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Rihanna Performs—and Pays Tribute to Chadwick Boseman—at Oscars 2023

One month to the day after performing a medley of her greatest hits at Tremendous Bowl LVII—and revealing her second being pregnant within the course of—Rihanna took the stage on the Oscars 2023 to carry out “Elevate Me Up,” her nominated track from Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally.

The ballad, an elegiac ode to Chadwick Boseman—the unique Black Panther star, who died of colon most cancers in 2020—marks Rihanna’s first solo vocal effort for the reason that launch of her final album, Anti, in 2016. She shares writing credit score (and the Oscar nomination) with Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems, Wakanda Eternally director Ryan Coogler, and composer Ludwig Göransson, an Oscar winner for his work on the primary Black Panther movie. 

Draped in jewels, the Grammy winner carried out her hovering track on a platform that progressively rose because the music swelled. 

Rihanna and her cowriters face stiff competitors in the most effective authentic track class: they’re up in opposition to earlier winner Girl Gaga, who’s nominated with Bloodpop for “Maintain My Hand” from Prime Gun: Maverick; David Byrne, Ryan Lott, and Mitski, who joined forces for All the pieces In every single place All at As soon as’s “This Is a Life;” honorary Oscar winner and 14-time nominee Diane Warren, for “Applause” from Inform It Like a Girl; and the buoyant “Naatu Naatu” from worldwide sensation RRR, written by Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, and Rahul Sipligunj.

Followers hoping to see one other celeb on the Dolby Theatre, although, had been destined to be upset. Rihanna revealed in a tweet earlier this month that her eldest little one with A$AP Rocky—whose title has nonetheless not been publicly revealed—can be sitting out the ceremony. However evidently, the toddler continues to be a fan of “Elevate Me Up.”

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