Rihanna fans are in heaven! And for good reason, after announcing that she will return to the front of the stage at the famous musical halftime of the Super Bowl 2023 a few weeks ago, the singer unveiled a new title this Friday, October 28, 2022. Entitled “Lift Me UP”, this piece unveiled after six years of absence marks his great musical return.
Indeed, the companion of the rapper Asap Rocky has found the way to the studio to participate in the soundtrack of the film Black panther: wakanda forever, which will be released on November 9 in France… a “symbolic” piece which pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the main actor of the first opus of this Marvel, died in 2020 at the age of 43 years. A soundtrack co-written by Rihanna, Nigerian songwriter Tems, Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson and film director Ryan Coogler.
Rihanna was refused
If many were ready to do anything to hear Rihanna sing again, this is not the case for everyone! Moreover, in 2017, the French-speaking singer Zaho even revealed that she had rejected the singer. During an interview with PurePeople, the interpreter “C’est chelou” had indicated that his song “I’m coming home” had been coveted by many very famous artists.
“There was someone who played I’m coming home to managers of famous people, and at the last minute, I was called to tell me that they absolutely wanted it. Kanye West was interested in the track and the person who takes care of placing sounds for Rihanna and Justin Bieber too. They thought he had potential. explained Zaho, but there was no question for her of giving up her title: “I said: “I can make you more but I’m keeping this one, I can’t give it to you […] I have a lot of attachment to this piece. He had exactly his place in the album. And that’s my quota of emotion and melancholy”.
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