Rihanna is back:
The singer confirmed last night (Sunday) that she will perform at the next Super Bowl halftime show, which will take place on February 12.
This is expected to be her first public music performance since early 2018, when she appeared at the Grammy Awards alongside D.J.
Khaled and Bryson Tiller.
The performance at the Super Bowl, the final game of the NFL league (the US football league, the best league in the world), is considered one of the most desirable stages for big musicians, since the broadcast of the game receives huge ratings in the country every year, and in most cases becomes the most watched broadcaster every year – which increases exposure for the artist appearing at halftime.
She had previously refused the offer.
Rihanna, last year, photo: AP.
The 34-year-old singer confirmed her appearance in a post to her Instagram, where she has more than 115 million followers, in which her hand is seen holding a soccer ball.
Even before her confirmation, reports appeared on US entertainment websites that Taylor Swift would be the one to perform at the Super Bowl - but she rejected the offer on the grounds that she preferred to finish re-recording her first albums. Rihanna herself rejected an offer to perform at the 2019 Super Bowl as a sign of solidarity with football player Colin Kaepernick. , who caused a big stir in the US in 2016 after kneeling during the playing of the American national anthem during a football game in order to protest the police violence against blacks and what he defines as inequality in American society.
Eventually, that year Maroon 5 performed at the Super Bowl halftime show.
As you may recall, last year's Super Bowl performance featured Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent, in a performance that was defined as one of the best Super Bowl performances ever. Also, 2023 will be the first year that "Apple Music" will be the sponsor of the event, after a decade that "Pepsi" has done so in the last decade.
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Even before Rihanna's performance at the 2018 Grammys, she toured to promote her latest album Anti, released in 2016.
It is not known whether she is working on a new album these days.
In recent years, the musician has preferred to invest most of her time in her private life (last May she and her partner, the rapper Issap Rocky, gave birth to their first son), in the various businesses she runs (for example, her perfume line or her fashion line), and even in the movies (she starred in a prominent role in "Ocean's 8") and less in the field of music - although she did guest on several songs by other artists (for example in "This Is What You Came For" by Calvin Harris or "Loyalty" by Kendrick Lamar).
can't wait
Rihanna in concert (archive), photo: I.P.
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