🚨 SOUND THE SMURF SIRENS 🚨 Rihanna is back and she’s bluer than ever — literally. Our favorite Bajan queen just dropped her newest track “Friend of Mine” and it’s straight outta Smurf Village. Yes, that Smurf Village. You know, where everyone’s tiny, adorable, and weirdly obsessed with wearing only white pants and hats.
This musical gem is part of the upcoming Smurfs movie soundtrack, because apparently Rihanna woke up one day and said, “You know what the world needs? A soulful bop for animated blue creatures.” And honestly? She was so right.
🎶 The Lyrics: Short, Sweet, and Smurf-Approved
Rihanna opens with the line,
“Ooh, I think the word here is ‘déjà-vu’”
which is fitting, because if you’ve ever heard one Rihanna chorus… well, you’ve basically heard this whole song. She repeats the phrase “feel like a friend of mine” so many times, it feels like she’s trying to hypnotize us into becoming honorary Smurfs. And guess what? IT’S WORKING.
This tune is so catchy, it’s like she took the chorus, put it in a blender with glitter and nostalgia, and served it on ice with a tiny blue umbrella. It’s giving pop lullaby meets Smurf fever dream, and we are so here for it.
🎤 Rihanna the Smurfette?
Yes, you heard that right. Rihanna is not just singing on the soundtrack — she IS Smurfette in the upcoming movie. So basically, the baddest woman on Earth is now a tiny, blue, animated icon with one dress and an attitude. Slay. Absolute Smurf slay.
The Smurfs movie hits theaters in July 2025, so mark your calendars and prep your mushroom homes. It’s about to get wild.
💿 Fans: “Rihanna music??? In this economy???”
Let’s be honest — getting new Rihanna music is like spotting a unicorn riding a rainbow into a pot of Fenty Beauty highlighter. Her last song, “Lift Me Up” (from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), came out in 2022. And her last full album, ANTI, dropped all the way back in 2016, a.k.a. when TikTok was still musically.ly and avocado toast was controversial.
So, this song might be a single track from a Smurfs movie, but it’s basically Christmas for the Navy (Rihanna’s fanbase, not the military — calm down, sailors).
📺 Watch It, Sing It, Obsess Over It
There’s a full music video out now, and yes, you will be humming “feel like a friend of mine” while brushing your teeth, ordering coffee, and accidentally blurting it out during a Zoom meeting. The song is sticky in the best way — like glitter or the memory of your first crush.
Final Verdict: Rihanna could sing the phone book and we’d stream it. But instead, she gave us a Smurf-certified, serotonin-boosting bop that slaps harder than Papa Smurf’s magical staff. Add “Friend of Mine” to your playlist and prepare to feel blue in all the right ways 💙
Smurf ya later! 🧢🎤