The music icon Rihanna bagged her first Oscar nomination for
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever song “Lift Me Up”
Rihanna’s first single in six years, ‘Lift Me Up’, the part of the official soundtrack for the upcoming Marvel film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The song was co-written by Rihanna with singer Tems, producer Ludwig Goransson, and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and the song was written as a tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman.
Rihanna made a comeback with “Lift Me Up” after being busy with entrepreneurial things and motherhood. The song was her first Oscar nomination this year.
Director Ryan Coogler previously revealed that “she was at a point in her life as well where she was focusing on different things focused on business, motherhood, which is a big theme in our film,”.
Tems the co-singer with Rihanna also said: “I tried to imagine what it would feel like if I could sing to them now and express how much I miss them, Rihanna has been an inspiration to me so hearing her convey this song is a great honor.”
Rihanna’s – Lift Me Up (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) is a 3 min and 32 seconds song by Production Company Somesuch Co.
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Rihanna Update (2026)
Updated July 2026. “Lift Me Up,” Rihanna’s tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, marked her first Oscar nomination, though it lost Best Original Song to RRR’s “Naatu Naatu” at the 2023 ceremony. The song remains part of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack that helped the film gross over $850 million worldwide. Rihanna hasn’t released a proper follow-up single in the years since, but she’s reportedly been back in the studio working on her first album since 2016, with fans hoping for a 2026 release alongside a rumored tour marking Anti’s tenth anniversary. Off the music side, she’s continued expanding Fenty Beauty and Fenty Hair, and welcomed her third child with A$AP Rocky, daughter Rocki Irish Mayers, in September 2025.
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