Twitter and Instagram went all kinds of wild last night when people revealed that they were at Los Angeles’ Mama Gallery waiting for a big RIHveal. What does this mean you ask? It means that Rihanna had planned an invite-only event to announce something big. We quickly pieced together that it probably had to do with her 8th album, which fans everywhere had been calling #R8.
Could this be the last time we refer to @rihanna‘s new 💿 as #R8? We’re on the ground in LA ready for the secret #RIHveal – what will it be??
— UniversalMusicCanada (@universalmusicC) October 8, 2015
And here’s what went down.
First people walked into a room, with braille art everywhere:
A photo posted by Rihanna Daily (@rihannadaily) on Oct 7, 2015 at 7:41pm PDT
There was one obvious piece covered up:
Soon after, Rihanna arrived:
A photo posted by badgalriri ❤ (@rihnewss) on Oct 7, 2015 at 10:35pm PDT
And all was revealed!
Her new album art:
Rihanna is about to reveal the R8 album cover 😍 #rihanna #rihannanavy #rihnews #r8 @badgalriri
A video posted by badgalriri ❤ (@rihnewss) on Oct 7, 2015 at 9:25pm PDT
#ANTi #backcoverart @roynachum
A photo posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on Oct 7, 2015 at 10:54pm PDT
Her new album name:
A photo posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on Oct 7, 2015 at 9:23pm PDT
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The event was glamour in every way Rihanna always is.
Let the ‘ANTI’ excitement begin!