On October 28, Rihanna's "Lift Me Up" debuted.

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The song, which was Tems' creation and the first new music from Rih in six years, was a homage to the late Chadwick Boseman, who played T'Challa in the first Black Panther film.

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“Burning in a hopeless dream / Hold me when you go to sleep / Keep me in the warmth of your love / When you depart, keep me safe / Safe and sound,” sings Rihanna in the song .

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“I’d give my heart to this place / I’d give my soul or whatever it takes, never run away / I’ve got enough angels to storm the gates, I’m not afraid,” Rihanna sings at the start of “Born Again,” her second song off the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack.  

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Rihanna dispelled fans' hopes that her ninth album would be released with this comeback to music and her impending Super Bowl Halftime performance, proving the idea that the music and fashion icon operates on her own schedule.

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“Super Bowl is one thing. New music is another thing. Do you hear that, fans?” she told the Associated Press with a laugh. 

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. “The second that I announced this, I said, ‘Oh, my God, they’re going to think my album is coming. I need to get to work.'” 

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“Lift Me Up” has “elements from [Ludwig Göransson’s] time in Senegal, several years ago, it has elements from — obviously I recorded here in the states, recorded in the U.K., also recorded in Mexico,” Ryan Coolger told Entertainment Tonight.  

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“And then Tems and I and Ludwig sat down in Nigeria, and put some real work in on it, a few months back.” Ryan also said he was “forever grateful” to Rihanna for joining the soundtrack. 

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