Again and higher than ever! Six years after the discharge of her final album, Anti, Rihanna’s musical comeback is right here.
The Fenty Magnificence proprietor’s new single, “Raise Me Up,” dropped on Friday, October 28. The observe, which was impressed by late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman’s life and legacy, might be featured within the upcoming sequel, Wakanda Perpetually.
The string-heavy ballad options Rihanna, 34, crooning the lyrics “Raise me up/Maintain me down/Preserve me shut/Protected and sound” within the refrain. The “Monster” songstress goes on to sing about drowning in an limitless sea and discovering consolation within the arms of a liked one.
The Barbados native cowrote “Raise Me Up” with Tems producer Ludwig Göransson and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler with Boseman particularly in thoughts. The beloved actor, who portrayed the superhero in 4 Marvel films, died from colon most cancers in 2020. He was 43.
“After talking with Ryan [Coogler] and listening to his course for the movie and the music, I needed to write down one thing that portrays a heat embrace from all of the folks that I’ve misplaced in my life,” Göransoon, 38, shared in a press launch in regards to the observe. “I attempted to think about what it might really feel like if I might sing to them now and specific how a lot I miss them. Rihanna has been an inspiration to me so listening to her convey this music is a good honor.”
The primary time the drop was teased was on Tuesday, October 25, when Marvel Studios tweeted, “👀 #WakandaForever.” The mysterious tweet additionally featured a teaser video of the phrases Wakanda Perpetually with the “R” coming out.
The “SOS” singer confirmed the information herself by way of Twitter on Wednesday, October 26. “Raise me up 10.28.22,” Rihanna wrote alongside a 14-second snippet of her new music.
Later that day, the “Umbrella” singer made her first crimson carpet look with accomplice ASAP Rocky on the Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually since giving delivery to her son in Could.
The information of her return to music comes proper after the Grammy winner introduced that she’ll be headlining the Tremendous Bowl LVII’s Halftime Present in February. The singer confirmed she’ll be performing by way of a September 25 Instagram put up that featured her arm holding a soccer.
Throughout her break from music, the pop icon has been busy together with her style line, Savage X Fenty, which launched in Could 2018 and her magnificence line Fenty Magnificence which launched in September 2017.
Rihanna’s fourth annual Savage X Fenty present will premiere on Prime Video on November 9 which incorporates performances from artists together with Anitta, Burna Boy, Don Toliver and Maxwell.
