Rihanna returns to music with a song for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

The singer has not released a new work for six years.
Rihanna has been silent for six years but it seems that this will come to an end on October 28 when the new song from the soundtrack of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, the new Marvel action film in the saga, will be released. “Black Panther.”

Marvel has published a tweet in which the letter “R” in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” stands out, which most of the American press has understood as a confirmation of the rumors that have been circulating on the internet for a week about the return to the music of the Barbadian diva.

The singer has not released a new work for six years, three years ago she released a collaboration with the rapper and r&b singer PartyNextDoor, “Believe It”, a comeback that once again fueled fans’ expectations for her long-awaited ninth album.

After years of speculation, in 2018 Rihanna herself confirmed for the first time that there would be a new album. According to speculation, it could be a double work made up of a more pop album and another more experimental based on her Caribbean roots.

«I like to think of it as a reggae-inspired album. It’s not going to be reggae as we know it, but there will be elements like that in all the cuts. (…) It is in my blood, no matter how far I am from that culture or the environment in which I grew up. It never leaves me and, although I explored other styles, it is time to go back,” he commented in an interview with Vogue.

“R9”, the provisional title given to Rihanna’s ninth album – pending its official name – seems to be arriving soon. The NFL announced in September that the singer would be the star of the highly anticipated Superbowl show, next February 12 in Arizona.

If “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which opens on November 11, follows the example of the first film in the saga – “Black Panther” – its soundtrack will give priority to musicians of color, in That project’s main song was by Kendrick Lamar and artists like The Weekend and Travis Scott participated.

In the trailer for the new film it is accompanied by the song “No woman, no cry”, by Bob Marley, performed by Temilade Openiyi, a Nigerian artist known as Teams, and ends with “Alright” by rapper Kendrick Lamar.

EFE

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