Rihanna Posts Studio Reel Showing Overnight Sessions and Home Life in 80-Second Clip
rihanna has shared an 80-second Instagram Reel called "A Night in the Life" that documents a late-night trip from a lingerie brand meeting to a recording session that stretched into the early morning hours. The clip matters now because it provides the first visual proof the artist is back in the studio working on what she has described as her first new album in a decade.
Instagram Reel "A Night in the Life"
The 80-second Reel opens with a caption that reads "commercial break" and follows a sequence of events across a single, extended night. Scenes include a business meeting tied to her lingerie brand, moments of autographing records, and the clip’s timestamped fragments that trace the night into the early morning.
Lingerie brand meeting and 1: 30 a. m. moment
Footage shows her reviewing new lingerie designs, some of which are deliberately blurred in the video. At 1: 30 a. m., the clip captures a light, punch-drunk laughter moment. Just before 2 a. m., she announces she must go to the studio to record more material for her upcoming, as-yet-unofficially-unannounced ninth album.
Rihanna's late-night studio run
After the wardrobe and branding work, the video follows her into the studio, where she meets and records with studio staff. The shared portion of the clip shows the session continuing until 5: 05 a. m., though Rihanna did not include audio for that segment. During the studio footage she says, "We should have coffee someday, get to know each other, " and tells her team, "Longest day ever, " while they are still working at 2 a. m.
Mardi Gras costume and 10 minutes to 7 a. m. "Mom duties"
The Reel also establishes a domestic cue: after the overnight recording she says she needs to make a Mardi Gras costume for her son. At "10 minutes to 7 a. m. " the video shifts into what the caption calls "Mom duties, " showing her making and modeling the costume. The timestamp later cuts out, a disruption the clip frames as likely caused by the videographer collapsing into a pillow.
Career context: a decade since Anti and recent projects
While the footage contains no new music, it reinforces that she has been working toward an album she has called her first new record in a decade. The Reel appears amid a run of high-profile activities since Anti: the clip references that she released the single "Life Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, performed at the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show, and provided the voice for Smurfette in the latest Smurfs movie. A published timeline compiles those projects as part of what she has done other than releasing an album.
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What makes this notable is the combination of concrete timestamps and domestic detail: the clip moves from a 1: 30 a. m. moment of levity to a studio session that runs until 5: 05 a. m., then to morning parenting tasks at 6: 50 a. m. That chronology creates a clear narrative cause and effect—the late-night business and recording work lead directly into early-morning family responsibilities—while leaving the actual music unheard in the public clip.
One early-morning fragment remains unclear in the provided context: an article titled "Just a moment... " is listed but contains no further text in the materials available for this report.
