Rihanna announces her return to music with “Lift Me Up”, the soundtrack of the film “Black Panther 2”

The American press had hinted for several weeks that Rihanna could sign the flagship title of the highly anticipated soundtrack Black Panther 2, the Marvel blockbuster which will be released on November 9 in France. The Barbadian singer, who has been away from recording studios for six years, formalized this information on Wednesday by announcing the release of her new title, entitled Lift Me Upon his social networks.

lift me up
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—Rihanna (@rihanna) October 26, 2022

In this 14-second video, you can listen to a short musical extract and see Rihanna’s “R” on a black background, stylized with the typography of the film titled Black Panther: Wakanda Foreveras well as the release date of this title, Friday, October 28, 2022.

The 34-year-old Barbadian superstar is making a comeback to music, six years later Kiss It Betterreleased in 2016. The song Lift Me Up was co-written by Rihanna, Ryan Coogler (the director of Black Panther 2), Ludwig Göransson and Nigerian R&B star Tems. According to the latter, this piece pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the main actor of the first Black Panther died in 2019 at age 43: “I wanted to write something that tells of a warm embrace from all the people I’ve lost in my life”she said in a press release quoted on the Variety website.

Since the release of his last album Anti in 2015, Rihanna notably launched cosmetics and lingerie brands, which allowed her to become a billionaire. At the end of September, his presence on stage for the spectacular Super Bowl Halftime Concert, on February 12, 2023, had been announced. A news that gave hope to his fans his next return to music, now officially confirmed.