Rihanna is dropping her first track in three years this week

Rihanna has confirmed that her first track in three years shall be launched this week.

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The ‘Umbrella’ singer took to social media yesterday (Could 14) to interrupt the information. The track is titled ‘Pal Of Mine’, and is due out on Friday (Could 16). You may pre-save the song now.

‘Pal Of Mine’ was written for the Smurfs Film soundtrack. It was first teased in February, when a trailer promised to characteristic new music from Rihanna, who has been forged in a serious voice function.

new #SmurfsMovie trailer 🩵 that includes “Pal Of Mine” from the Smurfs soundtrack out friday. pre-save now. 🪩🎵 pic.twitter.com/c2keWCVwYN

— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 14, 2025

‘Pal Of Mine’ will mark Rihanna’s first track in practically three years. Her final launch was the October 2022 hit ‘Raise Me Up’, which she had written and recorded for the Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually soundtrack.

Previous to that, her final output was a string of collaborations with the likes of Drake, DJ Khaled, PARTYNEXTDOOR and Kendrick Lamar over a number of years.

Rihanna’s final album was 2016’s ‘Anti’, and she or he has lengthy been at work on its follow-up, dubbed ‘R9’. After admitting that she’s scrapped years of labor and was “beginning over” with a “new perspective”, she in February shared an replace on the album, saying: “I do know it’s not going to be something that anyone expects. And it’s not going to be business or radio, digestible. It’s going to be the place my artistry deserves to be proper now. I really feel like I’ve lastly cracked it, woman!”

Most just lately, after revealing that she’s pregnant together with her third baby with companion A$AP Rocky, she make clear progress on ‘R9’: “I can sing.”

In different information, the singer just lately revealed that 2016’s ‘Anti’ is the one album of hers that she will hearken to with out “disgrace”.