Less than a month after making her solo Super Bowl debut, Rihanna took the Oscars stage on Sunday for a moving performance of her nominated song “Lift Me Up.”
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With music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson, and lyrics by Tems and Coogler for lyrics, “Lift Me Up” was written for Disney and Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which is nominated for a total of five Oscars this year.
Watch footage of Rihanna’s performance below, which we’ll replace with official video when/if it becomes available:
The emotional ballad from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was nominated for Best Original Song against “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman (music and lyrics by Diane Warren); “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick (music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop); “Naatu Naatu” from RRR (music by M. M. Keeravani and Lyrics by Chandrabose); and “This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once (music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski, and lyrics by Ryan Lott and David Byrne).
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