Rihanna to perform Oscar-nominated “Lift Me Up” at 2023 Academy Awards

Rihanna will carry out “Raise Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly,” the Academy of Movement Photos Arts and Sciences introduced Thursday. This would be the Grammy Award-winning pop star’s first time performing on the Oscars. 

“Raise Me Up” was nominated for Greatest Unique Music — marking one other first for the pop star. “Wakanda Endlessly” director Ryan Coogler, composer Ludwig Göransson and Nigerian singer Tems are credited within the single, which reached no. 2 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 final November.

It was additionally Rihanna’s first launch after a near-six-year absence, and her Oscars efficiency would be the first time she’s carried out throughout an awards present because the 2018 Grammys.

“‘Raise Me Up’ is a track that holds nice which means to us because it was written as a tribute to the extraordinary life and legacy of our good friend, the late Chadwick Boseman, and his affect on this movie,” Göransson mentioned in a press release. Boseman, recognized for his position as King T’Challa in Marvel’s “Black Panther,” died in 2020 after a four-year battle with most cancers. 

“It was an honor to work with these unimaginable musicians in crafting a track for our movie and for our good friend,” Coogler mentioned in a press release after the nomination. “It was meant to be a tribute to like and the specter of loss, and I could not be happier that it’s being acknowledged.”

The film earned 5 nominations in whole, together with Greatest Actress in a Supporting Function for Angela Bassett, Greatest Costume Design, Greatest Make-up and Hairstyling, and Greatest Visible Results.

The information comes simply weeks after she delivered an Web-shattering efficiency throughout the Tremendous Bowl LVII halftime present. 

Sporting a bright-red ensemble, Rihanna’s 13-minute solo efficiency was the primary time she had carried out on stage in practically seven years. She additionally set the Twitterverse a-buzzing after exhibiting off what seemed like a child bump throughout the efficiency of her track “B**** Higher Have My Cash.”

The singer’s consultant later confirmed to CBS Information that Rihanna is pregnant with child No. 2. Rihanna welcomed her first youngster along with her companion, rapper A$AP Rocky, in Could.

The one is up towards “Maintain My Hand” from “Prime Gun: Maverick,” “Applause” from “Inform It Like a Lady,” “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR,” and “This Is A Life” from “Every little thing All over the place All at As soon as.” 

The Academy Awards present is ready for Sunday, March 12.