Rihanna Celebrates Christmas With Sideboob

Rihanna fans got a belated Christmas gift on Boxing Day — no, it wasn’t the release of her long-promised new studio album, but rather a display of copious sideboob thanks to a backless blue frock as she returned to her native Barbados for some fun in the sun!

The Barbadian beauty, 27, dressed for the warm weather and a trip offshore as she boarded a party boat bound for good times. It’s a pretty sure bet the DJ was going to play some Rihanna tracks to get the crowd in a good mood. We’ll bet RiRi showed off some pretty hot dance moves for the revelers, too!

There were rumors that Rihanna’s eighth studio, called “ANTI,” would be released as early as Christmas 2014, but here it is a year later and no album. She’s been recording at least since October of last year. Just a few weeks ago, “Kiss It Better” was leaked by Glass John, who said it was a new song for RiRi’s album. But is it?

The first officially announced single was “FourFiveSeconds,” an acoustic song created with Kanye West and Paul McCartney. Rihanna herself confirmed the track as the first single from her upcoming album. But a single is not an album. You’ll recall that way back on March 25 the pop princess created a furor by teasing fans with what looked like new album cover, but it turned out to be the second single, “Bitch Better Have My Money” — which instantly went to No. 1 on iTunes when the song dropped the next day. And fans have been enduring teases of the release ever since.

Songwriter Sia recently revealed that Rihanna dropped by to hear a bunch of songs that might still be added to “ANTI.” So clearly the album is a work in progress with no release in sight. But at least think we can look forward to a Charlie XCX collaboration — if it makes the final cut.