It has been five years since Rihanna’s last performance.
Rihanna alone is enough
The show that fans had been waiting for fulfilled its promise, according to many international magazines.
Now it was just Rihanna and her dance troupe. And that’s exactly what the fans are believed to have hoped for.
Baby news and a make-up ad
Rihanna had a few trump cards up her sleeve in case a rather traditional musical performance alone wasn’t enough to get her back in the headlines.
First of all, the superstar stroked what many thought was a suggestive belly during his performance. The rumor mill about a possible pregnancy immediately started (apparently as expected) on social media. After the performance, Rihanna’s representative revealed to the Hollywood Reporter that the singer is expecting her second child.
Rihanna and rapper A$ap Rocky had their first child less than a year ago, in May 2022.
The artist, who stroked her belly, started receiving congratulations from her newbie on Twitter:
Secondly, Rihanna showed an example of how product placement can be done so brazenly that it becomes downright art.
The dancer handed Rihanna a powder box in the middle of the performance, with which the superstar calmly fixed her makeup. It was, of course, Rihanna’s own brand of powder.
Four years ago, Rihanna refused the Super Bowl halftime show
Rihanna refused to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2019.
Kaepernick lost his spot in the series after he protested racism and police brutality by kneeling during games during the US national anthem.
Now Rihanna told the press conference that she made the decision to perform in the halftime show only three months after the birth of her first child.
– When you become a mother, you feel like you can conquer the world, the artist said.
39 versions of the setlist before the final order
The comeback gig at the Super Bowl was not only a physical challenge for Rihanna but also an artistically demanding place. The artist said at the press conference that he made 39 versions of the set list before the songs and their order took their final form.
In the end, the audience ended up being offered exactly what you could have guessed in advance: a blockbuster, which is also a cross-section of the superstar’s career. What else, when the audience is a full stadium and over a hundred million TV viewers?
Visually, the show has been made to look high in the air with stage structures and impressive fireworks.
Musically, the 13-minute whole has been described as, among other things, nostalgic and forward-looking.
The match itself was a thriller
The 57th Super Bowl was played in Arizona, USA. The championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles grew into a thriller that culminated in the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory in the final minutes.