Rihanna Admits She Studied Beyoncé’s Suρer Bowl Halftime Performances to Prepare for Her Own

Rihanna drew inspiration for her Suρer Bowl halftime performance from Beyoncé.

Rihanna disclosed on Sunday’s episode of The Process with Nate Burleson, an iHeart and the NFL podcast, that she had analyzed the “Cuff It” singer’s previous Suρer Bowl Halftime Show appearances in order to better prepare for her own.

“I observed Beyonce’s halftime performances on multiple occasions.”She is a beast of an entirely different caliber.”Really, just to be inspired,” the 34-year-old Grammy winner explained to host Nate Burleson..

Beyoncé, 41, performed as a solo act to open the 2013 Suρer Bowl XLVII Halftime Show. However, she paid special attention to her former Destiny’s Child members, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, who appeared during her performance.

In 2016, she and Bruno Mars joined Suρer Bowl 50 halftime show headlining Coldplay on the field, marking her return to the Suρer Bowl stage.

“So engrossed” in her Suρer Bowl halftime performance, Rihanna “forgot” to celebrate her birthday and Valentine’s Day.

The artist from “Lift Me Up” revealed on Thursday at a press conference that selecting the tracks to be included in her Suρer Bowl LVII performance was the most difficult aspect of preparation.

“That was the most arduous, arduous aspect: determining how to celebrate while maximizing thirteen minutes.” Exactly that is what this program will be. “It will be an homage to my entire catalog in the most aesthetically pleasing manner possible,” Rihanna explained to Nadeska Alexis, an Apple Music presenter.

“Condensing seventeen years of labor into thirteen minutes is challenging. “We may lose a few songs as a result, which is perfectly acceptable, but I believe we did a decent job of narrowing it down,” she continued.

Indeed, the celebrity has been so intently occupied with preparing for the Suρer Bowl that she has neglected to plan for several approaching holidays.

“Because I’ve been so preoccupied with the upcoming Suρer Bowl, I completely forgot it’s my birthday.” “I overlooked Valentine’s Day entirely,” she exclaimed.

However, subsequent to the birth of her 8-month-old son with A$AP Rocky in May of last year and the October release of her first single in nearly seven years, Rihanna quickly realized that motherhood and professional ambitions are not always compatible.

“However, there’s something about motherhood that makes you feel as though you can conquer the universe. “The Suρer Bowl is one of the largest stages in the world, so anything is possible,” the “Diamonds” singer advised. “There is something exhilarating about the challenge itself, no matter how terrifying that was, and it is crucial that I accomplish this this year. It is crucial in terms of representation. “That is something that my son must observe.”

FOX will broadcast Suρer Bowl LVII live from State Farm Stadium in Arizona on February 12 at 6:30 p.m. ET.