Rihanna Super Bowl halftime show biggest talking points. (Getty)
Rihanna has finally returned to the live stage with an explosive halftime show at the 2023 Super Bowl.
The Super Bowl (13 February) took place in Glendale, Ariz in State Farm Stadium and pulled in celebrities from around the world to watch the spectacle including Jay Z, Blue Ivy, Adele, Cardi B and Cara Delevingne.
And after months of secrecy around her setlist and guest appearances, global pop star Rihanna took centre stage to perform a career-spanning selection of her greatest hits.
The show-stopping performance collected the best from her 17-year catalogue, ranging from timeless classics such as “Umbrella” through to a crowd-rising rendition of her hit song “Diamond.”
After a nearly six-year hiatus, the halftime show has set Rihanna’s musical comeback off with a bang; and even more impressively, she has also now made history as the first pregnant woman to headline the event.
This halftime show, Rihanna promised to celebrate “immigrants, Barbados and Black women everywhere”, kicking it off with a stirring Apple Music video set in her home town Saint Martin.
And with Abbot Elementary‘s Sheryl Lee Ralph starting the entertainment on a pitch-perfect note with a rendition of the Black National Anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, the night started how it meant to go on.
So with the hopes of music lovers everywhere on her shoulders, here are the biggest talking points from the night.
1. The pregnancy reveal
Rihanna began her set with a bang by revealing a very special guest appearance: a second pregnancy.
This wouldn’t be a grand and triumphant return to music without at least one surprise. The explosive news, which has since been confirmed by representatives, comes nine months after the birth of her son with A$AP Rocky.
Fans everywhere flocked to share their reactions to the news as she went onto deliver a…
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