Rihanna, quite possibly, is the world’s coolest pop-star. She’s made a whole bunch of great pop records and, more importantly, been involved in a scandal that saw Hecklerspray writers given the chance to stare at her naked parts.

Over the years, Rihanna has gone from reasonably boring R&B thingy, to the crooner of slick electropop, to the champion of weird ballads and along the way, extolled the virtues of owning an umbrella-ella-ella-ay-ay-ay.

So what is she up to next? Well, we’re all about to find out with her new album, which Rihanna has told us will be called ‘Loud’ and will be released in November.

Like all musical projects, there will be a single leading the charge.

The first single from the new album is called ‘Only Girl (In the World)’ and we’ll all get to hear it at the same time as it is set to premiere online tomorrow (September 8th).

During a webchat on her official site, Rihannanow.com, the singer said of the album:

“I didn’t want to go backward and remake ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’. I wanted the next step in the evolution of Rihanna.”

She then added:

“I’m gonna miss the ‘Rated R’ era too, but NOTHING compares to the album I just made.”

To be perfectly honest, if there’s anything as good as ‘Rude Boy’ on it, the Earth’s ears will be just fine. Unless, of course, you’re one of those people who doesn’t like Rihanna because you prefer other music or, indeed, you’re one of those miserable chumps who objects to her music on principle because it’s popular.

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