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Rihanna shares motherhood inspired her to perform at the Super Bowl

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<p>Global star Rihanna shared that motherhood inspired her to headline the 2023 Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show.</p><p>In an interview with Nadeska for Apple Music, Rihanna opened up about the reason that led to her decision of performing at the Super Bowl.</p><p>The singer admitted that though she had her hesitations initially, she believes the timing is just right.</p><p>&quot;It feels like it could have only been now. I mean, when I first got the call again, I was like, &#x27;You sure? I&#x27;m three months post-partum. Should I make major decisions like this right now?&#x27;&quot; she shared.</p><p>The &quot;Umbrella&quot; singer then highlighted that motherhood has inspired her to say yes to doing the show.</p><p>&quot;When you become a mom there&#x27;s something that just happens wherein you feel like you can take on the world, you can do anything. And the Superbowl is one of the biggest stages in the world. As scary as that was because I haven&#x27;t been on stage in seven years, there&#x27;s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all,&quot; she remarked.</p><div><iframe width="2279" height="961" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kPKvslHF2ps" title="Watch Rihanna’s Super Bowl LVII Halftime Interview" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>She added: &quot;And it&#x27;s important for me to do it this year. It&#x27;s important for representation. It&#x27;s important for my son to see that.&quot;</p><p>Rihanna gave birth to her first child in May 2022.</p><p>When it comes to her preparations for her performance, Rihanna admitted that creating the setlist was the most challenging part.</p><p>&quot;That was the hardest part. Deciding how to maximize 13 minutes but also celebrate... that&#x27;s the show&#x27;s gonna be, it&#x27;s gonna be a celebration of my catalog in the best way that we could have put it together,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;And you only have 13 minutes so that&#x27;s the challenge. You are trying to cram 17 years of work so it is difficult. So you know, some songs you have to lose because of that and that&#x27;s gonna be okay. But I think we did a pretty good job of narrowing it down,&quot; she added.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckgm4_8vJ7V/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2224139.4000000358%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="611" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Rihanna shared that similar to how hands-on she is in her various endeavors, she shared that she is also very involved in the making of her Super Bowl performance.</p><p>&quot;There are a lot of people who are part of this show and a huge part of the reason why it&#x27;s gonna be as incredible as it is and I couldn&#x27;t have done it without them. But you know what, at the end of the day if it flops or if it flies my name has to stand by that,&quot; she stated.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/5/20/fresh-scoops/rihanna-gives-birth-to-her-first-child-200161"><strong>READ: Rihanna gives birth to her first child </strong></a></div><p>&quot;So I really get involved with every aspect of anything that I do whether it&#x27;s the Superbowl, whether it&#x27;s a mekup product, whether it&#x27;s Savage lingerie. Whatever I do, I&#x27;m that annoying girl who&#x27;s gonna talk about everything... I care about it, I love it, I really do,&quot; she added.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ckqwv04pVqM/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A2224147.699999988%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Rihanna also got candid about the physical challenges of performing as someone who just gave birth last year and as someone who hasn&#x27;t performed on stage for a while.</p><p>&quot;The physical challenge has definitely been immense for many reasons of course. But I haven&#x27;t done this in a minute so that&#x27;s first things first so you&#x27;re just running around for 13 minutes, trying to put a two-hour set in 13 minutes and you&#x27;re gonna see on Sunday that from the time it starts it&#x27;s just never ends until its like the very last second,&quot; she shared.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a jampacked show and it takes a toll on your body,&quot; she added. </p><p>Rihanna will headline Apple Music&#x27;s Super Bowl LVII Half Time Show on Sunday, December 12 (US time) during the Kansas City Chiefs championship game and Philadelphia Eagles.</p>

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Published Feb 12, 2023 02:03 PM PHT

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