That’s why I take those personal days so seriously. I will work all day in a meeting, leave that meeting at 1 or 2am, and then come home with a tiny group of staff and work until 5, 7am. PAULSON: If there are things going on in the beauty line, do you all of a sudden go, “Wait, I don’t want to leave this hanging.
Scarf and Shoes by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. I still get harassed on those days, but I’m fine doing e-mails.Ĭatsuit by Laquan Smith. RIHANNA: Yes, and it’s a different color than all the other events. On my calendar we now have the infamous “P,” which means personal days. I’ll shut things down for two days, three days at a time. It was like, “I need to make time for this.” Just like I nurture my businesses, I need to nurture this as well. I got into a new relationship, and it matters to me. I’ve made little things a big deal, like going for a walk or going to the grocery store. My career is my purpose, and it should never feel like anything other than a happy place. If you’re not happy, you’re not going to be happy even doing things that you love doing. It’s only the last couple years that I started to realize that you need to make time for yourself, because your mental health depends on it. PAULSON: Shut up! I was too focused on work stuff when I was 31-I didn’t go to weddings, I didn’t go to funerals, and in retrospect I regret that.
PAULSON: How old are you now? If you don’t mind me asking. It’s a fleeting thing, so I wanted to have it. RIHANNA: You don’t get moments like these every day. PAULSON: I love that about you-that you make time for doing things like this. We have not seen him in 20 years, so I came to watch his show with my family and friends. One of my favorite childhood musicians just got out of jail, and he’s doing a little tour throughout the Caribbean. RIHANNA: I actually flew to Barbados for a concert. RIHANNA: A custom Conner Ives t-shirt dress that is made with graphics used on my new collection. RIHANNA: I am actually in Barbados and I’m looking at the water, but I’m not on the beach. But as she tells her friend and Ocean’s 8castmate Sarah Paulson, it’s time to get back to-ugh, don’t hate us-work, work, work, work, work, work. “I’m so shy,” she says, “I don’t even want you to know I’m shy.” In the three years since her chart-topping eighth album, Anti, Rihanna has kept a relatively low profile-at least for one of the most famous women in the world. She has broken a handful of Guinness World Records, she was the first black woman to be the face of Dior, she has acted with everyone from Cara Delevingne to Cate Blanchett, and former president Barack Obama has called her “a powerful force in the fight to give people opportunity, dignity, and hope.”Īnd yet, there’s another side to the blunt-smoking purveyor of genre-shattering pop that few people ever get to see. There are the bits we know: The 31-year-old Barbadian entertainer and mogul has nine Grammy Awards, 10 signature fragrances, thriving beauty and lingerie businesses, and a new ready-to-wear line for the fashion behemoth LVMH. Rihanna, as it turns out, kind of does need an introduction. Coat by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello.