It was one of the highlights of the 95th Academy Awards. Rihanna performed the song on stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Monday. Lift me up of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. A performance followed by a standing ovation.
The opportunity for the singer to pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the interpreter of Black Panther. This song was co-written by Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler “as a tribute to [l’]incredible legacy” by Chadwick Boseman, Disney said in a statement last year.
“I wanted to write a title that would convey the emotion we feel when we think of the people we’ve 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.”
Counteract the drop in audiences
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, recounts the consequences of the death of T’Challa / Black Panther in the nation of Wakanda, which struggles to protect itself from the interference of other world powers such as the United States. But a terrible threat arises from a kingdom hidden in the depths of the oceans: Namor.
Rihanna’s long-awaited participation in the ceremony was intended to counteract the general decline of her audience. Because despite an uptick last year, interest in the Oscars has waned considerably since the heyday of the ’90s.
Source: BFM TV
