{"id":1236190,"date":"2022-10-27T12:48:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/27\/rihanna-to-debut-new-music-on-wakanda-forever-soundtrack\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T12:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:48:58","slug":"rihanna-to-debut-new-music-on-wakanda-forever-soundtrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/27\/rihanna-to-debut-new-music-on-wakanda-forever-soundtrack\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna to debut new music on \u2018Wakanda Forever\u2019 soundtrack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/221026141853-02-rihanna-0301-restricted-1024x576.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>We can thank the \u201cBlack Panther\u201d sequel for Rihanna finally returning to the world of music.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFenty\u201d founder\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rihanna\/status\/1585302326318813185?s=20&#038;t=dVsxz1UuNKuPI_PyinfSBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted Wednesday about her forthcoming single, \u201cLift Me Up,\u201d\u00a0<\/a>which is set to release on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The original song will be featured on the soundtrack to the new Marvel movie, \u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.\u201d The song will mark Rihanna\u2019s first new music as a solo artist in six years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">lift me up<br \/>10.28.22 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hIvhUQP8Bj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/hIvhUQP8Bj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rihanna (@rihanna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rihanna\/status\/1585302326318813185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a press release, the tune was written by Rihanna, fellow artist Tems, Oscar winner Ludwig G\u00f6ransson and \u201cBlack Panther\u201d director Ryan Coogler as a tribute to the late \u201cBlack Panther\u201d star Chadwick Boseman.<\/p>\n<p>Boseman\u00a0died in 2020 at age 43 following a private battle with colon cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 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\u2019ve 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,\u201d Tems said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRihanna has been an inspiration to me so hearing her convey this song is a great honour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song was recorded in five countries and Rihanna shared only a snippet of it on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have been eagerly awaiting new music from Rihanna since her last album, \u201cAnti,\u201d which dropped in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>There had been speculation that she would release something new in anticipation of her performance as the headliner for the upcoming\u00a0Superbowl Halftime Show\u00a0in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever \u2013  From and Inspired By\u201d will be released on November 4. The film hits theatres on November 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/rihanna-to-debut-new-music-on-wakanda-forever-soundtrack\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can thank the \u201cBlack Panther\u201d sequel for Rihanna finally returning to the world of music. The \u201cFenty\u201d founder\u00a0tweeted Wednesday about her forthcoming single, \u201cLift Me Up,\u201d\u00a0which is set to release on Friday. The original song will be featured on the soundtrack to the new Marvel movie, \u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.\u201d The song will mark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1236192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3210,1484,5971,6995,21304],"class_list":{"0":"post-1236190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-debut","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-rihanna","11":"tag-soundtrack","12":"tag-wakanda"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}