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New. Riri. Music. Rihanna returns with 'Lift Me Up' ballad from 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'

RiRi season is upon us. Rihanna dropped a new song, "Lift Me Up," on Friday, the pop superstar's first single as a lead artist since 2016. A lush ballad long on fluttering string instruments — and with a movingly tender vocal performance — "Lift Me Up" is from the soundtrack to the highly anticipated new Marvel movie "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and arrives months before Rihanna is due to ...
Barbadian singer Rihanna arrives for the world premiere of Marvel Studios' "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.

RiRi season is upon us.

Rihanna dropped a new song, "Lift Me Up," on Friday, the pop superstar's first single as a lead artist since 2016. A lush ballad long on fluttering string instruments — and with a movingly tender vocal performance — "Lift Me Up"

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