A$AP Rocky Praises Rihanna’s 2026 Met Gala Look, Says She’s ‘Shining Like a Diamond’

The couple are parents to three children and recently welcomed their daughter, Rocki, in September 2025

Let’s be honest: Rihanna and A$AP Rocky both brought it at Monday night’s (May 4) 2026 Met Gala. The always fashionable couple who share three young children had a rare night out at the glitzy event, where they, of course, arrived fashionably late, with RihRih rocking a glittering custom sculpted bronze Maison Margiela by Glenn Martens gown with a draped column silhouette made of woven silk and recycled computer wirelike threads and an Art Deco-like headpiece.
Rocky was right beside her in a custom Chanel by Matthieu Blazy wool pink robe with black satin lapels and black piping over a white cotton shirt and black pants.

When Variety asked Rocky to describe Rihanna’s look, he nailed it, looking over lovingly at his longtime partner and saying, “she’s shining like a diamond … she’s shining,” cleverly interpolating the chorus from the singer’s 2012 hit “Diamonds” from her seventh studio album, Unapologetic. When a reporter asked Rocky, 37, how it feels to be “loved by a Black woman,” the dapper rapper had another quick quip, “it feels amazing, and don’t nothin’ else compare. You hear me?”

The couple made their usual splash at the event co-chaired by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour, a year after Rocky served as one of the 2025 Met Gala co-chairs and Rihanna surprised everyone by showing off her baby bump and revealing that the couple were expecting their third child, baby girl Rocki Irish Mayers, who was born in September.

They joined a galaxy of music stars who made the scene this year, including Madonna, BLACKPINK’s Lisa, Rosé, Jisoo and Jennie, SZA, Sam Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, Gracie Abrams, Laufey, Cher, Janelle Monáe, Doechii, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Katy Perry, Doja Cat, Cardi B, Bad Bunny, Ciara, Jon Batiste, Maluma, Charlie xcx, Tate McRae, Anderson .Paak, sombr, Tyla, Jack Harlow and many more.