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With a very special guest, Rihanna performs hits at the Super Bowl.
Although Rihanna performed a mix of hit songs from throughout her career during the Super Bowl, the focus of the attention was on her growing baby bulge.
In a clinging, all-red attire with a molded bustier and a belt below what many onlookers assumed was another little RiRi in the making, the megastar debuted in the stadium aloft on a floating stage.
Rihanna is expecting her second child, according to the singer’s representatives, who confirmed the news to trade publications Rolling Stone and The Hollywood Reporter.
In May, the 34-year-old gave birth to a son, her first child with rapper A$AP Rocky.
Fans who expected new music were let down because Rihanna’s performance on the greatest stage in the world was more of a retrospective of her previous songs.
She performed her club hits, ranging from the classic “We Found Love” to “Where Have You Been” and “Only Girl (In the World).”
A sea of dancers performed breathtaking acrobatics as they sang “Rude Boy,” “Bitch Better Have My Money,” “Work,” and “All of the Lights,” among other songs on the repertoire.
The show was completed by “Wild Thoughts,” “Run This Town,” and of course, “Umbrella” and “Diamonds.”
She took control of the stage all by herself, unlike many other celebrities who bring out guest performers.
After rejecting the opportunity in the past to voice her disapproval of how the National Football League handled racial issues, the situation was reversed that night.
The Barbados-born musician, however, stated that taking the prestigious position this time around was “essential for representation.”
“My son has to see this,” the mother said.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty has taken a hiatus from singing since the release of “Anti” in early 2016, but she hasn’t exactly relaxed: she’s become a billionaire by turning her musical successes into lucrative beauty, lingerie, and high-fashion enterprises.
Since the release of her last album, Rihanna has made sporadic guest appearances and, more recently, has created the soundtrack for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
But the album she has been hinting about for years is still a myth, and it appeared like it would remain so for some time.