Rihanna To Perform ‘LIFT ME UP’ From Black Panther; Wakanda Forever At The Oscars In Memory Of Chadwick Boseman

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Barbados songstress, billionaire, and entrepreneur Rihanna will perform “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Thursday. This will be the Grammy Award-winning pop star’s first time performing at the Oscars.

The pop superstar will take the stage at the 2023 Academy Awards to perform her Oscar-nominated song from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” live for the first time.

“Lift Me Up” was nominated for Best Original Song — marking another first for the pop star. “Wakanda Forever” director Ryan Coogler, composer Ludwig Göransson and Nigerian singer Tems are credited in the single, which reached no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 last November.

The song, created with Tems, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson, was featured on the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. “‘Lift Me Up’ is a song that holds great meaning to us as it was written as a tribute to the extraordinary life and legacy of our friend, the late Chadwick Boseman, and his influence on this film,” Göransson said in a statement. Boseman, known for his role as King T’Challa in Marvel’s “Black Panther,” died in 2020 after a four-year battle with cancer.

“It was an honor to work with these incredible musicians in crafting a song for our film and for our friend,” Coogler said in a statement after the nomination. “It was meant to be a tribute to love and the specter of loss, and I couldn’t be happier that it is being recognized.”

Rihanna stunned Super Bowl audiences earlier this month with a soaring solo half-time performance in which she made her second pregnancy with rapper A$AP Rocky public. The performance was a worldwide sensation and more popular than the Superbowl itself.

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