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Famous singer Rihanna surprised the world during an electrifying performance at Sunday’s Super Bowl by announcing that she is once again expecting.
In an interview last week, the Bajan singer was asked if there would be any surprises during her performance at Arizona’s State Farm Stadium. “I’m thinking about bringing someone,” she replied. “I’m not sure, we’ll see.”
Naturally, fans assumed she was talking about one of the many artists she’s collaborated with during her illustrious career. A guest spot from Jay-Z, Drake or Eminem seemed both likely and in keeping with the half-time show tradition of surprise duets.
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However, Rihanna wasn’t referring to any of them. Although nobody twigged at the time, she was in fact hinting that she was pregnant with her second child. The singer may have failed to debut any new music during her performance at the Super Bowl, but the baby bump she debuted instead almost broke the internet.
Wearing an all-red custom jumpsuit by Loewe, Rihanna appeared on one of several floating platforms which soared high above the crowd. The audience went wild as the singer launched straight into Better Have My Money – a somewhat ironic opener considering she is not being paid for her Super Bowl performance.
The singer packed a huge number of hits into a tight 14-minute set, only performing the first verse or chorus of certain songs. However, monster hits such as Rude Boy were balanced with the somewhat harder-edged and lesser-known Pour It Up.
Somewhat disappointingly, the set list took advantage of some of her best-known collaborations – without any of her collaborators actually joining her on stage.
As she performed Run This Town, All of the Lights and Wild Thoughts, there were no appearances from Jay-Z, Ye (formerly Kanye West) or DJ Khaled, who normally feature on those tracks.
Which songs did Rihanna perform?
Here isthe list of the songs that the singer performed last night:
- Better Have My Money
- Where Have You Been
- Only Girl (In The World)
- We Found Love
- Rude Boy
- Work
- Wild Thoughts
- Birthday Cake (instrumental) / Pour It Up
- All of the Lights
- Run This Town
- Umbrella
- Diamonds