Rihanna performs her own song at karaoke: Fans react

Rihanna surprised fans with an impromptu visit to a New York City karaoke bar.

The 36-year-old singer and entrepreneur made a surprise stop at Girls Love Karaoke in Manhattan on Saturday (December 28), taking the stage to perform “Needed Me” and “Sex With Me” from her 2016 album, be opposed to.

In fan-filmed footage of the event, RiRi can be heard telling the excited crowd that she only has about five minutes left, joking that her “battery” is “going to run out.” The Grammy-winning superstar and mother-of-two added a dose of star power to the night while playfully teasing fans who have been eagerly awaiting new music, nearly nine years after its release . be opposed to.

After the show, Rihanna’s Navy flooded social media with reactions to the karaoke surprise. “Imagine it [karaoke] “You can watch Rihanna perform for free tonight,” one fan wrote on The sound reminds me of Whitney Houston.”

But not all reactions have been so positive. One commenter quipped on The notes are so difficult.” Someone else asked: “Is this really Rihanna? My cat sings better.

Some disgruntled fans took to social media to accuse the Fenty Beauty founder of performing at a karaoke bar instead of focusing on new music.

“So she wants to go to karaoke instead of hanging out in the booth. OMG Rihanna 😒,” one user wrote on X. Another user added, “Karaoke singing your own 2016 hit song without a new release?!  Next to this one The Simpsons Read the “poor” meme.

Earlier this year, Rihanna, who has two children with boyfriend A$AP Rocky, joked that her upcoming music would be worth the wait.

“I already have something that I think is going to be a hit,” she told ET April. “Rocky and I really wanted to figure out who was going to use what because it was so cool.”

In March, Rihanna performed live for the first time in eight years when she took the stage at a pre-wedding celebration for the son of Asia’s richest man.