"Burning candles inside of the studio, rappin n prayin�" she tweeted yesterday with an accompanying picture of candles. Merely being in the studio is news enough, but it was a tweet later in the day that sent the rumor mill into overdrive.

In a Twitter reply to a user noting how he couldn't sleep "with the thought of new music coming out soon," Rihanna added that that very feeling was "me errr night."