Rihanna made it “very clear” that her attachment to the upcoming Black Panther sequel was in honor of Chadwick Boseman, according to the film’s director Ryan Coogler. The 34-year-old Barbadian singer made the surprise announcement that she had recorded a new song for the movie this past week. Here’s what she has to say.
Rihanna made an appearance at the world premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, with her rapper boyfriend ASAP Rocky, after welcoming their first child earlier this year. Her new track, Lift Me Up, has been released.
Rihanna Honors Chadwick Boseman With Her New Black Panthers Song
Asked how the partnership had come about, director Ryan Coogler said that many “improbable” things had to take place before it was realized. “Honestly, I think it was Chad,” the 36-year-old told the PA news agency, speaking on the event’s red carpet. “A lot of improbable things needed to happen for it to come through and Rihanna was very clear that she did that for him.”
One of the film’s stars, Michaela Coel, said the singer’s involvement was “huge.” He explained, “It’s kind of incredible because Rihanna doesn’t make music for any old person or project so it’s huge.”
Announcing the track in a post on social media, Rihanna shared what appeared to be a snippet of the new song, featuring a soft melody and swelling strings and a short video clip showing her name spelled in the fictional Wakandan alphabet. The clip, posted to Twitter with the simple caption, “Lift me up. 10.28.22” showed the image of a large silver ‘R’ flanked by sentences in the Wakandan alphabet, with a translation of ‘Rihanna’ and ‘Lift Me Up’ appearing underneath.
The singer last released solo music in 2016 with her eighth studio album Anti. Last month she also revealed she will be performing at the next Super Bowl halftime show. It will be her first performance in years.
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