It’s comprehensible why Rihanna has mentioned she’s ‘nervous’ about acting at subsequent yr’s Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present however, like a lot of the web, she’s additionally excited for the trip.
Information of the multi award-winning singer’s starring position in one of many largest nights of the US sporting calendar was introduced by the NFL final month.
Following the reveal, the singer, 34, shared a photograph of her hand holding an American soccer on Instagram and Twitter, yanno, simply informal.
The efficiency, which shall be watched by hundreds of thousands, marks Rihanna’s first time on stage with a mic in hand in a scorching minute, along with her final album being Anti in 2016.
She’s solely launched a handful of singles since then, having spent a lot of the previous couple of years constructing her Fenty empire with the likes of Fenty Magnificence, Fenty Pores and skin, and Savage X Fenty now dominating the market and making her a billionaire.
However, regardless of her nerves (and also you’d need to be a robotic to not be nervous about performing on the Tremendous Bowl), the Umbrella hitmaker is ‘trying ahead’ to the expertise.
Requested how she felt in regards to the efficiency whereas out grocery buying in Los Angeles on Tuesday, she informed US outlet TMZ: ‘I’m nervous…however I’m excited.’
Whereas Rihanna is anticipated to be joined by particular company for the present, in true Tremendous Bowl type, the Barbadian star declined to remark additional on particulars.
She beforehand declined to carry out within the 2019 Tremendous Bowl halftime present out of solidarity with former US soccer participant Colin Kaepernick, who grew to become recognised around the globe for taking a knee to protest racial injustice within the US.
The present has beforehand been headlined by international superstars together with The Weeknd, Shakira, and Jennifer Lopez.
It was just lately speculated that Taylor Swift could be headlining the 2023 present, earlier than Rihanna dropped her bombshell and despatched the web right into a frenzy.
And Rihanna has some huge footwear to fill (though, we have now little doubt she’ll go above and past) following this yr’s efficiency, as 2022 noticed Californian rap powerhouses Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg take the title slot, joined by Mary J Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent.
Apple Music has been confirmed because the sponsor for the 2023 Tremendous Bowl, taking on from Pepsi.
‘We're proud to welcome Apple Music to the NFL household as our new companion for the enduring Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present,’ Nana-Yaw Asamoah, SVP of Associate Technique for the NFL, mentioned in an announcement.
‘We couldn’t consider a extra acceptable companion for the world’s most-watched musical efficiency than Apple Music, a service that entertains, evokes, and motivates hundreds of thousands of individuals around the globe by the intersection of music and know-how.’
The present will happen in Glendale, Arizona, on February 12.
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