Rihanna sizzles in sheer, bedazzled costume and feathered wings at Barbados Crop Over Festival

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Rihanna sparkled at the 2024 Crop Over Festival in Barbados Monday. Charles & Sandy Pitt-Shanice King / BACKGRID

Rihanna was shining bright like a diamond at the 2024 Crop Over Festival in her native Barbados.

The “Work” singer caused a commotion Monday as she made at appearance at the carnival, rocking a bejeweled, full-body costume with a matching headpiece and multicolored, feathered wings.

Fans were understandably wowed by the pop star as videos were circulated on X.

“Looking amazing as usual! 😍,” one person wrote, while another posted, “a literal goddess 😍✨.”

The singer, seen here in her bedazzled costume Monday, has made multiple appearances at the island carnival in years past. Charles & Sandy Pitt-Shanice King / BACKGRID The “Diamonds” singer, seen here posing at the Crop Over Festival Monday, was born in Barbados. Charles & Sandy Pitt-Shanice King / BACKGRID

The Grammy winner, 36, has attended the Crop Over Festival in previous years.

For her last appearance in 2019, she made a statement in a hot pink minidress that was covered in similarly colored ostrich feathers.

And back in 2015, she also posted a saucy video of herself twerking, with the caption, “Eye-soul-ation #CaribbeanGal #Culture.”

The Barbadian festival, attended by Rihanna Monday, celebrates the end of the sugar harvesting season. Charles & Sandy Pitt-Shanice King / BACKGRID The “Work” songstress last attended the event in 2019. Splash News

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Two years later, the Fenty Beauty founder — whose real name is Robyn Fenty — was accused of a Photoshop fail when she posted a picture of her carnival outfit, which showed her seemingly sporting an extra thumb.

The Barbadian carnival originated on the sugar cane plantations during slavery and marked the end of the harvest.

The event is the country’s most popular and colorful festival and can be traced back centuries to when Barbados was the world’s largest sugar can producer. It celebrates the end of one sugar cane season and the culmination of another.

Many fans posted videos of the singer enjoying herself at the Crop Over Festival Monday. Charles & Sandy Pitt-Shanice King / BACKGRID Rihanna has always been proud of her Caribbean roots. Sandy Pitt/MEGA

Earlier this month, Rihanna and longtime partner A$AP Rocky celebrated their youngest son Riot’s first birthday.

The “D.M.B.” rapper, 35, posted a carousel of sweet images with the caption, “HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY TO MY 2ND BORN SON RIOT ROSE MAYERS ❤️.”

The couple confirmed their relationship in 2021 and announced the following year that they were expecting.

Earlier this month, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky celebrated their son Riot’s first birthday. Getty Images The couple has been together since 2021. GC Images

They welcomed their first son, RZA, in 2022 and Riot the following year.

The billionaire entrepreneur has confirmed that she’s open to expanding their brood in the future.

“I would go for more than two,” she told Interview magazine in April. “I would try for my girl. But of course, if it’s another boy, it’s another boy.”

The pop star has two sons with the rapper. asaprocky/Instagram Rihanna has shared that she’s open to having more kids. asaprocky/Instagram

“[I’ll have] as many as God wants me to have,” the “Umbrella” songstress. “I don’t know what God wants.”

In February 2023, she has also shared how difficult postpartum was for her.

“You don’t sleep. At all. Even if you wanted to,” she told British Vogue, calling the early days of parenting a “headf–k.”

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