{"id":33993,"date":"2022-11-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/rihannas-lift-me-up-is-a-poignant-return-to-music\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T21:34:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:34:17","slug":"rihannas-lift-me-up-is-a-poignant-return-to-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/rihannas-lift-me-up-is-a-poignant-return-to-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna&#8217;s &#8220;Lift Me Up&#8221; is a Poignant Return to Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past six years, Rihanna&#8217;s been busy &#8211; building her Fenty Beauty brand, having a baby, and becoming the world&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/news\/rihanna-net-worth-youngest-woman-billionaire\">youngest female billionaire<\/a>. But finally, she&#8217;s returned to the thing that first made us all fall in love with her &#8211; music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On October 28, Rihanna released &#8220;Lift Me Up,&#8221; a single for the upcoming Marvel movie,&nbsp;<em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. <\/em>The song is her first solo release since her alternative R&amp;B masterpiece&nbsp;<em>ANTI<\/em> dropped in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>However, &#8220;Lift Me Up&#8221; is a stark contrast to the brass and edge of&nbsp;<em>ANTI<\/em>, a surprisingly simple yet enthralling ballad built on lush strings, vocal layering, and delicate harp plucking. The instrumentation of the song reflects its meaning, as it is a tribute to the late actor Chadwick Boseman. Boseman, who played the lead role of T&#8217;Challa in the 2018 <em>Black Panther&nbsp;<\/em>film, passed away from colon cancer on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43.<\/p>\n<p>\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.8.0 &#8211; 30-10-2022 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=&#8221;.svg&#8221;]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/traklife.com\/mack-mendenhall\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/11\/Christopher-Polk-Getty-Images-1024x677.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Christopher Polk \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rihanna&#8217;s distinct mezzo-soprano soars on lyrics like, &#8220;Burning in a hopeless dream \/ Hold me when you go to sleep \/ Keep me in the warmth of your love.&#8221; The song itself may have fallen flat had it been given to another artist. Yet for a singer whose voice uniquely embodies both grit and sweetness, the atmospheric&nbsp; nature of the ballad allows Rihanna space to showcase the range of her emotional depth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-ratio-16-9 whatever-embed-responsive\"><span class=\"lnaCUEYq0uhWV6t9DvPcKIgk4dTpSzj27er1J8xBMORAQoNs5iyGmwH3ZFbXf\"><iframe title=\"Rihanna - Lift Me Up (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mx_OexsUI2M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Along with Rihanna, songwriting credits for &#8220;Lift Me Up&#8221; include Oscar-winning composer Ludwig G\u00f6ransson,&nbsp;<em>Black Panther&nbsp;<\/em>director Ryan Coogler, and Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems, who has recently collaborated with industry heavyweights like Drake and Future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter speaking with Ryan and hearing his direction for the film and the song, I wanted to write something that portrays a warm embrace from all the people that I\u2019ve lost in my life. I tried to imagine what it would feel like if I could sing to them now and express how much I miss them,\u201d Tems revealed in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/music\/news\/rihanna-song-black-panther-wakanda-forever-1235412876\/\">Variety<\/a>. \u201cRihanna has been an inspiration to me, so hearing her convey this song is a great honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/em> will premiere in the United States on November 11. The official motion picture soundtrack will release on the same day, including an additional new song by Rihanna, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elitedaily.com\/entertainment\/rihanna-born-again-black-panther-wakanda-forever-song-release\">&#8220;Born Again&#8221;<\/a>. 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