Rihanna revealed her much-delayed album called "Anti" at the Mama gallery in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
The 27-year-old pop singer's invitations to the event billed it as "a private viewing of artwork by Roy Nachum her 8th studio album". She said it was her favourite album cover of her career, The Guardian reported.
International Design Times shared that the Barbadian beauty sported a gothic look with her dark outfit paired with black lipstick and stood beside an oil painting which is created by, none other than, Israeli contemporary artist Roy Nachum.
The masterpiece has a silhouette of a little girl, which depicts young Rihanna, lying in a splash of red and white later with a golden crown nestling her eyes while holding up a black balloon in her left hand. Laid over the image is a Chloe Mitchell poem written in Braille, whose work has formerly been used by Kanye West, executive producer of Rihanna's latest album "Anti."
"He see things beyond the surface which is why I decided to collaborate with him," Rihanna said of Roy. "He really interpreted it in his own way, with exactly the message I wanted," adding, "The whole idea behind the Braille is that people who have sight are sometimes the people who are blindest."
Rihanna admitted that the favorite painter of Justin Timberlake and Jay Z has caught her attention due to his ability "to see things beyond the surface." "I fell in love with him because I felt like there was another spirit; there was another layer to the art. After we met, we talked about what I wanted visually, what would make me the happiest girl in the world," the ex-girlfriend of Chris Brown said.
Us Weekly shared that the "Diamonds" songstress gas invited some of her fellow musicians such as Nick Jonas and O'Shea Jackson Jr., to let them experience the different kind of artistic work.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that Rihanna's forthcoming album will make history as it is the first-ever album to feature a "physical Braille" on it. This feature will let the deaf community have a chance to listen to music.