Rihanna fans rejoice as singer breaks six-year hiatus with Lift Me Up

Rihanna fans rejoiced as the singer’s first solo launch in six years debuted on music streaming platforms at midnight Friday.

The 34-year-old hitmaker lends her voice to the monitor Lift Me Up for the highly-anticipated Black Panther sequel Wakanda Forever, which hits theaters November 11.

The piano balled, which has a 3-minute and 14-second runtime, reveals off the sweetness’s gorgeous falsetto as she sings: ‘Keep me secure, secure and sound.’

Fans eagerly took to social media minutes after the discharge to gush over the ‘lovely’ music as nicely as to reward Rihanna’s flawless vocals.

‘Omg the music is so lovely my eyes immediately teared up �� #Rihanna #LiftMeUp,’ gushed one Twitter consumer, whereas one other marveled on the hitmaker’s singing.

‘OMG HER VOCALS #Rihanna,’ learn a tweet, which included a picture of somebody tearing up with headphones on.

Another wrote: ‘rihanna. what you probably did was so lovely. i’m actually crying, the vocals, the way in which you simply sang all the pieces.’

Many Rihanna fans – who are sometimes referred to as ‘The Navy’ – have been moved to tears after listening to Lift Me Up, which is a tribute to the late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman.

‘I’m crying proper now, Rihanna why you do that to us,’ penned one emotional fan, who acquired a flood of responses echoing their sentiment.

Someone wrote that they have been ‘actually getting chills listening’ to Lift Me Up, whereas one other predicted that the music may very well be a possible Oscar contender within the Best Original Song class.

‘simply completed listening to rihanna’s future oscar successful music raise me up,’ the hopeful Rihanna stan wrote.

Being that Lift Me Up is paying homage to a lullaby, due to Rihanna’s soothing vocals and delicate piano taking part in, many listeners felt as although they have been ‘floating out to sea’ as they listened.

‘Rihanna’s single is placing me to sleep in essentially the most flattering manner attainable. I’m at peace.’ 

One Twitter consumer admitted that they ‘did not notice how a lot [they] missed Rihanna’s vocals’ till she started buzzing initially of the music. ‘So refreshing,’ they added.

With many fans planning to see the Black Panther sequel in theaters, a number of doubted that they’d have the ability to preserve their composure through the credit score music.

‘I’m [gonna] cry within the theater when the Black Panther finish credit begin rolling and I hear Rihanna voice,’ one tweeted out, whereas one other wrote: ‘oh I already know I’m about to be in that movie show boo hoo crying’

Being that Rihanna gave delivery to her first youngster with A$AP Rocky and was introduced as Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner this year, fans felt as although the music was simply one other ‘break the web’ second for the make-up mogul.

On Thursday, the mother-of-one teased the music’s launch by sharing the cover artwork for Lift Me Up on Instagram. 

She within the caption: ‘Tonight…MIDNIGHT EST. #LiftMeUp.’

Fans shared their pleasure as they wrote ‘cannot anticipate this’ and ‘the music might be superb!’

The art work for the approaching launch is a close-up grayscale picture of RiRi with her hair surrounding her face.

She wears shimmery eyeshadow on her eyelids and her shapely pout is coated in a matte lipstick. 

Along the left aspect of the photograph in white all-caps font, with sideways textual content orientation, reads ‘Rihanna Lift Me Up.’

In simply an hour of importing the publish, the Bajan celebrity racked up greater than two million likes from her following of 137 million on Instagram.

The new publish comes days after the official Black Panther: Wakanda Forever social media accounts shared a digital announcement for the music.

The clip opened with the title of the movie coming into view, accompanied by the hum of suspenseful music.

As the remainder of the letters from ‘Wakanda Forever’ pale away, the one remaining was an ‘R,’ in an apparent reference to the songstress.

Against a black display screen, the date ‘10.28.22,’ appeared, alerting fans of the discharge date. The caption had an emoji of eyes and the hashtag, ‘#WakandaForever.’

On Wednesday night Rihanna stepped out to attend the Black Panther film premiere in Hollywood. She was joined by beau A$AP Rocky for the glitzy, star-studded occasion, for which a purple carpet was rolled out.

According to Pitchfork, the longtime entertainer penned the tune with music artist Tems, producer Ludwig Göransson, and director Ryan Coogler. 

A press launch famous that the piece of music was created ‘as a tribute to the extraordinary life and legacy of Chadwick Boseman.’

The late Boseman shocked fans when he died in 2020, after conserving his battle with colon most cancers fully non-public. He was the star of the primary Black Panther movie, which stole the hearts of audiences in 2018.

Before this, the final time fans heard the Fenty Beauty CEO’s three-octave mezzo-soprano pipes was when she was featured on PartyNextDoor’s 2020 music Believe It.