“I am actually feeling really good about this. I know I kept saying this over the years,” Rihanna tells Harper’s Bazaar, adding that she’s finally “cracked the code” for her next project. Music, which she describes as her “freedom,” is something the Barbadian artist has spent years refining to match her growth.

After waiting eight years, you might as well just wait some more," the Grammy winner teased in a new interview

Rihanna is speaking candidly about the creative process behind her next album. While sitting down with Executive Digital Director of Harper's BAZAAR Lynette Nylander for a new cover story, Rihanna addressed the long delay of R9.