Justin Bieber Reacts to Rihanna's Surprise Karaoke Night in N.Y.C.: 'Missed Seein U Sing Queen'

Mar. 15, 2025

Rihanna in October 2022; Justin Bieber in September 2021.Photo:Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Kevin Mazur/MG21/Getty

Rihanna and Justin Bieber

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Justin Biebermissed hearingRihanna’s voice.

“Missed seein u sing Queen,” he wrote over the video, alongside crown and goat emojis.

Justin Bieber reacts to Rihanna’s surprise Karaoke night in January 2024.Justin Bieber/Instagram

Justin Bieber Reacts to Rihanna’s Surprise Karaoke Night in N.Y.C.

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While she told fansshe only had five minutes and her “battery” was “about to burn out,” Rihanna made time to entertain the attendees.

Fans enjoyed watching the “Umbrella” hitmaker sing her own songs at a karaoke night.

“Awee she’s having fun,“one person wroteof her enthusiasm. “Imagine going to [karaoke] night and you get a free Rihanna performance,“a second saidof the event.

While some fans critiqued her vocals, others defended her surprise set.

“Say what you about Rihanna’s singing at a drunken karaoke event, however she will always be THAT GIRL,“a fan said. “The MIC is always ON and that TONE is unmatched. 😘.”

“that karaoke video of Rihanna? can’t really hate on her because I sound just like that when I am drunk and out having fun with friends 😭,“another added.

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Rihanna in Los Angeles in June 2024.Leon Bennett/Getty Images

Rihanna attends the Rihanna x Fenty Hair Los Angeles Launch Party

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Rihanna, who last released her last full-length LP in 2016, toldBritishVoguein 2023 about the"toxic pressure” she places on herselfto make music that will be better thanAnti, which she calls the “most cohesive album I’ve ever made.”

“It’s not the right way to look at music because music is an outlet and a space to create, and you can create whatever. It doesn’t have to even be on any scale,” she told the publication. “It just has to be something that feels good. It could just be a song that I like. It literally could be that simple.”

While she has yet to release a new album, the beauty mogul did contribute two original tracks — “Lift Me Up” and “Born Again” — to theBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreversoundtrackin 2022.

In April, sheteased new music, tellingEntertainment Tonightthat her highly anticipated songs were “so good.”

source: people.com