Vault: Rihanna Joins The Show

Summary

The Bert Show – “Vault: Rihanna Joins The Show” (January 27, 2026)

Podcast: The Bert Show
Host: Pionaire Podcasting (Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy & cast)
Guest: Rihanna
Theme: An intimate, candid conversation with Rihanna about fame, media scrutiny, personal style, touring, and life outside the spotlight.

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Episode Overview

The Bert Show welcomes international superstar Rihanna for a lively morning chat. Despite missing her Atlanta studio appearance due to lost luggage, Rihanna joins the crew via phone right down the street, keeping the vibe relaxed and open. The episode covers her current career trajectory, her tour with Kanye West, navigating celebrity rumors, her evolving sense of style, and maintaining roots to her home in Barbados.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Rihanna’s Lost Luggage & Travel Woes

• Rihanna couldn’t come to the studio as planned because her luggage—with all her clothes, shoes, and makeup—didn’t arrive in Atlanta.
  • “I put everything in one suitcase, and this is why I’m so mad, because I put everything in one suitcase that didn’t make it.” (Rihanna, 01:08)
• She remains hopeful it will arrive before leaving for the Bahamas for a festival show.

2. Touring with Kanye West

• Rihanna shares excitement and initial reservations about her upcoming tour with Kanye West.
  • “When I heard the lineup, it was kind of more of a urban leading show…Kanye, he called me. He convinced me to do it.” (Rihanna, 02:08)
• She’s enthusiastic about the tour’s “Glow in the Dark” theme:
  • “There’s a really cool theme behind it. Everything is glow in the dark. So there’s gonna be some really cool costumes and glow in the dark things on stage.” (Rihanna, 03:03)

3. Rising to Fame and Industry Recognition

• Reflects on her rapid rise since her 2005 debut:
  • “It’s crazy. There’s got to be times where this just feels a little overwhelming to you.” (Bert, 03:38)
• Named one of the ten most powerful girls in Hollywood by US Weekly:
  • “I remember reading the article, and I just. I was blown away…that’s insane.” (Rihanna, 03:44)
• She admits to feeling pressure to always do better:
  • “Every time I go a little further in my career, the pressure gets…more intense, because you just have to keep—you want to make it better every time.” (Rihanna, 04:13)
• Describes herself as a workaholic:
  • “If not by choice, sometimes by force. But I am always…I’m always working. When I’m not working, I’m thinking about working and missing work.” (Rihanna, 04:52)

4. Grammy Nominations and Performance Anxiety

• Rihanna is up for six Grammys (“Umbrella” & “Good Girl Gone Bad”) and will be performing with the Time (1980s band).
  • “I can’t expect anything…Nothing is promised, and I hate being disappointed.” (Rihanna, 05:55)
  • “It’s so nerve-wracking. I mean, you perform in front of thousands of people every night, but the minute the crowd is people that do what you do…it puts so much pressure on you.” (Rihanna, 06:45)

5. Media Rumors and Public Perception

• On rumors of tension with Beyoncé:
  • “I don’t really address it because it’s kind of ignorant to me…Me and Beyoncé have no beef.” (Rihanna, 07:53)
  • Stresses the strength and stability of both women in ignoring negative media narratives.
• On relentless tabloid attention regarding her romantic life:
  • “Sometimes when I read those gossip sites and I read the comments—oh my gosh, I want to kill myself by the time I finish…It gets very depressing after you read what people have to say.” (Rihanna, 09:36)
  • “Within the space of a month, I read about four to five different guys and I was just like, oh my gosh, I’m one person. How many people do you want to pair me up with?” (Rihanna, 10:55)
• She admits to reading rumors, ignoring most, and maintaining honesty:
  • “Along the way when they get it right, I always admit it…But if it’s a rumor, it’s definitely a rumor.” (Rihanna, 13:04)

6. Influence on Style and Image

• Talks about her iconic bob and newly cut pixie haircut.
  • “Very, very crazy. Cool…But I just cut my hair again. It’s a lot shorter than the bob now. It’s kind of a pixie haircut.” (Rihanna, 13:31)
• Fashion decisions are collaborative with her hairstylist—never just for sex appeal.
  • “We kind of put pieces together. Like, we like the front of this one, like the back of that one…we kind of just create our own thing.” (Rihanna, 14:16)
• On whether she’s intentionally cultivating a sexy image:
  • “I’m not purposely trying to be sexy…It’s all a theme behind everything…just being me, being different.” (Rihanna, 20:20)
• Addresses rumors of a nude photoshoot and maintains her boundaries about how far she’ll go in public imagery.

7. Connection to Barbados

• Misses home, despite encountering jealousy from some back in Barbados.
  • “There are the people who are extremely happy for me, who are thrilled…and then there are the people who can’t stand me. But you get that everywhere you go.” (Rihanna, 15:06)
  • “I can’t let the few negative people run me away. I really miss home…I wish I was there.” (Rihanna, 15:58)
• Explains the relaxed club culture and drinking age on the island.
  • “In Barbados…the club that…they decide their age limit…there’s no, like, age limit.” (Rihanna, 16:57)
• Corrects American misconceptions about her home country.
  • “I’ve definitely been asked if I have inside bathrooms before…Barbados is a very developed, tiny little place.” (Rihanna, 17:45)

8. Role Model Status and New Projects

• On being a health role model as part of the Body by Milk campaign:
  • “I thought it was a good way of getting young people health conscious again…It’s someone that they can relate to, and …bring that back.” (Rihanna, 18:48)
• Teases interest in movies and fashion in addition to music:
  • “Movies, fashion. I want to get into a few things, actually.” (Rihanna, 21:19)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On dealing with disappointment:
  “Nothing is promised, and I hate being disappointed. So I don’t want to keep my hopes up…I just keep my fingers crossed, keep praying and hoping.” (Rihanna, 05:55)

• On keeping grounded:
  “You cannot ever please everybody, and you just have to let it go. People are always going to say negative stuff about you. It comes with the territory.” (Rihanna, 09:36)

• On rumors about Beyoncé:
  “I don’t really address it because it’s kind of ignorant to me…they still want to believe it because it’s a rumor.” (Rihanna, 07:53)

• On inspiration and performance:
  “The minute the crowd is people that do what you do…it puts so much pressure on you. You just start to freak out…I’m shaking. It’s crazy.” (Rihanna, 06:45)

• On new artistic directions:
  “We just wanted to have something new and different for 2008, and so we cut my hair even shorter.” (Rihanna, 14:02)

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• 00:24 — Rihanna joins the show (phone, luggage lost)
• 02:01 – 03:13 — Discusses joining Kanye West’s “Glow in the Dark” tour
• 03:13 – 04:52 — Talks rising fame, being named a “powerful girl,” and workaholism
• 05:42 – 07:15 — Six Grammy nominations, nerves before performing, industry pressure
• 07:45 – 09:19 — Addressing Beyoncé rumors, standing firm against media narratives
• 09:36 – 12:38 — The cost of media/fan gossip, called “slut”; how tabloid stories begin
• 13:19 – 14:49 — Hair evolution (bob to pixie), fashion choices, celebrity influence
• 14:49 – 17:34 — Identity and life in Barbados, dealing with “hometown jealousy”
• 18:37 – 20:56 — Role model work: Body by Milk, racy photoshoots, family opinions
• 21:02 – 21:19 — Hints at new music, possible moves into movies & fashion

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Tone & Style

Candid, humorous, and down-to-earth. Rihanna is both charismatic and introspective, offering honesty about the highs and lows of pop stardom, and displaying maturity in handling both success and criticism. The hosts’ playful banter keeps the atmosphere light while pressing for substantial insights.

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This episode gives fans a relatable glimpse into Rihanna’s world—her artistic process, public and private identities, and the realities of maintaining sanity and authenticity in a media-driven industry.

Transcript

[Rihanna]

The bird show.

[Bert]

Rihanna was supposed to be in studio with us this morning, but her luggage is somewhere other than Atlanta.

[Co-host 1]

Yeah, yeah. That includes clothes, makeup, hair products, so.

[Bert]

And she's like, I'm not going in that studio unless I got my makeup and I got some hot clothes and shouldn't even know where they are right now.

[Co-host 2]

Right.

[Bert]

So she's calling us from right down the street. Hey, Rihanna. Hello. Good morning.

[Rihanna]

Hi. Good morning.

[Bert]

How are you?

[Rihanna]

Good.

[Co-host 1]

Do you know where your bag is?

[Co-host 2]

What happened to your luggage?

[Bert]

You lost your luggage?

[Rihanna]

Yes, I did. Well, I'm praying to God that it comes in sometime before I leave today for the Bahamas, but it hasn't so much stuff.

[Co-host 2]

What's in there?

[Rihanna]

All my shoes, makeup, toiletries. Every possible thing I could think about.

[Co-host 1]

We only said on the shoes, like, oh, she doesn't have shoes.

[Rihanna]

Yeah, for sure.

[Bert]

I'm assuming that you travel pretty heavy. Like, I'm assuming there's like, 19 pieces of luggage right now that haven't made it here.

[Rihanna]

No. Well, I used to travel like that years ago, but not anymore. I kind of put everything in one suitcase, and this is why I'm so mad, because I put everything in one suitcase that didn't make it.

[Bert]

And there's nothing worse either. When you're standing there, I'm assuming it's the same for you all. So when you're standing at the baggage carousel and then all of that luggage comes off and then more and more and more, then you have the first thought, oh, my God, I lost it. And then, pathetically, you're just standing there while there's no more luggage coming into that thing.

[Rihanna]

Right. Well, they keep saying it's coming, it's coming, but hopefully it comes. I really hope.

[Bert]

And then after Atlanta, you're heading right on out to the Bahamas.

[Rihanna]

Yeah, we have a show in the Bahamas.

[Bert]

Cool.

[Rihanna]

Kind of a festival kind of thing.

[Bert]

Really?

[Rihanna]

Should be fun.

[Bert]

All right, Rihanna on the virtual on Q100.

[Co-host 2]

So you're headed out on tour with Kanye West. We just heard, right?

[Rihanna]

Yes.

[Co-host 2]

And when does that all get underway?

[Rihanna]

Well, Kanye, he called me one day, and he just. He really kind of sold it to me because I wasn't really sure at first about going on tour. When I heard the lineup, it was kind of more of a urban leading show. But Kanye, he called me. He convinced me to do it. And luckily, he's not one of those rappers that just sticks to urban radio, rhythmic. He crosses over as well. So I was like, you know, I'll do it. I love Kanye. Love his Music, and I love his creativity, so I can only imagine how sick the show is gonna be.

[Bert]

He begged you, didn't he? He begged you to be on this tour.

[Co-host 2]

He did.

[Rihanna]

No, he caught me. He really conv. Honestly, he did.

[Bert]

I think he's the kind of guy that if Kanye gets what he wants. So if he had Rihanna on his radar, you know, it was gonna happen.

[Rihanna]

It should be fun, though. It's a really cool theme behind it. Everything is glow in the dark. So they're gonna be some really cool costumes and glow in the dark things on stage.

[Bert]

Cool. It's Rihanna on the Burt show on Q100. And Rihanna, this has all happened so fast for you. You know, like, the first album was released in August of 2005, and we're only two and a half years since you released that first album. And I think it was just last week that US Weekly named you one of the ten most powerful girls in Hollywood in two and a half years.

[Rihanna]

That is crazy.

[Bert]

It is crazy. There has got to be some times where this just feels a little bit overwhelming to you.

[Rihanna]

Definitely. I remember reading the article, and I just. I was blown away, especially with the other girls that we're in the top 10 as well, and girls that have been doing it for years, like Raven, Simone, and I'm just like, me the most. One of the most powerful girls. I was like, that's insane. It was pretty cool to read it, though. But I couldn't imagine how they got my name on that list.

[Co-host 2]

Does that put a lot of pressure on you?

[Rihanna]

Not really. It's kind of a cool fact to read about myself, one of those cool things. But it puts pressure on me when every time I go a little further in my career, the pressure gets more intense, more and more intense, because you just have to keep. You want to make it better every time. You don't ever want to take a step backward, not even a small step. You always want to keep leaping forward. So it's always on my mind, like, what am I going to do next? How am I going to make this better next time?

[Bert]

Are you a bit of a workaholic?

[Rihanna]

I'll definitely agree with that.

[Bert]

Yeah.

[Rihanna]

Yes, definitely. If not by choice, sometimes by force. But I am always. I'm always working. When I'm not working, I'm thinking about working and missing work. I just took a week off. I went to the Virgin Islands, and I was so bored. It was. There was absolutely nothing to do there. But, I mean, the whole strip, it was a tiny little island, and the whole Strip. There were just like, people over 60 years old who are all retired and don't want to talk to anybody. And I was just like, oh, my God, I want to party. I want to jet ski. I want to have fun. And there was nothing to do. So I left early because I couldn't take it anymore. I would say. I came back, I got straight to work, and I was like, I actually miss work.

[Bert]

It's Rihanna on the bird show on Q100 this morning. From right down the street, right?

[Co-host 2]

Congratulations on your six Grammy nominations for Umbrella and for Good Girl Gone Bad. That's incredible. Do you expect to win this year?

[Rihanna]

I hope I do. I can't expect anything. Nothing is promised, and I hate being disappointed. So I don't want to keep my hopes up. I just keep my fingers crossed, Keep praying and hoping.

[Co-host 2]

And you're gonna be out there, right?

[Rihanna]

I am gonna be on stage. I'll be performing with the Time, which is a group from the. From the 80s, which I thought was really, really cool because a lot of my music has a lot of influences from the 80s, even if it's just a little bit, a little sample here and there. So it was great to actually have the opportunity to hit the stage with the time. I can't wait.

[Bert]

When you perform on stage at the Grammys or in front of a whole bunch of people from your industry and you look out on that crowd and you see the Jay and you see the Mary J. Bliges, is there a lot of pressure on you to perform well for them that night?

[Rihanna]

Hell, yeah. It is so nerve wracking. I mean, you perform in front of thousands of people every night, but the minute the crowd is people that do what you do or have done what you do, it puts so much pressure on you. You just start to freak out. I mean, I shake every time. Even after the performance, I get, that's it. And I finally exhale. I'm like, oh, my goodness. I'm shaking, shaking. It's crazy.

[Bert]

Who have you seen in the crowd before that has freaked you out the most?

[Rihanna]

Mary J. Blige. I've seen a lot of actors, actresses. I mean, Jay Z one time, Beyonce another time, everybody. Snoop Dogg. It really puts the pressure on you. And sometimes you can't even register who's looking at you. You just know that all these people do what you do or have done what you do.

[Bert]

Yeah. So they know where they're coming from. It's rihanna on the Bert Show. Q100.

[Co-host 2]

Burt brought up Jay Z. How do you address Some of that speculation about there being tension between you and Beyonce because you are Jay Z's.

[Rihanna]

Protege, I don't really address it because it's kind of ignorant to me. I think people know better than that. But they still. They still want to believe it because it's a rumor. It's something negative, so they want to believe it, but in the back of their head, they know that there's nothing going on between me and Jay Z. So therefore, me and Beyonce have no beef.

[Bert]

In a case like this, can the media make so much out of it and ask you the questions over and over and over again and bring it up in the press so much that it does create that it'll create tension where there was none before between you and Beyonce?

[Rihanna]

Luckily, we are both very, very stable and strong women, so we don't even let it bother us. Beyonce, she's been dealing with the media for, I mean, years and years and years more than I have. So she definitely knows about rumors and how to handle that. So there's no tension when we see each other. I'm still starstruck. It's Beyonce. It's someone that I always looked up to as a kid, so I don't ever want to put myself in a position to have any remorse towards her.

[Bert]

So you wouldn't define yourself as friends, but you're certainly not enemies and somebody that you can be in a room with and hang out with.

[Rihanna]

Exactly.

[Co-host 2]

Yeah. That's cool.

[Bert]

I wonder, you know, sticking with this whole media theme, have there been enough rumors about you on the Internet and enough media attention to you that you're starting to get a pretty healthy distrust of the media now?

[Rihanna]

Before. I had to earlier last year when it really started to get intense all at the same time. I mean, every week I was having a different boyfriend. It was just getting crazy. And I was like, oh, my goodness. Sometimes when I read, like, those gossip sites and I read the comments, oh, my gosh, I want to kill myself by the time I finish read the comments. It's like, not really, but, you know, I mean, like, it gets very depressing after you read what people have to say when they don't know you. They don't know anything about you, but because they read it one time, they want to comment on it, they want to believe it, and it just. But after. After that, I realized, you know what? You cannot ever please everybody, and you just have to let it go. People are always going to say negative stuff about you. It comes with the territory. So I kind of just ignore it. All.

[Bert]

What is the, what's the comment that you saw on one of those message boards that really, really hurt you for a couple days?

[Rihanna]

Let me see, let me see what.

[Bert]

You have it like on a piece of paper in your wallet or something?

[Co-host 2]

My fingers right now. I'm going to the blog page right now.

[Rihanna]

Well, recently they haven't been that terrible. Recently. They're just, you know, small stuff. But before, it just got really bad with how many guys I was dating all at once. All at once. I mean, within the space of a month, I read about four to five different guys and I was just like, oh my gosh, I'm one person. How many people do you want to pair me up with? And, and then people start to get a whole different perceptive of you.

[Bert]

So they were calling you, they were calling you like a slut and stuff like that?

[Rihanna]

Yes, very much so.

[Co-host 1]

Oh, well, now I'm wondering because everybody usually is fascinated with people's romantic life and personal life, and obviously you've been the target of that. Which comes first? Do you start kind of liking a guy and start seeing him and then the media picks up on it? Or, or does the media kind of put you with somebody and then kind of you and he will joke about, look, they think we're a couple and then you might end up starting to date?

[Rihanna]

No, neither. Actually. A lot of the guys that I, that they pair me up with, most of them are really good friends. Some of them I don't know and I've met once and they got a picture of us when we met and we were talking in the club. Josh Hartnett was one of those ones. I don't, I don't know anything about Josh. We never talked on the phone, nothing like that. But. But I met him that one time in the club and they made it into this whole thing and they started lying about other dates we had and it was just crazy to me. But a lot of them are my, are my really close friends on the.

[Bert]

Other end of things. And you don't have to tell us which one. On the other end of things, has there ever been a rumor that came out about you on the Internet that was true and you've always been like, how did they find out about that?

[Rihanna]

Let me see, let me think about that. No, no, no.

[Bert]

So they never accidentally got it right?

[Co-host 2]

Yeah, they just make up the stories.

[Rihanna]

Along the way when they get it right. I always admit it, you know, it makes no sense. But if it's a rumor, it's definitely a rumor. But if it's not, then you'll definitely know that it wasn't, and you'll talk about it.

[Bert]

It's Rihanna on the Birch show this morning. Q100.

[Co-host 2]

Everybody's talking about your new bob hairstyle. And you were like, bringing back.

[Rihanna]

Thank you.

[Co-host 2]

You're bringing back the bob. I mean, it's like you're influencing hairstyles of women around the world. Is that crazy to you?

[Rihanna]

Very, very crazy. Cool. Very cool at the same time. But I just cut my hair again. It's a lot shorter than the bob now. It's kind of a pixie haircut.

[Co-host 2]

Oh, cool.

[Rihanna]

And, yeah, because we rocked the bob for a whole year, and we just felt like it was a new year. I'm about to turn 20 years old. Oh, my gosh. I can't believe it.

[Bert]

Oh, yeah, old man, it's over for you. You're gonna have to go back to that Caribbean island with all those 60 year olds and hang out because you're so old man.

[Co-host 2]

Retire right now.

[Bert]

Never. Never.

[Rihanna]

Anyway, yeah, so we just wanted to have something new and different for 2008, and so we cut my hair even shorter.

[Bert]

When you say we, do you just go out and do your own thing, or do you have a whole bunch of people telling you how you're going to get your hair cut?

[Rihanna]

No, no, no. We. Me and my hairstylist, we kind of go through a bunch of magazines, a bunch of hair magazines, and whichever one we see that, we kind of like. We kind of put pieces together. Like, we like the front of this one, like the back of that one, like the color of that one, and we kind of just create our own thing.

[Bert]

And.

[Rihanna]

And she just did it. She did it, and I loved it.

[Co-host 2]

So you think Katie Holmes is gonna follow you now and get the pixie?

[Rihanna]

I don't think so. I don't think so. No.

[Co-host 2]

She had the bob, too, so she might just follow in your footsteps again.

[Bert]

Hey, Rihanna. I have heard that when you go back home to Barbados, you know, you would think that your home island and your hometown and all that would be really happy for you, because here you've laughed and you've made a name for yourself. But I've heard there's a lot of jealousy issues on that island. And when you come home, sometimes you feel that.

[Rihanna]

Definitely. Well, they're the people who are extremely happy for me, who are thrilled about what I'm doing, and they're supportive, and then there are the people who can't stand me. But you get that everywhere you go. But in Barbados. It's kind of a pride thing even going up there. It's kind of. It's. Who can be the meanest? The coolest person is the meanest person. That kind of thing where if they told you congratulations, it took so much out of them. Like, they look like a smaller person. It's kind of a weird mentality. It is, but that's just the culture of that island, unfortunately, in some ways.

[Bert]

And I know it's your homeland, but in some ways, are you just glad that you're not there anymore because of that kind of attitude?

[Rihanna]

I kind of miss it, honestly. I miss Barbados. I miss the great things about it. There's so many great things that I can't let the few negative people run me away. I really miss home. I was talking to my best friend the other day, and she was partying, and she called me from the club, and I was so jealous. I was like, I hate you right now. I wish I was there in Boatyard, which is one of my favorite clubs when I was growing up there, and I just really, really missed it.

[Co-host 2]

I read somewhere that you've been going to clubs and stuff since you were, like, 14.

[Rihanna]

Yeah, that's when I started partying.

[Bert]

It's a little different on Caribbean islands, though, too, isn't it? Like, it's a little more acceptable?

[Rihanna]

Yeah, definitely. Well, when I started partying, all my friends were older than I was, so I was kind of like just the young one in the group, so they didn't really look at me. In Barbados, the club that. It really depends on, the club that you go to, they decide their age limit. There's no, like, age limit.

[Co-host 2]

Okay.

[Rihanna]

Around the country. Yeah.

[Bert]

You got to understand, like, if you guys do any kind of traveling around the world, like, our country, the United States is the tightest country in the world, man.

[Rihanna]

Very strict.

[Bert]

There's laws for everything. But you go to other places and.

[Rihanna]

It'S like, yeah, yeah, I know. It's crazy because in Barbados, because alcohol is not forbidden as much as it is here. People don't. I don't even care about alcohol when I go out. Alcohol is just another thing. But the music is there, your friends are there, you're partying. You know, it's not really about, oh, my gosh, I got into a club, I can drink, you know.

[Bert]

Right. Do you find that most, like, Americans really have this misconception about Barbados? Like, they think it's a place with, like, no electricity and there's no streets?

[Rihanna]

Well, I've definitely been asked if I have Inside bathrooms before, really. Which was funny. It was funny, actually, because, you know, it's the same as if I didn't know something about another country that I never heard about. It's crazy. But Barbados is a very developed, tiny little place.

[Bert]

You want to go to Barbados on vacation, you better have a lot of money. It's expensive to get there, definitely. And to stay there, it's really expensive.

[Rihanna]

I mean, if you. To stay there. I mean, if you really want to have a great time and stay lavishly, it can be very expensive because a lot of tourists go there. So, you know, they always up the price, but. But it's worth it. It's worth it. It's definitely something you should save up for. And you have to go to Barbados at least once in a lifetime.

[Bert]

So Rihanna Q100, and you just got this.

[Co-host 2]

This Body by Milk campaign.

[Rihanna]

Yeah.

[Co-host 2]

Congratulations. I was wondering about why you took that on and maybe how you feel like a role model for your fans.

[Rihanna]

I thought it was a good way of getting young people health conscious again, you know, as me. Being a young person is someone that they can relate to. And it's not just their parents or school teachers telling, you have to drink milk, you have to drink milk. It's someone that they can relate to. And I think people aren't as health conscious in the homes as they used to be years ago. So we wanted just to bring that.

[Bert]

Back with some of these videos and some of the pictures. Now they seem to be getting. As you get a little bit older, they seem to be getting a little racier, a little sexier of Rihanna. Has your mom ever called you up and gone, okay, hon, you have. You're going over the line here. Put some more clothes on.

[Rihanna]

No, we have never really gone that far. I mean, she kind of. After I turned 18, she kind of slack back a little bit. But before I was 18, I was not. I was not as scandalous. If I. I can't really say scandalous. I wasn't as sexy, but. But I did see a photo shoot on the Internet of me doing a quote unquote nude photo shoot, which is. It's a fake photo shoot, just for the record. So, you know, they photoshopped it and they took all the clothes off, but you can't see any parts. They just made it look like I did the shoot nude. But we'll never go that far.

[Bert]

Are you feeling sexier as you get older, or are you feeling like the sexy image is being forced on you?

[Rihanna]

No, I mean, I am not purposely trying to be sexy. I'm not. I'm not doing things like, okay, let's wear that because it's sexy. It's all a theme behind everything from tour costumes to clothes that I wear in a photo shoot to album cover. It really is about what I'm feeling at that moment or just being. Just being me, being different. I guess we never say, okay, let's wear this tiny little skirt because it's sexy. None of that. No.

[Bert]

Should we expect some new stuff from you this year? New album?

[Rihanna]

Well, I don't know about this year, but you know what? You never know. You never know. But I want to do a few more things as well as music, so probably early next year.

[Co-host 2]

So what, like movies and stuff?

[Rihanna]

Movies, fashion. I want to get into a few things, actually.

[Bert]

Yeah, I mean, she's one of the top 10 most powerful girls in the world. You better use it. Now go do whatever you want. Rihanna on the birthday show on Q100. All right, Rihanna. Sorry you couldn't stop by in studio today. We are looking forward to it.

[Rihanna]

Sorry. I am so sorry. I wish I could be there with you guys.

[Co-host 1]

I am so looking forward to seeing your pixie haircut, though, at the Grammys.

[Co-host 2]

Yes. Good luck. We hope you come home with lots of them.

[Rihanna]

Me too. Thank you so much.

[Bert]

Good luck, Rihanna. Bye bye.

[Rihanna]

The bird show.