Everyone has their bad days, even someone as talented and successful as Ayra Starr. But the Nigerian singer-songwriter has a pick-me-up method unavailable to most of us. On one of her phone lockscreens she’s set a photo of herself embracing a fan. Not just any fan, but Rihanna, the best-selling artist of the 21st century. “If I’m worried and tired, or I feel a type of way, I just open my phone and I’m like, wait, why am I sad? Rihanna loves me,” says Starr, real name Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe.
Rihanna has been spotted back in the recording studio after an eight-year hiatus, could they work on something together? “Obviously, I would love to. Who doesn’t want a song with Rihanna?” exclaims Starr. “She’s one of the greatest artists to ever make music and is such a big inspiration to me. If I get to even be in the studio with her, bet you that song is gonna be amazing.”
