Rihanna Teases 1st Look At The Legendary Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Fans Have ‘Waited For’ In Trailer

The satellite is acheronian and featureless astatine the commencement of the trailer for Rihanna‘s Super Bowl LVII Halftime show, overmuch similar however beingness has been for Rihanna stans arsenic they’ve waited for caller euphony these past 7 years. Suddenly, Rihanna, 34, arsenic a disembodied dependable says, “It’s been 2,190 days…” “Rihanna, we’ve waited for you,” says another. As the “Work” vocalist comes into view, much voices speech astir the drought since she dropped her past album, 2016’s Anti. “RiRi, wherever person you been?” shouts 1 arsenic different says, “Rihanna is who everyone has been waiting for.”

More voices articulation in, creating a large fracas – each the while, Rihanna poses successful what appears to beryllium a chartreuse mentation of the furry overgarment she wore for her 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards show of “B**** Better Have My Money.” Once the sound gets near-overwhelming, the lights spell out, and Rihanna raises a digit to her lips successful an “Shhhhh” motion. The opening 2nd of her “Needed Me” opus begins to play, and it appears that the clip for speech is over. Fans indispensable hold until Feb. 12, erstwhile the NFL rolls into State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Arizona, for Super Bowl 57.

While Rihanna’s Super Bowl setlist is apt locked successful a vault determination to forestall her NAVY from peeking earlier she hits the field, it’s hard not to deliberation that she won’t interruption retired “This Is What You Came For,” her 2016 collab with Calvin Harris, since galore fans volition beryllium tuning successful to the shot extravaganza for Rihanna. Coincidentally, Calvin Harris is backmost successful the spotlight since he’ll beryllium DJing Coachella this year, and determination were reports that Taylor Swift — Calvin’s ex and the co-writer connected “This Is What You Came For” – was going to header this year’s Halftime Show.

Rihanna successful 2015. (John Shearer/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

Rihanna archetypal announced her Halftime headlining gig connected Sept. 25, 2022, by posting a elemental representation to her Instagram: her tattooed manus holding an NFL-branded Super Bowl. Shortly afterward, the authoritative NFL Twitter relationship tweeted “Let’s Go!” and the #SBLVII hashtag portion tagging Rihanna, Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation (who partnered with the NFL successful 2019 to nutrient the Super Bowl Halftime show).

The league and Roc Nation rapidly confirmed what everyone suspected. “Rihanna is simply a generational talent, a pistillate of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations astatine each turn,” Jay-Z said successful the connection confirming Rihanna’s headlining spot astatine the 2023 Super Bowl. “A idiosyncratic calved connected the tiny land of Barbados who became 1 of the astir salient artists ever. Self-made successful concern and entertainment.”

“I can’t springiness her immoderate advice,” Super Bowl LVI Halftime performer Snoop Dogg told HollywoodLife erstwhile discussing Rihanna’s upcoming performance. “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.”

In the lead-up to the Super Bowl, Rihanna has dropped immoderate football-themed Savage x Fenty merch. A$AP Rocky has stepped up successful the “daddy duties” department, caring for his and Rihanna’s young lad portion she prepares for the show. Rihanna whitethorn adjacent include her boy, calved successful May 2022, successful the show, a root tells HollywoodLife.

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