Singer Rihanna is a pride of Barbados. So much so that on November 30, 2021, after that country officially declared itself an independent republic, the pop star was named “National Heroine”.
For this reason, at the law of one day for his expected performance in the half-time show of the Super Bowl 2023some references of what the Caribbean island has meant in his life are awaited.
As a preview and at the same time a tribute to its roots, the platform Apple Musicsponsor of the show, published a trailer that recreates the school stage of the childhood of Rihanna on the Caribbean island with an actress very similar to her.
In the clip, they mimicked the uniform he wore and moved to the street where he was born and raised and is now renamed Rihanna Drivenear the municipal cemetery.
It can be seen as the “girl Rihanna“In the performance, he dismounted from the school bus directly to his house and on whose radio a song by the artist was heard.
Later, he removes the sunglasses from who appears to be his mother, who was combing a girl’s hair. From there, the “girl Rihanna” walks through the streets with the attitude of an artist with glasses on and joins two other companions, who finally go to the entrance of the cemetery to fly kites.
As he passes, he sees the daily life of his humble neighborhood, the colorful houses, some in poor condition, with people sitting and playing dominoes.
“My whole life was formed on this street. I was an island girl flying kites in a graveyard, but my dreams were huge”ends the clip quoting the words of Rihanna.
The Twitter account Twitter @RihannaOnlineBR shared a comparative image of the 34-year-old singer and that of the child actress.
Although many details of what the show will have and if there are guests have not been revealed, many already point out that it will be one of the most memorable halftime shows. Because as the artist said at the press conference prior to the big day: “I represent Barbados and all black women in the world.”
Of the 285,000 inhabitants of the easternmost island in the Caribbean, the singer has a street named after her, in Westbury New Road, where he lived until he was 16 years old. He is now called Rihanna Drive.
In Sunday’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefsthe first-time mother of a boy from her relationship with the rapper A$AP Rockywill act on your first live event in almost seven years.
“When you become a mom there is something that happens, so you feel like you can take over the world, that you can do anything. The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world,” he said. Rihanna. “There’s something exciting about the challenge that comes with it all,” she remarked.
Awarded nine Grammys, Rihanna has charted 14 songs at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, including “We Found Love,” “Work,” “Umbrella,” and “Disturbia.”
“At the end of the day, whether it fails or succeeds, my name will be on it. So I really get involved in every aspect of everything I do, ”she said at the press conference, according to the AP agency.
Rihanna joins a list of artists who have been the stars of the Halftime Show del Super Bowl, including Beyoncé, Madonna, Coldplay, Katy Perry, U2, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, and The Weeknd. Last year hip hop was celebrated with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar performing together.
