Rihanna: ‘Exhilarating’ to make return performance at Super Bowl
Rihanna hopes to shine bright like a diamond at the Super Bowl halftime show.
The singer behind hits such as “Umbrella” and “Work” says her 13-minute performance at Sunday’s game in Glendale, Ariz., will be a “jam-packed” celebration of her musical career.
She agreed to headline the halftime show shortly after giving birth to her son last year.
“When you become a mom, there’s something that just happens where you feel like you can take on the world, you can do anything,” Rihanna said Thursday at a Super Bowl event. “The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages of the world. As scary as that was, because I hadn’t been on stage in seven years, there’s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all.”
Rihanna, 34, last toured in 2016 in support of her most recent album, “Anti,” which she released that year.
Deciding how to put together the setlist for Sunday’s show was the biggest challenge, Rihanna said. She briefly questioned whether it was the right time to tackle the Super Bowl so soon after welcoming her son with rapper A$AP Rocky.
“At the end of the day, if it flops or it flies, my name has to stand by that,” Rihanna said. “And so I really get involved with every aspect of anything I do.”
Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar headlined last year’s Super Bowl halftime show. The Weeknd performed in 2021.
State Farm Stadium will play host to Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, who both went 14-3 during the NFL regular season.
Formerly named University of Phoenix Stadium, the venue hosted Super Bowl XLII in 2008, when the Giants beat the previously undefeated New England Patriots, and Super Bowl XLIX in 2014, when the Patriots beat the Seattle Seahawks.
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