After the album briefly surfaced on Tidal earlier tonight, Rihanna's ANTI is finally, officially here. Her eighth studio album and the follow-up to 2012's Unapologetic features her Drake collaboration "Work" and a cover of Tame Impala's "New Person, Same Old Mistakes." The record was executive produced by Kanye West and is available on Tidal now.
Update (11:24 p.m.): She's now offering the album as a free download:
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Update (10:46 p.m.): According to Fader, the album's current release is the 13-track standard edition. A deluxe edition with three bonus tracks will be available on January 29 via Tidal. The album will reportedly be available exclusively on Tidal for a week.
Update (10:54 p.m.): The album features writing/production contributions from the Weeknd ("Woo"), Timbaland ("Yeah, I Said It"), The-Dream ("Woo"), Travis Scott ("Woo"), DJ Mustard ("Needed Me"), Hit-Boy ("Woo"), PARTYNEXTDOOR ("Work"), Boi-1da ("Work"), and more, MissInfo.tv points out.
Update (1/28, 10:35 p.m.)____: The deluxe version of ANTI is now available on Tidal. It includes three new tracks. One of them, "Goodnight Gotham," is a re-interpretation of Florence and the Machine's "Only If for a Night." Check out the updated tracklist below. Also, Rihanna has indicated that the deluxe album will be available on iTunes at midnight. Previous reports suggested the album would be a Tidal-exclusive for a week.
Update (1/29, 8:19 p.m.): ANTI will be released on physical CD on February 5, Billboard reports. It will be available in both standard and deluxe versions.
The album doesn't feature any of her singles from last year, including "Bitch Better Have My Money," "FourFiveSeconds" (below), and "American Oxygen."
The cover was designed by Roy Nachum, and is inscripted with poems written in braille by Nachum and Chloe Mitchell (who also worked on the art for Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy).
Previously, Rihanna launched a digital experience called ANTIdiary, a digital tour of a mysterious mansion where listeners were able to hear snippets of the album's tracks. She also launched Instagram and Twitter accounts teasing the release.
Later this year, Rihanna will tour behind the album with the Weeknd, Big Sean, and Travis Scott.
ANTI:
01 Consideration [ft. SZA]
02 James Joint
03 Kiss it Better
04 Work
05 Desperado
06 Woo
07 Needed Me
08 Yeah, I Said It
09 Same Ol' Mistakes
10 Never Ending
11 Love On the Brain
12 Higher
13 Close to You
14 Goodnight Gotham *
15 Pose *
16 Sex With Me *
- deluxe version only
Watch the video for "FourFiveSeconds":
