Wakanda Forever, Rihanna returns after six years in the Black Panther sequel

Lift Me Up is the singer's new single, included in the soundtrack

Since her last Anti of hers in 2016, Rihanna has thinned out a lot - too much - of her appearances, in public and on the music scene. It is not just, therefore, that six years later her new single is the Lift Me Up inserted in the soundtrack of the sequel to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Precisely the characters of the language used by the cinecomic Marvel, expected to be released in cinemas and in cinemas starting from 9 November, stands out on the cover of the disc, intimately linked to the history of the film and its late protagonist, Chadwick Boseman.

Intended as a tribute to the life and legacy of the actor who died in 2020 at the age of 43, Lift Me Up is the first track from the official soundtrack to be revealed. Written by the Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems, Rihanna, by the film composer Ludwig Göransson and by the director Ryan Coogler himself, it is the only preview of an album about which not much is known yet.

“After talking to Ryan and listening to his direction of the film and the song, I wanted to write something that portrayed the warm embrace of all the people I have lost in my life. I tried to imagine how I would feel if I could sing to them now and express how much I miss them - reads a note from the African songwriter. - Rihanna was a source of inspiration for me, hearing her interpret this song is a great honor ”.

Expected on the show at half-time for the next Super Bowl in February, there has been talk of two different albums on which the artist is said to be working for years. She who in the meantime she has dedicated herself to the field of cosmetics with her own brand Fenty Beauty and to that of lingerie, with the Savage x Fenty line, as well as to her family, after having had her first child with partner A $ AP Rocky . We will see her on the show Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 - coming to Prime Video - with Anitta, Burna Boy, Don Toliver, Maxwell, Ángela Aguilar, Avani Gregg, Bella Poarch, Cara Delevingne and others.

Lift Me Up by Rihanna, in lack Panther 2: Wakanda Forever