Sprawling,uneven and opaque – Rihanna’s eighth album sounds as uncertain as its botched launch. But, in a risk-averse world, or its daring invention pays offThe launch of Rihanna’s eighth studio album was so obviously,resoundingly botched that you kept imaging her mentor Jay Z running around the offices of his streaming service Tidal shouting, “Don’t panic! Don’t panic!” like Clive Dunn in Dad’s Army. After months of careful preparation, and involving a mobile-only website that transmitted cryptic messages and the unveiling of the artwork in an LA gallery,Anti mistakenly appeared on Tidal on Wednesday afternoon, was promptly bootlegged, and then hastily shunted out as a free download. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com