Rihanna Drops 2nd Song Off ‘Wakanda Forever’ Soundtrack & Revels In Feeling ‘Born Again’: Listen

“I’d springiness my bosom to this spot / I’d springiness my psyche oregon immoderate it takes, ne'er tally distant / I’ve got capable angels to tempest the gates, I’m not afraid,” Rihanna sings astatine the commencement of “Born Again,” her 2nd opus disconnected the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. The opus – written by Rihanna, The-Dream, and composer Ludwig Göransson, per Genius – is simply a somber companion to “Lift Me Up,” and sees Rihanna marque a vow. “So until those rivers tally retired / It runs done maine / Wherever you are, I’ll bе determination / We transportation connected (Wе transportation on) / Born again.”

Rihanna “Lift Me Up,” arrived connected Oct. 28. The opus was the archetypal caller way from Rih successful six years, and the Tems-penned opus was a tribute to the precocious Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed T’Challa successful the archetypal Black Panther movie. “Burning successful a hopeless imagination / Hold maine erstwhile you spell to slumber / Keep maine successful the warmth of your emotion / When you depart, support maine harmless / Safe and sound,” sings Rihanna successful the song, which besides featured contributions by manager Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Göransson. The opus debuted astatine No. 2 connected the Billboard Hot 100, down Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero.”

“Lift Me Up” has “elements from [Ludwig Göransson’s] clip successful Senegal, respective years ago, it has elements from — evidently I recorded present successful the states, recorded successful the U.K., besides recorded successful Mexico,” Ryan Coolger told Entertainment Tonight. “And past Tems and I and Ludwig sat down successful Nigeria, and enactment immoderate existent enactment successful connected it, a fewer months back.” Ryan besides said helium was “forever grateful” to Rihanna for joining the soundtrack.

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“I’ll accidental this, I didn’t get her to bash anything. I don’t deliberation anybody tin get her to bash anything, she’s a idiosyncratic who marches to the bushed of her ain drum,” Coogler told ET. “I’m conscionable thankful that she wanted to lend to this, and I’ll beryllium everlastingly grateful and not conscionable to her, but each the different fantastic musicians that are connected the soundtrack. But yeah, she is simply a large one, she is the 1 and only.”

Supporting the mentation that Rihanna is connected her ain schedule, the euphony and manner icon doused fans’ hopes that this instrumentality to euphony and her upcoming Super Bowl Halftime amusement means her ninth album volition spot the airy of day. “Super Bowl is 1 thing. New euphony is different thing. Do you perceive that, fans?” she told the Associated Press with a laugh. “The 2nd that I announced this, I said, ‘Oh, my God, they’re going to deliberation my medium is coming. I request to get to work.'”

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Snoop Dogg echoed Ryan Coogler erstwhile praising Rihanna’s talent. When the Doggfather spoke with HollywoodLife, he reflected connected what proposal helium could springiness Rih since helium and a radical of hip-hop icons — Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Anderson .Paak – performed astatine Super Bowl LVI successful February. “I can’t springiness her immoderate advice,” Snoop told  HollywoodLife. “She’s 1 of the top to bash it. She knows what to do. But I bash cognize that she’s gonna make a amusement that everyone volition speech astir for galore generations.”