After her super bowl performance and her iconic pregnancy announcement on February 12th, Queen RiRi is back with another musical performance. She’s performing “Lift Me Up” at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony on March 12th. The song is co-written by her for the movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Lift Me Up is also nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars, making it Rihanna‘s first Oscar nomination. This song is nominated alongside Diane Warren’s “Applause” from Tell it Like a Woman, Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, “Naatu Naatu” from RRR and David Byrne’s “This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once.
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What do we know about Rihanna’s new album…
Rihanna hasn’t released an album since her 2016’s “Anti”. Her super bowl performance was her first live performance in five years. In her latest interview with British Vogue’s March issue, she recently shared that she wants to release her 9th album this year. “Like, honestly, it’d be ridiculous if it’s not this year. But I just want to have fun. I just want to make music and make videos.”
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The 9-time Grammy winner revealed that she has never stopped recording music. She explains that she’s a perfectionist when it comes to herself, but trying to change that perspective and just have fun with it. “So I want to play. And by play, I mean I have my ideas in my head, but I can’t say them out loud yet”, adds Riri.
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So, it’s safe to expect multiple music performances from Rihanna this year, and we couldn’t be more excited about it 😍