It’s finally here. After a years of waiting, begging, and nagging, Rihanna has blessed us with recent music ultimately. Her latest is “Lift Me Up,” the lead single from the Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally soundtrack—a grand comeback fit for the superstar and mogul.
The uplifting, emotional ballad is supposed to be a tribute Chadwick Boseman, the late and beloved star of Black Panther whose loss has been deeply felt by fans and fellow actors, especially his former co-stars within the Wakanda Eternally solid. The song was written by Rihanna, Tems, Oscar-winning composer of Black Panther Ludwig Göransson, and director Ryan Coogler. The song was recorded in five countries and produced by Göransson too. With lyrics like, “Keep me in the heat of your love once you depart / Keep me protected / Secure and sound,” their heartfelt homage to Boseman is evident.
“After speaking with Ryan and hearing his direction for the film and the song, I wanted to write down something that portrays a warm embrace from all of the those who I’ve lost in my life. I attempted to assume what it will feel like if I could sing to them now and express how much I miss them,” Tems said in a press release. “Rihanna has been an inspiration to me, so hearing her convey this song is an ideal honor.”
Since she released her last album, the masterpiece Anti, in 2016, together with collaborations with DJ Khaled and N.E.R.D. the next 12 months, Rihanna has been, understandably, very busy. She’s expanded her Fenty Beauty empire and Savage X Fenty lingerie business, was named an actual billionaire, and recently became a mother to a baby boy this spring. But in recent weeks, hints of her return got here to the surface. First, she was announced because the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner, prompting the query: Does this mean Rihanna is releasing recent music? After which, Wakanda Eternally promos online and in Times Square were lit up with the letter R, suggesting Rihanna’s musical involvement within the sequel. Sure enough, this week, those rumors were confirmed.
If the years-long wait has proven anything, it’s that Rihanna is moving on her own timeline, and nobody else’s. “I’m taking a look at my next project completely otherwise from the way in which I had desired to put it out before. I believe this fashion suits me higher, loads higher,” she told Vogue earlier this 12 months. “It’s authentic, it’ll be fun for me, and it takes quite a lot of the pressure off.”
With its Rihanna-led single, Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally follows the tradition began by its predecessor of tapping high-profile Black artists to create original music for the film. When the primary installment was released in 2018, Kendrick Lamar composed and curated songs for the accompanying Black Panther: The Album, together with other artists including SZA, The Weeknd, Anderson .Paak, 2 Chainz, and Jorja Smith. (Certainly one of the songs even won a Grammy the next 12 months.) Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” could be the primary of more stellar original songs for the highly-anticipated sequel. As critics who saw the film noted, she has one other track called “Born Again” that plays within the credits too.
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Take heed to “Lift Me Up” here and browse the total lyrics below:
Lift me up
Hold me down
Keep me close
Secure and sound
Burning in a hopeless dream
Hold me once you fall asleep
Keep me in the heat of your love once you depart
Keep me protected
Secure and sound
Lift me up
Hold me down
Keep me close
Secure and sound
Drowning in an limitless sea
Take a while and stick with me
Keep me within the strength of your arms
Keep me protected
Secure and sound
Lift me up
Hold me down
Keep me protected
Secure and sound
Burning in a hopeless dream
Hold me once you fall asleep
Keep me protected
We want light
We want love
(Lift me up) Lift me up, in your arms
(Hold me down) I want love, I want love, I want love
(Keep me close) Hold me, hold me
(Secure and sound) Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
(Lift me up) Hold me, hold me, hold me
(Hold me down) Hold me
(Keep me protected)
We want light
We want love
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Erica Gonzales is the Senior Culture Editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage on TV, movies, music, books, and more. She was previously an editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com. There may be a 75 percent probability she’s listening to Lorde without delay.
