{"id":412369,"date":"2023-02-12T22:26:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T03:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=412369"},"modified":"2023-02-13T01:08:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T06:08:40","slug":"rihanna-prompts-speculations-after-super-bowl-halftime-performance","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/rihanna-prompts-speculations-after-super-bowl-halftime-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna prompts speculations after Super Bowl halftime performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pop and R&amp;B superstar Rihanna made her long-awaited return to the stage, thrilling the crowd with her soaring halftime performance &#8212; a fast-paced medley, at Sunday\u2019s Super Bowl LVII.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SHE\u2019S BAAAACK \ud83d\udc51 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rihanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Rihanna<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AppleMusicHalftime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AppleMusicHalftime<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rH2G9r2RSc\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/rH2G9r2RSc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1624943944328187905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The show was the nine-time Grammy-winning artist\u00a0&#8216;s first live event in seven years, and her first since becoming a mother nine months ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes. Yes. Yes. \ud83d\udc83 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rihanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Rihanna<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AppleMusicHalftime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AppleMusicHalftime<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1aaU8TOpNQ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/1aaU8TOpNQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1624944985790627840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thirteen minutes or so of quick-cut pop bangers minus the type of special guest that halftime typically features, Rihanna\u2019s performance also raised immediate speculation on social media that the 34-year-old singer \u2014 who appeared in a billowing red jacket over a form-fitting vinyl-ish bodice \u2014 is pregnant for the second time, less than a year after she gave birth to her first child.<\/p>\n<p>Rihanna welcomed a son with her boyfriend, rapper A$AP Rocky, in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood Reporter and other media outlets said a representative for the singer confirmed that Rihanna was indeed pregnant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-412370 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rhianna-e1676258752656.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"384\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>She opened the show, her first in years, on a suspended platform high above the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., with the throbbing rap track \u201cBitch Better Have My Money\u201d before segueing into a series of her up-tempo EDM cuts: \u201cWhere Have You Been,\u201d \u201cOnly Girl (In the World)\u201d and \u201cWe Found Love.\u201d Backed by an expansive cast of dancers in white hooded coats, she also performed parts of \u201cRude Boy,\u201d \u201cWork,\u201d \u201cWild Thoughts,\u201d \u201cPour It Up,\u201d \u201cAll of the Lights,\u201d \u201cRun This Town,\u201d \u201cUmbrella\u201d and \u201cDiamonds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop and R&amp;B superstar Rihanna made her long-awaited return to the stage, thrilling the crowd with her soaring halftime performance &#8212; a fast-paced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":412383,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17238],"news_category":[16703],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"Several media reported a representative for the singer confirmed that Rihanna was pregnant","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/412369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/412369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412369"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=412369"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=412369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}