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Rihanna has not performed live since 2018.
In the halftime show of the Super Bowl, one of the largest music stages in the world, she celebrated her comeback.
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And Rihanna delivered.
Not only did she perform a medley of her greatest hits.
Along with an entourage dressed in white, she danced through State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
And beyond.
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Rihanna let herself be pulled through the air with her dancers on glass floors.
A spectacular sight, even without the music superstar's striking outfit.
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Rihanna started her show with »Bitch Better Have My Money«.
Maybe a little nod to the NFL?
The league does not pay the halftime act at the Super Bowl despite (or rather because of) the great attention.
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But Rihanna also performed one hit after the other.
»We Found Love«, »Umbrella«, »Diamonds« for example.
What Rihanna has already brought to the top of the charts in her 34 years was perfectly understandable in Glendale.
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Ahead of the halftime show, there was a lot of discussion about what surprise Rihanna brought to the stage.
About Jay-Z was traded, both have been working together for years.
And Jay-Z was at the stadium too, captured by TV cameras.
But there was no surprise, Rihanna was left alone with her dancers.
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However, there is speculation on social networks as to whether there was a surprise guest.
Anything showing under Rihanna's costume?
Almost provocatively she presented her stomach in her suit.
And indeed: after the show, a spokesman said: Rihanna is pregnant.
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