Rihanna drops new album bombshell

Rihanna lets slip when her new record's coming out

Above: Rihanna takes perfume shopping to a whole new style level

REGULAR readers will know we like to keep a pretty close eye on Rihanna's toings and froings.

So imagine our surprise and delight when yesterday - apropos of virtually nothing - she announced her new album will be coming out VERY SOON!

After revealing that new material was in the pipeline, Rihanna was bombarded with tweets asking when it would see the light of day.

And she replied, simply, "THIS FALL!!!!!"

*muffle hysterical shrieks*

Producer Verse Simmonds, who collaborated with RiRi on Man Down, says he has worked on two tracks for the forthcoming set.

And we could hardly be any more excited!