Lift Me Up - Rihanna (Black Panther) - MP3 instrumental karaoke

One of pop's biggest and most hotly anticipated comebacks took place in 2022 when Rihanna sauntered back onto the scene. The megastar delighted fans with "Lift Me Up," her first piece of new material since 2016's ANTI, her acclaimed eighth album that swept up countless accolades from Grammy nominations to album of the year shout-outs. Tempered with bucolic, arpeggiated harp and strings from Ludwig Göransson (who composed the Black Panther score), the stripped-back yet soaring "Lift Me Up" lets Rihanna's crystalline voice shine. The track was conceived as the lead single for the soundtrack to the Marvel film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, co-written by Nigerian singer Tems and Panther writer-director Ryan Coogler as a tribute to the franchise’s late star, Chadwick Boseman. A heartfelt ballad, "Lift Me Up" wasn't quite what people wanted or expected from Rihanna's first new music in six years but set tongues wagging for her true comeback single.