Rihanna in Elle UK: I WILL Have a Child SOON!

Rihanna recently remarked that she wants to procreate with Chris Brown ... okay, she just said have kids. But one can't help but make that leap in one's mind.

Her new Elle UK cover story should further fan the flames.

The star - who posed for not one but two covers of the British fashion magazine - offers a sound bite that is guaranteed to have people buzzing today.

"I will have a child," Rihanna proclaims in the April 2013.

The issue hits newsstands March 6 ... and you're sort of intrigued about the full context of that quote, as well as what else she says, aren't you? Of course.

Well played, Elle UK. Effective tease.

Do you think she'd be a good mom? Will she and Chris would be good parents? Or is a good long-term fit? Is she really the most beautiful girl in the world?