The reason Rihanna agreed to return to the Super Bowl stage

After six years away from live music shows, Rihanna he made the decision to go on stage again; although he was very hesitant to accept the invitation to star in the super bowl half timeHe confessed that he did it for his son.

Rihanna has become one of pop’s biggest stars since the 2000s, but she took a break because she felt uninspired. His return surprises because it will be in one of the most important sporting events in the United States, the Super Bowl 2023.

During a Super Bowl press conference, the singer from Barbados confessed that the proposal to participate in the halftime stage had been made three months after having her son, which, on the one hand , did it dudebecause he adapted to life as new mother And I didn’t know what might happen in the future.

“I was three months postpartum and I was like ‘should I make decisions like these now? maybe i will regret it later“, he shared, as he recovered EFE Agency.

However, her main motivation for accepting such an important project was precisely the fact that she is now a mother, because felt able to do anything in this new phase of his life.

“When you become a mother, something happens that makes you feel like you can do anything; no matter how scared I was, there was something stimulating in the challenge that this entails”

Recall that it was on May 13, 2022 that Rihanna gave birth to the son she had with her companion, the rapper A$AP Rocky. For months, the interpreter of Umbrella She kept a low profile for her pregnancy, occasionally attending events for her various lingerie and makeup brands.

It was in December that he first shared a photo of his baby, whose name is unknown; Rihanna assured that she had not yet revealed it because she and her companion had not chosen a first name for their son.

Almost a year after becoming a mother and after having previously refused to be the artist of the Super Bowl, the singer will perform this Sunday, February 12 at the State Farm Stadiumwhere the Philadelphia Eagles will face the Kansas City Chiefs.

Rihanna revealed during the conference that her show will need a team between 300 and 400 workers who will be behind the production, the organization and with her inside the stadium.

In eight minutes It will be necessary build the whole scene in which she will sing for 13 minutes and, with the same speed, they will have to remove each part of the structure and the second half of the game will open.

the interpreter of Diamonds He shared that this show seemed to him something “unbelievable, it’s almost impossible”, because in order for his presentation to be perfect, without errors, they had to do several rehearsals.

His nerves have been so great due to the responsibility he feels of being in charge of halftime that he hadn’t been able to sleep for the past few days and, in addition, his Wednesday rehearsal had to be prolonged.

“I was so focused on the Super Bowl that I totally forgot my birthday is coming up (February 20) I completely forgot about Valentine’s Day. I’m like Super Bowl, Super Bowl, Super Bowl,” the singer said.

It was in 2019 that Rihanna refused to be at the Super Bowl halftime show in support of the African-American community, in solidarity with the player Colin Kaepernick from San Francisco.

the player was vetoed of his team in 2016 for organizing a peaceful protest; while the hymn was played, he knelt down. This act annoyed the businessmen, who decided to act against him.

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