Dancing with the Stars pro Peta Murgatroyd put her own spin on Rihanna‘s Halftime Show performance from the 2023 Super Bowl.
13.02.2023 - 05:25 / deadline.com
Rihanna hasn’t toured since 2016, but tonight during the Jay Z-produced spectacle that is the Super Bowl LVII halftime show the Good Girl Gone Bad singer put on a tour de force.
Filling her less than 15-minute set with an array of hits, floating platforms, club dance floor dynamics and spectacle the second best-selling female artist of all time owned the field today at Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium with near pure superstar swagger.
Pushing the high profile slot to new technological and Olympian heights, Rihanna was pure solo tonight.
With a catalogue full of work with the likes of Jay-Z, Eminem and Drake over the decades, the ‘Umbrella’ singer teased guest stars earlier this week. It was all hype because when it came showtime, Rihanna did the job all on her own with only a legion of dancers as sidekicks in a performance that was totally 2023.
It was also an evolution for the halftime show itself culturally as the long time bold as brass singer made no secret of the baby bump she’s sporting. A long way from the day when Janet Jackson was career shammed for a wardrobe malfunction thanks to Justin Timberlake in 2004, Rihanna public display of motherhood comes less than a year after she had her first child. It also played the 21st century celebrity game note perfect by letting the world in without having to say a thing – which is social media in a nutshell.
Unlike President Joe Biden this year, Rihanna took advantage of the close to 100 million viewers Fox are in the ballpark to attract for today’s big NFL game to sit down earlier today, for pre-recorded and softball tossing chat with NFL analyst and GMA co-host Michael Strahan.
Kicking off with 2015’s ‘Bitch Better Have My Money,’ the Hamish Hamilton directed
Dancing with the Stars pro Peta Murgatroyd put her own spin on Rihanna‘s Halftime Show performance from the 2023 Super Bowl.
Rihanna‘s performance at the 2023 Super Bowl contained a pregnancy announcement, a multitude of hits and some Fenty Beauty promo. According to people who wrote into the FCC with complaints, it was also outrageously sexualized.
Rihanna’s lauded Super Bowl halftime show.The Chiefs wound up winning the big game – beating the Philadelphia Eagles by just three points (with a total of 38 against the Eagles’ 35) – while Rihanna’s short set drew in 118.7million viewers, making it the second most-watched halftime show in Super Bowl history (Katy Perry’s 2015 appearance topped 121million).But in the pursuit of keeping their eyes on the prize, Mahomes told Jimmy Kimmel, the Chiefs weren’t allowed to watch the pop star slay hits like ‘Rude Boy’ and ‘Umbrella’. “I heard [the show] was great,” the quarterback said during his recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, “but coach [Andy] Reid told us, he said, ‘If you go out to watch the performance, just keep walking, because you’re not playing the rest of the game.’”Kimmel then referenced the news that Rihanna is pregnant – a revelation made apparent during her Super Bowl performance – suggesting that she should name the child after Mahomes.
Rihanna made history at this year's Super Bowl halftime show when she became the first pregnant woman to perform at the big game. The high-flying performance also served as a pregnancy reveal and baby bump debut, shocking fans around the world.ET's Kevin Frazier spoke with the halftime show director, Hamish Hamilton, about the fireworks-filled extravaganza, and how they kept both the secret of Rihanna's pregnancy -- and Rihanna herself — safe.The incredible performance began with Rihanna hovering more than 60 feet in their air on a suspended platform above the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where she kicked things off singing «B***h Better Have My Money.»«For her, I’m sure it was really scary, because, you know, she's not fond of heights either.
Rihanna made history at this year's Super Bowl halftime show when she became the first pregnant woman to perform at the big game. The high-flying performance also served as a pregnancy reveal and baby bump debut, shocking fans around the world.ET's Kevin Frazier spoke with the halftime show director, Hamish Hamilton, about the fireworks-filled extravaganza, and how they kept both the secret of Rihanna's pregnancy -- and Rihanna herself — safe.The incredible performance began with Rihanna hovering more than 60 feet in their air on a suspended platform above the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where she kicked things off singing «B***h Better Have My Money.»«For her, I’m sure it was really scary, because, you know, she's not fond of heights either.
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The Kansas City Chiefs had no chance of pouring it up with Rihanna.
Fans weren’t happy with Olivia Wilde’s decision to gush about A$AP Rocky during Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance — and she has THOUGHTS!
Olivia Wilde is a new fan of ASAP Rocky — but doesn’t want Rihanna to worry about her coming for her man.
Olivia Wilde is responding after facing backlash for calling A$AP Rocky “hot” during Rihanna‘s Super Bowl LVII halftime performance Sunday. Wilde took to her Instagram Stories in to share a since-deleted snap, in which she shared her adoration for the rapper.
Rihanna‘s heavily-anticipated halftime show performance.According to statistics gathered from both Nielsen Fast National data and Adobe Analytics, as reported by Fortune, the performance averaged 118.7million viewers. This officially makes it the second most-watched Super Bowl halftime show of all time, behind Katy Perry‘s 2015 performance – which still holds the record at an average of 121million.Furthermore, Rihanna’s appearance out-performed the Super Bowl itself as a whole, which saw the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles.
Olivia Wilde is responding after facing backlash for calling A$AP Rocky «hot» during Rihanna's Super Bowl LVII halftime performance Sunday. Wilde took to her Instagram Stories in to share a since-deleted snap, in which she shared her adoration for the rapper.«If I thought he was hot before, this really put me over the edge,» the director wrote above a video of Rocky filming RiRi during Sunday's show.It didn't take fans long to take to Twitter to comment on Wilde's post, calling it «inappropriate.» «She’s really living up to that last name [of] hers,» one Twitter user quipped of the newly single Wilde.«This is so inappropriate,» another wrote.
halftime show in Arizona on Sunday — though some viewers ridiculed her multi-level extravaganza.The “SOS” singer — who used the performance to low-key announce her second pregnancy with boyfriend A$AP Rocky — was praised in some corners and received backlash from others. The red-clad crooner could have used an “Umbrella,” however, to protect her from the cascade of memes mocking her greatest-hits set.“Me walking past someone and releasing the biggest fart of my life,” someone quipped in the caption for a video of RiRi — who turns 35 on Feb.
Rihanna returned to the stage for her first live performance in five years during the 2023 Super Bowl Haltime Show on Sunday, with a representative confirming after that the singer is pregnant with her second child. This makes her the first artist to play the Super Bowl Halftime Show while pregnant.
The Super Bowl was big business for Rihanna.
Rihanna is pregnant with her second child. At her awaited Super Bowl halftime performance, she wore a red outfit that emphasized her pregnant belly, and made the reveal to a thrilled audience.
highly anticipated halftime performance — and the announcement of her pregnancy — but some viewers were distracted by one part of the show many seemed to have missed.It appeared that during her first time back onstage in seven years, the “Lift Me Up” singer grabbed her crotch and then smelled her hand.Before the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles, the pop icon performed some of her greatest hits, kicking off her show with “Bitch Better Have My Money” followed by a jam-packed setlist including “Work,” “Diamonds,” “Only Girl (In the World),” “We Found Love” and “Pour It Up.”But as she was singing “Rude Boy,” some fans at home noticed Rihanna doing the bizarre move.“So is it me or did Rihanna just grab her junk and then smell it and taste it?” one social media watchdog questioned. “Way to stay classy!”“Did Rihanna just scratch her crotch then smell her fingers?” another shocked viewer asked.“Gotta make sure her water didn’t break,” someone quipped.“Low energy and disgusting.
Rihanna opened Super Bowl 2023 with "B---h Better Have My Money." The musician levitated above the Super Bowl stage on hanging platforms along with background dancers. Rihanna was dressed in all red for her first live performance in seven years. She flowed into "Where Have You Been" as she performed choreography with her backup dancers dressed in white.
Rihanna turned the world upside down when she took the stage for her highly anticipated Super Bowl LVII halftime performance on Sunday night and revealed that she and her partner, A$AP Rocky, are expecting baby no. 2.