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Rihanna has already this 12 months given us a Tremendous Bowl halftime present, a shock being pregnant, and, now, a efficiency on the Academy Awards.
But, nonetheless, no new album.
Which will sound grasping, until you keep in mind that her final album, “Anti,” dropped in 2016 – as in seven years in the past.
Oh, she’s teased us with singing the hook on Canadian singer PartyNextDoor’s 2020 single, “Imagine It,” and the Oscar-nominated track, “Elevate Me Up,” from the “Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly” soundtrack. Her highly effective efficiency of the ballad on the Academy Awards on Sunday introduced the viewers to their ft.
“Wakanda” star Danai Gurira referred to as Rihanna “royalty in her personal proper” in introducing Rihanna on Sunday night time. The track was written in tribute to “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, who died from colon most cancers in 2020 on the age of 43.