Six years after her critically acclaimed album ‘ANTI’, Robyn Fenty popularly known as Rihanna has taken a much-needed hiatus from releasing any solo music as she delved into other business ventures which include her thriving fashion and beauty empire.
Now she is making her come back to the scene with a single which is the soundtrack for the Marvel movie, ‘Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever.
Rihanna teased a video of the track via her Twitter page, while captioning the post, “Lift me up. 10.28.2022.”
Rihanna co-wrote “Lift Me Up” with Nigerian singer Tems; music producer and Swedish composer Ludwig Goransson; and Black Panther’s director, Ryan Coogler.
The track was written as a tribute to the lead star of the first Black Panther film, Chadwick Boseman who played T’Challa.
Speaking about “Lift Me Up”, Tems said, “After speaking with Ryan and hearing his direction for the film and the song, I wanted to write something that portrays a warm embrace from all the people that I have lost in my life.
“I tried to imagine what it would feel like if I could sing to them now and express how much I miss them.”
On working with Rihanna, Tems said, “Rihanna has been an amazing inspiration to me so hearing her convey this song is a great honour”.
If you would recall, when the first official trailer of the sequel was released in July, it featured Tems performing a cover of Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry”.
Still talking about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Nigerian artiste Rema has taken to his Twitter handle to share some exciting news.
He tweeted, “My voice on the Black Panther trailer, I’m speechless! Big ups to everyone who took part in making this happen, Wakanda Forever.”
Massive shout-out to our Nigerian artists representing the world of music.
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