Inside Rihanna’s billion-dollar comeback: from new song Lift Me Up for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the Savage x Fenty Vol. 4 Fashion Show, to headlining the Super Bowl halftime show

Oct 28 , 2022

She’s back! Rihanna has a new single, a Super Bowl halftime show and a Savage x Fenty show in her sights. Photo: EPA-EFE

Now Rihanna’s given birth to her baby with A$AP Rocky, it’s time for her big comeback, including a new song for Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and a huge fashion show

The Savage x Fenty production, which will stream live on Prime Video, will star everyone from Anitta and Cara Delevingne to Bella Poarch, Simu Liu and Burna Boy

When Rihanna makes a comeback, she does not skimp on the work.

The “Umbrella” hitmaker, who welcomed her first child earlier this year with embattled rapper A$AP Rocky, not only teased fans with new music this week, she’s also curated a star-studded line-up for her Savage x Fenty Vol. 4 fashion show, which will stream live on Prime Video on November 9.

Here’s what you need to know about Riri’s big return ...

Her star-studded fashion show

Rihanna is always the best advert for her Savage x Fenty lingerie line, but likes to rope in a few celebrity friends for her fashion shows too. Photo: @badgalriri/Instagram

The Savage x Fenty Vol. 4 Fashion Show has an all star cast of models. Broadway star and newly minted Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph, who stars in ABC’s Abbott Elementary, will be among those walking in the fashion show, along with Empire alum Taraji P. Henson, Shang-Chi star Simu Liu, Black Panther actor Winston Duke, Black-ish actor Marsai Martin, Snowfall actor Damson Idris, model-actor Cara Delevingne, drag queen Kornbread, singer Ángela Aguilar, actor and dancer Taylour Paige and comedians Lilly Singh and Rickey Thompson.

Other models include TikTok stars Avani Gregg and Bella Poarch, as well as supermodels Irina Shayk, Joan Smalls, Lara Stone, Precious Lee and Zach Miko, among others, Prime Video said in a statement.

Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty fashion shows are always an extravagant and colourful affair. Photo: @savagexfenty/Instagram

Musicians Anitta, Burna Boy, Don Toliver and Maxwell are also set to perform at the event, for which Rihanna served as an executive producer and creative director.

“Now in its fourth consecutive year, the extraordinary fashion experience continues to challenge tradition and break boundaries. The trailblazing event is raising the bar yet again with a new all-star line-up of models, actors, some of the biggest names in music, and more, debuting the latest Savage x Fenty styles,” Prime Video said, describing the event as “a seductive fashion fever dream”.

Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty lingerie has been a huge hit, and helped make the Barbadian singer a billionaire. Photo: @savagexfenty/Instagram

The size-inclusive collection features bras, underwear, sleepwear and loungewear. It will be available for purchase at the Amazon Fashion Store and Savage x Fenty on the same day the fashion show airs.