“I can’t believe I even said yes. It was one of those things that even when I announced it, I was like, ‘OK, I can’t take it back. Now, it’s like final,’” Rihanna informed Entertainment Tonight. “The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world, it’s an entertainer’s dream to be on a stage like that. But it’s nerve-racking. You want to get it right. You know, everybody’s watching. And they’re rooting for you. And I want to get it right.”
Rihanna welcomed her first little one — a son, with rapper ASAP Rocky — final May. She mentioned the Super Bowl efficiency was a “now or never” second.
“You could get real comfortable being at home as a mom, (so I’m) challenging myself to do something that I’ve never done before in my career. I have to live up to that challenge,” Rihanna.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty, a singer-songwriter and businesswoman, hails from Bridgetown, Barbados.
She rose to pop stardom along with her Umbrella (2007). With over No.1 songs and 31 top-10 singles within the US, Rihanna is the second-best-selling feminine musician of all time.
Her hits embrace Work, SOS, Shut Up And Drive, Don’t Stop The Music, Take A Bow, Rude Boy, Diamonds, and This Is What You Came For, and We Found Love.
Her final tour, titled Anti, wrapped in November, 2016. The following 12 months, Rihanna took a hiatus from music to give attention to her new lingerie and sweetness strains, Fenty and Savage Fenty.
Rihanna’s Super Bowl present hints on the sturdy chance new music is on the way in which.
Rap mogul Jay Z, whose Roc Nation firm is co-presenting the Super Bowl Halftime Show with the NFL and Apple Music, mentioned: “Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn.
“A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and entertainment.”
The NFL’s head of music, Seth Dudowsky, added: “Rihanna is a once-in-a-generation artist who has been a cultural force throughout her career. We look forward to … another historic Halftime Show performance.”
The gig additionally catapults Rihanna into an elite league of performers who’ve performed the Super Bowl stage.
Past performers embrace Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent (2022), The Weeknd (2021), Lady Gaga (2017), Coldplay, Beyonce, Bruno Mars (2016), Katy Perry (2015), Beyonce (2013), Madonna (2012), Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (2009), Prince (2007), The Rolling Stones (2006), Paul McCartney (2005),
Janet Jackson (2004), Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting (2003), U2 (2002).
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At a press convention final Thursday, Rihanna mentioned she was able to return to the stage.
“When you become a mom, there’s something that just happens where you feel like you can take on the world, you can do anything,” she mentioned.
“The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world, so as scary as that was — because I haven’t been on stage in seven years — there’s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all. And it’s important for me to do this year. It’s important for representation. It’s important for my son to see that.”
However, she shouldn’t be letting media see the set record earlier than the present.
“The set list was the biggest challenge. That was the hardest, hardest part: deciding how to maximise 13 minutes, but also celebrate,” she mentioned. “That’s what this show’s going to be. It’s going to be a celebration of my catalogue in the best way we that could have put it together.”
She added: “I know I’m saying too much, but it’s a jam-packed show.”
Rihanna can also be holding potential collaborators — superstars who would possibly be part of her on the Super Bowl stage, a secret.
They would possibly embrace Jay Z, who options on Umbrella, Drake (Work), Britney Spears (S&M), Calvin Harris (We Found Love), and Eminem (Love The Way You Lie).
Rihanna informed ET: “I just want to celebrate the music that I’ve made.”
Originally revealed as US pop star and new mum Rihanna set for stage return after seven-year hiatus
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
