I think the EXACT same. We all know how Rihanna loves to do something completely different that no one has ever done before. And I reckon they may have been planning a stream-only album, exclusive to Tidal. It would've bee a massive gamble even if Tidal had have become a success. Tidal turned out to be an absolute stinker of a success, so I reckon they had to scrap the album plans as they currently were.

It's been reported that she's now signed a deal with Samsung worth $25m to sponsor the album and tour so that may be her plan B.

well its now looking like December http://www.billboard.com/articles/bu...r-release-date apparently to stay clear of competition with 1D and Adele

Adele will still be top of the charts in December unless Rihanna comes with something really big.

Will be interesting to see how well this does tbh.

Rihanna daily says she is on set right now. So looks like the rumours about filming a new video are true.

for what song?

I'm not sure but Teddy Sinclair AKA Natalia Kills has been tweeting about 'Kiss It Better' which she has written for Rihanna. She deleted some of her posts about it yesterday though apparently. It could be any song though.

CONCRETE NEWS ABOUT ANTI (Sort of):

Rihanna posted this earlier.
https://instagram.com/p/-SDszpBM8G/?taken-by=badgalriri

She has launched a website called ANTIdiaRy which is part of her partnership with Samsung and will tease the album over the coming days I believe. It could be coming soon after all. Although the site doesn't seem to work in the UK.

Also Rihanna Daily says that the Samsung partnership will be launched at the AMA's on Sunday.

Site now working in the UK:

https://antidiary.com/

"PATIENCE
YOU'LL HEAR HER VOICE
WHEN IT'S TIME."

DS Article: http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...-announcement/

I saw the DS article this morning and got excited, then read it to find no release date STILL. Its really getting boring now. I'm glad shes going on tour as well but just wish she hurries up and announces everything

Don't know how reliable this is but there's a couple of screenshots doing the rounds on Twitter which suggest a 27th November release date. The Tidal logo is on them though rather than Samsung.

https://mobile.twitter.com/rihdailyn...64888808857601

Also this German website has the album up for pre-order with the same release date:

http://www.cede.de/en/music/?view=de...83776&branch=1

will the album do well? havent seen that much promotion for it or top songs for it...
there are also too many releases out at the moment such as bieber and adele which could effect performance?

Well the apparent lead single is nearly a year old. It's been a shambles but she can still pull it back with the right promo. The ANTIdiaRy is a good idea if it's what it sounds like (giving us daily teasers up until the release date). That would build the hype. We'll know more tomorrow night after the AMA's. I've also heard rumours of a Tidal exclusive for the first week which if true would undoubtedly harm sales.

I don't think Adele being around will harm Rihanna that much tbh. Of course in comparison Rihanna's sales will not look great but if Bieber can succeed in the way he has then no reason why Rihanna can't. I don't think this album will sell as well as it could've done if the delays hadn't happened. But Rihanna will be fine. She's managed to keep herself in people's thoughts this year with FourFiveSeconds showing good longevity over the first half of the year (although for a Rihanna lead single it wasn't that big) and BBHMM also did reasonably well considering it took her months to get the video released.

I genuinely am fascinated to see which songs have made the cut though and finally listen to what she's come up with after such a long break. I wish we had a tracklist. That would keep me satisfied for now.

That all makes sense
She is becoming more of a personality than a singer imo. Nothing wrong with that but she has a lot of sponsorship deals, acting etc ... That even if her music career starts to go downhill....she can full back on other things.

She releases good catchy songs but have never been convinced about how great a musician she is tbh

I really hope we hear something on Friday because it really is getting boring now. hope she announces a tour as well because I really wanna see her next year

The ANTIdiaRy is now live. You can view it on mobile devices only (I think it might just be Samsung devices but not sure).

Anyway the interactive experience has a few video clips and the idea is to find the key to R8. There are 8 rooms to explore:

R1: Bedroom (now open)
R2: Studio
R3: Closet
R4: Tattoo Parlour
R5: Gallery
R6: Shell
R7: Office
R8: ANTI Bedroom

All rather baffling but fascinating at the same time to see Rihanna going all artistic.

Also the clips and stuff have been posted on Twitter so search for them if you can't see the site.

EDIT: Here is one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJcqvDw3gu0

Also there is a drawing of a world map when you look around the room which has been done by a child. The word "dreams" is written on the wall too. Seems to be about a young Rihanna dreaming of her future. I'm baffled by it all.

It looks like each room represents a previous album hence the R1-R8 names. R1 is Music of the Sun and represents a young Rihanna as she dreams of what she wants to do. The room has no ceiling indicating that "the sky's the limit". At least that's my interpretation. The AMA's start in half an hour so we may find out more soon.

officially announced to be launching on tidal on the 27th of november and eberywhere else on the 4th of december. i really cannot wait for this.

I can't see an official announcement but that seems likely.

Update from the AMA's:
They absolutely hammered the ANTIDiaRy trailers which got progressively more interesting over the evening. All the clips shown are available here:

http://rihannadaily.com/2015/11/22/r...diary-teasers/

This feels like something big. An awful lot of effort has been put into it which is getting me excited for the music. It feels a little bit like Beyoncé but in a more drawn out way.

According to wikipedia it releases 4th December, and to Tidal only on 27th November.

Rihanna has just confirmed that there will be an ANTI world tour starring Feb 2016. Tickets on sale 3rd December.

she can put on a show i will admit that....

will be interesting to see how the album does....

God she's been away 3 years and is coming back to stadiums, brave move

Was thinking exactly the same thing. I presume the album will be coming before tickets go on sale. Would love to see her at Wembley.