Rihanna will perform "Lift Me Up" at 2023 Oscars
It's been announced that Rihanna will perform her Oscar-nominated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever song "Lift Me Up" at this year's Academy Awards next month.
Yesterday (23 February) the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Rihanna as a performer for the upcoming 95th Academy Awards on 12 March. She'll perform her Oscar-nominated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever song "Lift Me Up", and it'll follow her recent Super Bowl halftime show.
.@rihanna will take the stage at the 95th Academy Awards to perform her Oscar-nominated original song "Lift Me Up" from 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.' #Oscars95 https://t.co/FbrUO0PKeL
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 23, 2023
"Lift Me Up" is nominated for Best Original Song alongside Son Lux's Everything Everywhere All at Once song "This Is a Life" featuring Mitski and David Byrne, Lady Gaga's Top Gun: Maverick track "Hold My Hand", "Naatu Naatu" from RRR and "Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman, which is performed by Sofia Carson and was written by Diane Warren. The song marks Rihanna's first Academy Award nomination
The 95th Academy Awards will take place on 12 March.
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