly nine years since the “Loveee Song” singer has blessed her fans with a new project. The closest we got was “Lift Me Up” back in 2022, which was created for the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” soundtrack and earned a subsequent Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
But outside of that, Rih’s been spending her time raising her two sons and building her growing beauty and lifestyle brand (Fenty Hair, anyone?) And while she’s hinted that she’s been in the studio and that she’s been sitting on songs and trying to work things out for a new album—we’d all be smart not to get our hopes up in this new year.
Rihanna moves on Rihanna’s time, so we’re all just going to have to continue to be patient.