Rihanna Used Her TikTok Look-Alike To Crack The Ultimate 'R9' Joke On Fans

By Hayden Brooks

August 17, 2020

Rihanna chimed in on one of her viral TikTok look-alikes and her response was just too perfect.

On Saturday (August 15), the pop titan, 32, came across one of her digital doppelgängers by the name of @Poliakov71 in a post shared by The Shade Room. Unfazed by the likeness, Rih hopped into the comment section to poke fun at her legion of fans. "Where the album sis? #R9," she replied, referencing the string of inquiries she typically receives over the status of her ninth studio album.

When it comes to the user, Priscila Beatrice was overjoyed that the pop titan caught wind of her post. "I still can't believe it," she wrote on Instagram. "The page @theshaderoom shared my video on their profile and THE OWN RIHANNA @badgalriri saw my video and commented!!!!" She has over 830,000 followers on TikTok and 179,000 followers on Instagram.

As for the album, Rih recently spoke about the long-awaited LP, admitting that it's going to be worth the wait. "I am always working on music," the superstar told Entertainment Tonight during the interview, which was in promotion for Fenty Skin. "I am always working on music and when I am ready to put it out in the way that I feel fit, it's gonna come out. And you're not going to be disappointed when it happens. It's going to be worth it."

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