If aMet Galahappens in New York but Rihannas not around to attend it, did it even happen?

Thank God we didnt have to find a way to answer that question, because the queen is here!

She wassolate, but shes here!

Rihanna Finally Arrived at the Met Gala Looking Like a Literal Cloud

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To finish the look, she wore a bright red lip.

And A$AP Rocky was there too, in jeans and a red plaid kilt by Gucci.

Rihanna removed the hood to reveal stunning pearl earrings, layered pearl necklaces, and frosty eye shadow.

Rihanna and AAP Rocky at the 2023 Met Gala.

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The 35-year-old has more than earned her reputation as the reigning queen of the Met Gala.

Who can forget her 2015 gown by Guo Pei?

Or her Margiela-fied Pope get-up in 2018?

NEW YORK NEW YORK  MAY 01 Rihanna attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating Karl Lagerfeld A Line Of Beauty at The…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 01: Rihanna attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Met Gala Queen Rihanna, long may she reign.

NEW YORK NEW YORK  MAY 01 Rihanna attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating Karl Lagerfeld A Line Of Beauty at The…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 01: Rihanna attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)

Rihanna Finally Arrived at the Met Gala Looking Like a Literal Cloud

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NEW YORK NY  MAY 07  Rihanna attends Heavenly Bodies Fashion  the Catholic Imagination the 2018 Costume Institute…

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Rihanna attends “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination”, the 2018 Costume Institute Benefit at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)