At this point, Rihanna’s upcoming 8th album feels like a mystery. Outside of ‘FourFiveSeconds, ‘Bitch Better Have My Money’, and ‘American Oxygen’, there isn’t much known about the singer’s upcoming body of work, not even a title. With the launch of title, it has been speculated that the singer would drop the album as a Tidal exclusive, but it seems we some further news has surfaced in regard to its release along with further details around Rihanna’s campaign with Dior.
This is the fourth installment of the “Secret Garden” campaign series, which launched in 2012 and was shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Rihanna was styled by Mel Ottenberg, with whom she routinely works, wearing looks from the Esprit Dior collection shown in Tokyo in December 2014. The nighttime shoot follows her through the Salons of the Gods and dancing in the Hall of Mirrors, with a new song, “Only If for a Night,” from her eighth studio album forthcoming in May as the main soundtrack.
With ‘Only If for a Night’ set the drop with the accompanying ‘Secret Garden’ campaign video on May 18th, that leaves the remainder of May for Rihanna to drop her album in whatever fashion she chooses. Perhaps, this could hold true as May 24th will be the 10th anniversary to our introduction to Ms. Robyn Fenty as that is when ‘Pon De Replay’ made it’s debut. The anticipation is there and the ball is in Rihanna’s court. Time will tell if she delivers. Fingers crossed.
