Will Smith stole the spotlight at the Oscars 2023 with the slap he gave Chris Rock. However, this year, all eyes will be on Rihanna.
Rihanna will be the first artist in history to perform at both the Super Bowl and the Oscars in the same year. Although there won’t be a buzz about her second pregnancy at the film gala, the Barbadian singer will undoubtedly once again become the center of attention. These are the two biggest events of the year in the United States.
This will be the second time in less than a month that Rihanna has taken the stage to perform. It’s a significant event, considering that she has been virtually absent from the music world for seven years, with her current priorities being motherhood and business. In 2023, we will get to enjoy Rihanna’s performances twice.
Rihanna will sing “Lift Me Up”, the Black Panther theme song
The singer of “Love on the Brain” was the first to be confirmed by the Hollywood Film Academy to perform at this year’s Oscars.
Rihanna will take the stage to sing “Lift Me Up,” the theme song from the movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which is nominated for Best Original Song.
The song was composed by Ludwig Göransson and Ryan Coogler, and it is the only solo song that Rihanna has released in recent years. Her last album, “ANTI,” was released in 2016.
Lenny Kravitz will perform “In Memoriam”
the american musician Lenny Kravitz will perform at the Oscars in the segment In memory, a space in which members of the film industry who died last year are honored. This is the second performance confirmed by the Academy.
The artist who has won four Grammy Awards will thus appear in one of the most followed parts each year in the broadcast of these awards and which last year featured the music of The Sample Choir as the protagonist.
Sofia Carson and Diane Warren will sing “Applause”
Actress and singer Sofia Carson and composer Diane Warren will perform “Applause,” another nominee for Best Original Song.
This will be Carson’s first Oscars experience. The Colombian-born American actress, singer, and dancer is known for her works such as “The Descendants” (2015) and “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists” (2019).
Diane Warren, on the other hand, has a long-standing relationship with these awards, having received 14 Oscar nominations to date.
Bonus Track: Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish won the Oscars the year they sang ‘Shallow’ and ‘No Time to Die’
Lady Gaga is another of this year’s big nominees for Best Original Song. It’s for his work with Bloodpop for the theme hold my handwhich is part of the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
In the case of taking it, it would be the second Oscar of Gaga’s career.
The first I got it in 2019, a year after the premiere of A star is born.
“Shallow” won the award for Best Original Song and was one of the most streamed songs of the year. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s performance on the Dolby Theater stage dazzled the audience to the point of sparking rumors of a romance between them. However, the two protagonists later denied any romantic involvement. Their love was fictional, just like the one portrayed in the movie.
Billie Eilish also won an Oscar for her work with her brother Finneas on “No Time to Die,” which is from the soundtrack of the James Bond film with the same name. She performed the song on stage shortly before winning the award for Best Song.
This trend of performing and winning the award has also happened with other artists, such as Elton John, who won in 2020 for his collaboration on “Rocketman,” and Sam Smith, who performed “Writing’s on the Wall” in 2016 when they won the Oscar for “Spectre.” Therefore, many speculate that this year’s Oscar for Best Original Song will go to an artist from Barbados.
Nominated for Best Original Song
‘Lift Me Up’ (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) Rihanna, Ludwig Göransson and Ryan Coogler
‘Naatu Naatu’ (RRR) Kala Bhairava, MM Keeravani and Rahul Sipligunj
‘Hold My Hand’ (Top Gun: Maverick) Lady Gaga and Bloodpop
‘Applause’ (Say it Like a Woman) Sofía Carson and Diane Warren
‘This is a Life’ (All at once everywhere) David Byrne, Ryan Lott and Mitski