Rihanna will launch her first tune in over three years this week, because the famous person is dropping the tune “Pal of Mine” for the upcoming Smurfs film.
The famous person shared the information together with a trailer for the movie on Wednesday, which additionally options snippets of the tune. Rihanna is starring within the Smurfs movie alongside John Goodman, James Corden, Nick Offerman and Sandra Oh, and she or he’s a producer on the mission as effectively. “Pal of Mine” drops on Could 16, whereas Smurfs will hit theaters July 18th.
Chris Miller was tapped to direct the film, which focuses on the Smurfs venturing out to save lots of Papa Smurf after he was kidnapped by wizards. That is the primary Smurfs film since 2017’s Smurfs: The Misplaced Village.
“Pal of Mine” is Rihanna’s first tune since 2022’s Carry Me Up, which she recorded for Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly. That tune hit Quantity 2 on the Sizzling 100 and went platinum in 2023. Followers have clamored for years for a full-fledged comeback from Rihanna, who stays one of many greatest pop stars within the enterprise regardless of not releasing an album since 2016, and whereas that also may not be on the fast horizon, they’ll accept new music in any kind.
Rihanna confirmed final week on the Met Gala that she is pregnant together with her third youngster with rapper A$AP Rocky, exhibiting off her child bump as she closed down the gala’s crimson carpet. It wasn’t her first time confirming a being pregnant at a excessive profile occasion, having debuted her second being pregnant throughout her Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present efficiency again in 2023.