The music he was working on was “absolutely” influenced by his relationship, he noted, explaining, “I think it’s important to have somebody that you can bounce those creative juices and ideas off of.”

(And who understands that the creative process takes time: A$AP’s years-in-the-making fourth studio album Don’t Be Dumb remains an upcoming release.)

For A$AP, life had become “so much better” since he and Rihanna got together. “She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones,” the artist told GQ. “I think when you know, you know. She’s the One.”

Rihanna, pregnant with their first child at the time, reflected to Vogue in the spring of 2022 about their intimate road trip, “He became my family in that time. I cooked our food on this little janky grill I bought from Walmart. I still have it, too. It works like nobody’s business. I love the simple things but also the grand adventures. There’s no pretentious my-brand-your-brand bulls–t, it’s just us living. I just feel like I can do any part of life by his side.”