Rihanna Brings the House Down With Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show
13.02.2023 - 05:09
/ usmagazine.com
The queen is back! Rihanna made a triumphant return to the stage at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday, February 12.
The “Stay” singer, 34, entered the arena via a platform that descended from the ceiling, opening the performance with “Bitch Better Have My Money” and wearing an all-red look that included a shiny bustier.
Accompanied by a group of dancers dressed in white, Rihanna cycled through a medley of her biggest hits, including “We Found Love,” “Rude Boy” and “Only Girl (In the World).” Though she performed several songs that she made in collaboration with other musicians — Jay-Z‘s “Run This Town” and Kanye West‘s “All of the Lights” — the performance featured no special guests.
For the finale, the “American Oxygen” songstress closed with “Umbrella” and “Diamonds” while ascending back up toward the ceiling on her moving platform.
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The Grammy winner has stepped back from music in recent years, choosing to focus on her Fenty Beauty business and Savage x Fenty lingerie line instead. Fans were hopeful that Rihanna’s Super Bowl appearance meant that a new album is coming soon, but the “Work” singer shut down that speculation late last year.
“Super Bowl is one thing,” the Barbados native told the Associated Press in November 2022. “New music is another thing. Do you hear that, fans?”
The beauty mogul hasn’t released a full-length album since Anti, which debuted in January 2016. In November 2022, however, she contributed two songs — “Lift Me Up” and “Born Again” — to the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack.
The “We Found Love” songstress has also been busy juggling work and motherhood. The Battleship star and her partner, A$AP Rocky,