During Tuesday night, many candidates and the winners were nominated at the Golden Globes and that included Wednesday star Jenna Ortega talks Best Song nominees. These winners included Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, who were also included Rihanna for her song Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . As the young actress read out the names, she specifically pronounced Rihanna’s name as Ri-anna (the correct form) instead of Ri-ah-nah (the common form), and when the clip went viral on TikTok, fans they were shocked.
The TikTok of Result He pointed out that Ortega pronounced it correctly, currently has over 20 million views and 2 million likes. You can see the video yourself here:
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Then, scrolling down, the comments of fans, many of whom are unaware of having spoken the halftime enforcer of this year’s Super Bowl bad reputation (myself included), they were taken aback by the revelation. Like Deeveed, who wrote:
RHI-AWHNA was just like I fucking said
Many comments also concerned moments where people realized they mispronounced their name, such as DisMiss, who wrote:
Ree-ah-nah, that’s how I say it. It was only a few years ago that I heard Rihanna say her name and I said 🤯
Myracle Maijia pointed out that this is, in fact, the correct way to pronounce the “Umbrella” singer’s name, posting:
It’s Rihanna-approved “King Anna.”
What is true is approved by Rihanna, as the singer told a reporter HL extension exactly how to pronounce his name. She confirmed that it was pronounced: Ri-anna.
Returning to TikTok, Luma noted that she’s seen a change in how people pronounce Rihanna’s name, posting:
When Rihanna first came out, that’s how they always said her name on the radio. Then all of a sudden I changed it to Ree-Ah-nuh lol
Fenty Beauty, Rihanna’s makeup brand, also confirmed Ortega’s pronunciation, writing:
Miss Wednesday got the job done 🗣️
Ortega nailed the mission and hopefully that means Rihanna will continue to give us massive performances even after the fashion show Savage X Fenty Show vol. 4 and continues to perform at the Super Bowl and probably the Oscars, the hosts will hit his name.
I know I personally can’t wait to see the singer perform at the biggest football match of the year this year and I hope that means new music will be released soon. I also think it is important to bring this clarification of his name back to the fore. In fact, he’ll be a busy bee in 2023, bro your new tiktok account a possible Oscar nomination for the song Ryan Coogler convinced her made by black PantherThe Super Bowl sequel, maybe new music, and who knows what else, is always full of surprises. But one thing that isn’t a surprise or a question is how to pronounce his name.
It should be noted that while we look forward to all of Rihanna’s exciting upcoming events, you will be able to see Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with a Disney+ subscription February 1st. And since Jenna Ortega is the one who clarified the pronunciation of the pop star’s name for many, it shows Wednesday with a Netflix subscription .
Source: Cinemablend
