Do you feel it coming in the air, hearing the screams from everywhere? That’s the sound of all the people that are ecstatic that woke singer Rihanna will be performing at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show.
The voice behind “We Found Love” and “Diamonds” made the announcement on Sunday via Instagram, which ended speculation that Taylor Swift might be the headline artist for sport’s biggest concert.
“Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn,” Jay-Z, who was signed to head up the NFL’s music entertainment in 2019, said. “A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and entertainment.”
While her status as an icon and her talent are not in doubt, she has a long history of supporting anything woke.
In June, Rihanna, along with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, pledged $15 million to organizations that combat climate change and its particular effect on people LGBT members and minorities (because climate change is homophobic and racist).
Furthermore, her beauty company, Fenty, released a series of ads that showed gender-bending men wearing lipstick. She’s also an avid supporter of abortion, but that shouldn’t be a surprise in today’s celebrity culture.
Hopefully, her concert doesn’t have any underlying woke messages in it and we can just enjoy a halftime show simply as a concert. But given her track record — and the fact that this is an NFL-organized event — that might be too much to ask.