"This is seen in the recent viral video shared by filmmaker Chloe Zhao on Instagram, showing the cast of Hamnet celebrating the end of filming to the rhythm of We Found Love, the anthem Calvin Harris produced for Rihanna in 2011. This is how her legacy works: while she has focused over the past decade on ventures more profitable than her own discography, the world keeps hitting play as if no time has passed."
"Rihanna is not Kate Bush, Enya, or Sade three artists prone to disappearing without explanation. She hasn't vanished entirely, but almost. Since Anti, she has released only eight songs, including collaborations with Future, Kendrick Lamar, DJ Khaled, N.E.R.D., and PartyNextDoor and three original tracks for film, two for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and one for The Smurfs. For someone like her, this is unusual."
Rihanna has remained culturally relevant and commercially successful despite a decade without a studio album. She ranks as the fourth most-streamed artist on Spotify with over 100 million monthly listeners, attracting audiences who experienced her rapid early output and Generation Alpha who never saw her live. Viral moments, such as a Chloe Zhao-shared video of the Hamnet cast dancing to "We Found Love," demonstrate continued cultural resonance. Since Anti, Rihanna released only eight songs and three film tracks, a stark contrast with her 2005–2012 pace of seven albums in eight years. She has spent the past decade on highly profitable ventures beyond music.
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