Rihanna Hints She's Quitting Music

Rihanna may be done with music-making for good.

While the “Diamonds” hitmaker previously promised to release new music in the future and previously denied she was retiring from her extremely successful music career, the makeup mogul suggested in a new speech that she's moving on.

In a video shared on X, which was filmed at a Fenty Beauty event in Barbados earlier this week, Rihanna gave an impassioned speech about her career. "I always say music was the thing that got the attention, but God had other plans for me," she told the crowd.

"I was able to create in other ways that were very sincere, genuine, organic and authentic to the things that I love so it doesn’t even feel like a job," she explained. "But when you bring it home, I can express to you guys what this day means for me to be able to celebrate with the people that deserve it the most." 

Back in June, Rihanna fueled retirement rumors after wearing a shirt dress emblazoned with the words "I'm Retired" during an outing in New York City. "This is as dressed-up as I get" was written underneath the inflammatory statement.

The "Sledgehammer" singer's fans were so upset that she gave an interview to dispel the rumors.

While speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Rihanna referenced the second phrase on the shirt dress, saying, "No-one read the other line", in which the second row of text reads, “This is as dressed up as I'm going to get”.