Rihanna Jokes She ‘Didn’t Drink All Year’ in First Post of 2025
Rihanna started January with a little bit of fun. On Wednesday (Jan. 1), the 36-year-old singer and entrepreneur took to social media to share a video of herself ringing in the New Year with friends. In the clip, Ri jokes that she abstained from alcohol for the first moments of 2025 after celebrating the countdown to the new year, holding up her phone to capture the iconic ball drop in New York City’s Times Square.
“Y’all, I didn’t drink all year,” Rihanna told her 150 million Instagram followers after the clock struck midnight. “I didn’t drink all year.”
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The brief clip shows the “Diamonds” singer enjoying a low-key New Year’s Eve celebration, dressed casually in a gray robe and surrounded by a group of friends who helped with the countdown while holding up their drinks. Ri rang in the New Year in New York City alongside her boyfriend, A$AP Rocky, People reports. The couple shares two sons: RZA, 2, and Riot, 1.
“New Year, New Me,” she captioned the IG post.
In another Instagram video, Rihanna is seen goofing around with friends while using her Fenty Hair shampoo to properly clean a hair extension. “You owe me a new bottle!” she playfully says to her pals. “For one stinkin’ track!” She captioned the post, “De Dirt!!! We walking into 2025 CLEANSED baby! 1 track at a time! Also tell @mdollas11 stay out my bathroom!”
In late December, Rihanna surprised fans with an impromptu visit to Manhattan’s Girls Love Karaoke, where she took the stage to perform “Needed Me” and “Sex With Me” from her 2016 album, Anti. In fan-captured footage from the event, the “Work” hitmaker can be heard telling the excited crowd that she only had about five minutes to spare, joking that her “battery” was “about to burn out.”
Check out Rihanna’s New Year’s 2025 celebration post on Instagram below.
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