Singer Rihanna released her first solo song in six years on Friday, a soulful ballad written in honor of the late actor Chadwick Boseman.
“Lift Me Up,” Rihanna’s first new song since her 2016 album “Anti,” is part of the soundtrack to the upcoming Marvel movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
The film is a sequel to the 2018 blockbuster “Black Panther,” in which Boseman played the protagonist King T’Challa.
The actor died in 2020 after a four-year battle with colon cancer that he kept under wraps. He was 43 years old.
“Blessed to have written this song in tribute to Chadwick Boseman and even more blessed to hear Rihanna perform it perfectly,” Tems, the song’s co-writer, wrote on Instagram.
Rihanna’s fans have been waiting for a follow-up to “Anti”, her eighth studio album. While the singer, born Robyn Fenty, has been featured on songs “Lemon” and “Believe it” in recent years, “Lift Me Up” is her first solo release since “Anti.”
Earlier this week, the 34-year-old Grammy winner, who will be performing at the Super Bowl halftime show in February, released a teaser of the new track, in which she sings: “Lift me up / Hold me down / Keep me close / Safe and Sound”.
In recent years, Rihanna, whose chart-topping hits include “Umbrella,” “Diamonds” and “Work,” has developed her makeup and lingerie lines. She gave birth in May with her father being her rapper partner A$AP Rocky.
Source: CNN Brasil
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