Rihanna’s first solo new music in six years is out and tugging at heartstrings.“Lift Me Up” from the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” soundtrack was released Friday. The song is already a hit with her faithful fan base, known as Rihanna’s Navy.The singer teased the release of the song on Wednesday. Within an hour of her posting the 14-second teaser, there were more than 70,000 tweets generated about it, according to Twitter.

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The new song begins with Rihanna humming the melody before she launches into the emotional lyrics.“Lift me up/Hold me down/Keep me close/Safe and sound,” she sings. “Burning in a hopeless dream/Hold me when you go to sleep/Keep me in the warmth of your love when you depart/Keep me safe, safe and sound.”Rihanna also debuted a moving music video for the song on Friday, featuring scenes from the movie.

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The song was written by Rihanna, fellow artist Tems, Oscar winner Ludwig Göransson and “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler as a tribute to the late “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman.Boseman died in 2020 at age 43 following a private battle with colon cancer.

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There is already plenty of reaction to the song on social media, including one person who threw in a hopeful prediction by tweeting, “just finished listening to rihanna’s future oscar winning song lift me up.”“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By” will be released on November 4 and the film hits theaters a week later.Source:CNN

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