Last week she was in Paris to film a video project for her new record, but on Monday

Rihanna was back in New York, where she got to spend some time with her pal, Melissa Forde.

The long-term BFF’s were pictured leaving her apartment, where they fooled around together on the street.

It was easy to spot the 26-year-old Bajan singer as she was wearing a rather regal looking maroon coat which swamped her petite frame.

Swigging on a can of fizzy drink, the raven-haired beauty, who wore her locks up in a ponytail, also wore skinny jeans and flat Doctor Marten boots.

She carried a black leather bag in one hand and accessorised with dark sunglasses and a host of rings which adorned her fingers.

The singer, whose long-awaited eighth album R8 is due next year, seemed thrilled to be in the company of her pal, who was rocking a khaki coat and flat boots.

That same day, the hitmaker posted a series of make-up free images to her Instagram account, in which she pouted and pulled funny faces, while surrounded by luggage.

One image simply bore the caption, ‘she bored.’ [sic]

With her hair held back from her face with a cosmetic band, the singer let her natural beauty shine through.

Superstar Rihanna was recently named creative director of Puma, overseeing the direction of the womenswear line, according to Vogue.

The site reports that the singer arrived at the company’s headquarters in Germany last week and had her first creative meeting with the design team.

‘Signing Rihanna is a fantastic step for Puma,’ Bjørn Gulden, Puma’s chief executive officer, said.