ASAP Rocky and Rihanna Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
The couple jetted into Barbados for the festivities (Picture: Stephen Lovekin/Rex/Shutterstock)

Rihanna and boyfriend A$AP Rocky opted to ring in the new year in her native Barbados.

The couple – who have been dating since the beginning of 2020, with Rocky sweetly confirming their romance in May – was snapped leaving a New Year’s celebration party in Bridgetown, having arrived on the island on Thursday.

Superstar singer Rihanna, 33, was dressed to the nines for the occasion, in a one-shoulder glittering black floor-length gown with a thigh-high split and matching feather-fringed shawl.

The star paired her dress with black embellished stiletto heels and a sliver beaded necklace, and opted to war her hair in long braids.

Meanwhile, Rocky, also 33, kept things casual in jean shorts, fresh trainers and a white hoodie emblazoned with the US flag.

Keeping his head down, he wore a New York Yankees baseball cap.

Barbadian superstar singer Rihanna and boyfriend ASAP Rocky pictured leaving a New Years celebration party out in Barbados
Rihanna was suitably sparkly for NYE (Picture: Charlie PITT/Shanice King@246Paps/Backgrid)
Barbadian superstar singer Rihanna and boyfriend ASAP Rocky pictured leaving a New Years celebration party out in Barbados
Her and boyfriend Rocky were spotted leaving a celebration (Picture: Charlie PITT/Shanice King@246Paps/Backgrid)
Barbadian superstar singer Rihanna and boyfriend ASAP Rocky pictured leaving a New Years celebration party out in Barbados
The star stunned in a black gown (Picture: Charlie PITT/Shanice King@246Paps/Backgrid)

The pair were seen out in early December enjoying a little bit of shopping in New York, just days after the We Found Love singer was made a National Hero in Barbados.

The country cut ties with the UK this year and removed Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state, becoming the world’s newest Republic.

Rihanna wasas he attended the presidential inauguration ceremony at Heroes Square, Bridgetown, where the star was visibly touched to be honoured as the country’s 11th National Hero for her achievement in entertainment and shining a positive light on Barbados globally. 

Ahead of her celebrations to mark 2022, RiRi also stunned the internet with her latest Savage X Fenty shoot, posted to Instagram ahead of the end of the year.

Wearing a lacy purple number from her line, she posed up against a door as the caption read: Ain’t gotta change ish next year.’

The chart-topper also continues to tease fans ahead of the release of her next album, dubbed R9, which fans have been eagerly anticipating since 2016’s Anti and is apparently due ‘soon’.