UPDATE, Jan. 28, 9:55 p.m. ET: Rihanna made the album available for free download for everyone, not just Tidal subscribers.
The bad gal is finally back.
Rihanna has officially dropped her eighth studio album, ANTI, on streaming service Tidal. Subscribers can listen to the album in full, while others will have to settle for 30 second snippets of each song. However, she later tweeted a link for fans to download the album, giving it away for free.
Gift to my navy!!! #ANTI Download with code: ANTI https://t.co/Pa0juya50t @samsungmobileus pic.twitter.com/5ffWm48v39— Rihanna (@rihanna) January 28, 2016
The release comes on the heels of the release of her newest single "Work," featuring Drake.
Here's the tracklist for ANTI, Rihanna's first album since 2012's Unapologetic.
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The album reportedly leaked online earlier today, by Tidal itself, no less -- causing speculation that the artist may have dropped the album early in order to get ahead of fans who were sharing the leak.
best headline about rihanna album leak "rihanna's new album leaks on tidal, because tidal"— eric wells (a human) (@heysayth) January 28, 2016
Mad because Rihanna worked so hard on this album, it's not like any other and she didn't do it for a damn app to go and leak it, gtfo.— Rihanna (@antiruuby) January 28, 2016
#Rihanna album leak is messed up ... She has taken sooo long to put out the project .. It's f*cked when people do stuff like this ✌️— MAX (@ThisIsMax) January 28, 2016
But that hasn't stopped fans from enjoying it anyway.
#ANTI is awake and now I'm awake— Rowan Blanchard (@rowblanchard) January 28, 2016
The whole album is lit @rihanna #ANTI— Jayden (@battsjayden) January 28, 2016
This sound is very different for Rihanna. Anti is like Rated Rs grown sister.— Cunt (@MOSCHANEL) January 28, 2016
these vocals are killing me. SO SICK @rihanna #ANTI https://t.co/AtrIeg4r79— Ju (@baianna_navy) January 28, 2016
HAPPY RIHANNA DAY.