Bad Girl RiRi giveth, and Bad Girl RiRi taketh away.
Fans who have been breathlessly awaiting the singer’s higher-than-highly anticipated eighth studio album — the long-delayed Anti — woke up to good news Wednesday: Rihanna debuted the album’s latest single, “Work,” featuring her frequent collaborator (and ex-boyfriend) Drake.
“Work” premiered on BBC Radio 1 before Rihanna posted a link to it on Twitter, calling it Anti‘s “first single” — which isn’t really accurate, unless “FourFiveSeconds,” “American Oxygen” and “Bitch Better Have My Money” all didn’t make it onto the final album.
FIRST SINGLE #WORK ft. @Drake from #ANTI is here!! Listen up —> https://t.co/CYqrvPRahc pic.twitter.com/0WvHi4x3Ut
— Rihanna (@rihanna) January 27, 2016
So yeah: “Work” is out now for your listening pleasure, embedded below. Rumor has it that this is just an appetizer before the real meal: Anti itself, which Billboard reports will “likely” arrive in its entirety “sometime before Friday.”
Is your body ready?