Rihanna is back. The singer, whose latest album, ANTIdates from 2016, released this friday Lift me up, his first song in six years. This delicate ballad, composed for the film Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverIt is a tribute to actor Chadwick Boseman, the interpreter of Black Panther who died in 2020.
This piece, which accompanies the end credits of Black Panther: Wakanda Foreverwas co-written by Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler “as a tribute to Chadwick Boseman and his incredible legacy,” says a Disney press release.
“I wanted to write a title that conveyed the emotion we feel when we think of the people we have lost,” Tems said in the same press release. “I tried to imagine how I would feel if I could sing for them now and express how much I miss them,” Tems said.
Rihanna at the Super Bowl
Busy for several years with the launch of her Fenty cosmetics brand and Savage x Fenty lingerieRihanna will also headline the Super Bowl halftime concert next February. Which relaunches the rumor of a new album.
Waited in dark rooms on November 9, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, recounts the consequences of T’Challa’s death in the nation of Wakanda, which is struggling to protect itself from the interference of other world powers such as the United States. But a terrible threat arises from a kingdom hidden deep in the oceans: Namor.
Source: BFM TV
