Rihanna’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present efficiency is simply days away. On Thursday, the musical famous person joined Apple Music’s Nadeska Alexis to debate the upcoming efficiency, and with out revealing too many particulars about what’s to come back, she shared that there have been “39 variations” of her 13-minute set.
“The setlist was the largest problem. That was the toughest, hardest half, deciding maximize 13 minutes but in addition rejoice,” Rihanna informed a crowd of reporters. “That’s what this present goes to be. It’s going to be a celebration of my catalog in the easiest way we may have put it collectively.”
She added, “You’re attempting to cram 17 years of labor into 13 minutes, so it’s tough. Some songs we needed to lose due to that, and that’s going to be okay, however I feel we did a fairly good job of narrowing it down. There are most likely about 39 variations of the setlist proper now.”
Rihanna defined that she was taking cost of even the tiniest tweaks to the efficiency to ensure it’s good come showtime. “Each time I make a change, one thing needs to be up to date, and that’s the brand new model,” she stated.
Rihanna additionally took the chance to vaguely and briefly contact on her present strategy to creating music, although she didn’t tackle whether or not a brand new album is on the best way.
“Musically, I’m feeling open,” she stated. “I’m feeling open to exploring, discovering, and creating issues which might be new. Issues which might be completely different. Issues which might be off. Bizarre. Won’t ever make sense to my followers. I simply need to play. I need to have enjoyable. I need to have enjoyable with music.”
The Barbados-born songstress additionally teased that the present shall be an uplifting celebration of her Caribbean roots and Black girls.
“That’s a giant a part of why that is essential for me to do that present: illustration. Representing for immigrants. Representing for Black girls in all places. That’s key for individuals to see the chances,” she stated. “It’s a great distance from dwelling, proper? It’s an attractive journey that I’m on. I may have by no means guessed that I’d have made it right here, so it’s a celebration of that. I’m actually excited to have Barbados on the Tremendous Bowl stage.”
Tremendous Bowl LVII marks the primary the place Apple Music serves as the primary sponsor for the halftime present after the sponsorship was owned by Pepsi for a decade. Final yr, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar have been tasked with representing L.A. hip-hop at SoFi Stadium.