Only a couple of days after Harry Styles threw the world into a collective state of grief after cutting his beloved curls, Rihanna has already begun the recovery process with a hair transformation of her own.
The singer enters a new stage in her life as she is spotted sporting light blonde hair. The Fenty Beauty founder stepped out for a night out with newly-colored tresses, finding herself in a shade between dark blonde and brunette.
Of course, RiRi stans aren't taking this surface level and analyzing whether her new hair is a sign of something bigger. And by bigger, yes, we mean an album.
Rihanna's last full-fledged album was 2016's Anti, which was met with divided reviews. She briefly returned to the recording studio for the release of her single "Lift Me Up" which was a part of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. Most notably, she returned to the stage for her first performance in more than five years as the headliner for the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
The 13-minute setlist spanned all of her best songs including "Diamonds," "Rude Boy," and "Umbrella," but it wasn't even her performance that had caused the most excitement. During the show, Rihanna revealed she was pregnant with her second child — whom she recently gave birth to and has named Riot Rose Mayers.
Since then, there has also been speculation she is planning a world tour in 2024 and 2025. According to an inside source who spoke to Entertainment Tonight, she has allegedly made a deal with Live Nation to go on a world tour and plans to release new music. However, that claim has been met with an opposing statement from a high-level source who spoke to Billboard, sharing that “no tour has been confirmed for Rihanna.”
World tour or not, this wouldn't be the first time Rihanna has undergone a hair transformation — in fact, she has become quite the hair chameleon over the years. Remember her in 2009 when she rocked short honey-blonde swept bangs with an undercut? Or what about her 2010 Loud era where she singlehandedly made bright red hair the hair color of the year? Of course, we can't forget her Unapologetic years when she chopped off her hair in favor of a super short pixie cut.
We most certainly aren't upset at the new look and her return to the blonde hair train, though we can only hope this means she has an upcoming coinciding album. It would truly be the best holiday gift anyone could ask for.
