With no famous person friends or costume adjustments, Rihanna’s long-awaited, hit-packed comeback ultimately week’s Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present relied fully on her personal music — and her singular stage presence and swagger. And as all the time, the efficiency, full with an understated being pregnant reveal, prompted countless on-line discourse.
Within the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Tomás Mier — who appreciated the present, however noticed it as a low-energy letdown in comparison with halftime spectacles from Girl Gaga and Katy Perry — debates its deserves with Mankaprr Conteh, who noticed it as a triumphant, high-gloss enlargement of Rihanna’s signature efficiency model. (To listen to the episode, press play above, or discover it right here on the podcast supplier of your alternative.)
The dialogue additionally touches on the way forward for the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present — will Unhealthy Bunny ever play it? Are Taylor Swift, Drake, and Ariana Grande subsequent?
Additionally within the episode, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. responds to criticism of this 12 months’s Grammy ceremony in an interview with host Brian Hiatt.
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