Rihanna delivers soaring Super Bowl halftime performance while pregnant with second child

There's something exhilarating about the challenge of it all. And it's important for for me to do this this year. It's important for representation is important for my son to see that Rihanna is opening up about her performance at this year's Super Bowl halftime show and sharing that motherhood encouraged her to accept the gig during *** press appearance with halftime show sponsor Apple music ahead of Sunday's big game. The singer admitted that when she got the call about the opportunity, she did think twice about it. I was like, you sure? Like I'm, I'm three months postpartum like should I be making major decisions like this right now? Like I might regret this. But the 34 year old said becoming *** mom gave her the energy to take on the big event, especially with her nine month old son watching on when you become *** mom, there's something that just happens where you feel like you could take on the world, you can do anything. And the Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world. The grammy winning star also shared that it was important for her to perform on such *** big stage to represent quote for immigrants, represent for my country, Barbados and represent for black women everywhere. Rihanna has released eight studio albums and logged 14 number one hits on the billboard hot 100 chart. She didn't say which songs from her epic 18 year catalog she'd perform, but she did reveal she's reworking the set list to make sure the performance is memorable and monumental. The set list was the biggest challenge. That was the hardest, hardest part. According to the artist, the performance will be *** celebration of her catalog in the best way, she continued. I think we did *** pretty good job of narrowing it down for more on this story, go to thr dot com for the Hollywood Reporter News. I'm Tiffany taylor.

Rihanna was pregnant with her second child as she performed her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday.The singer's representative confirmed the pregnancy shortly after she ended her 13-minute set at Super Bowl 57.The baby bump that was visible in the tight clothes she wore under her baggy red jumpsuit during the show set off a wave of social media speculation that she might be pregnant again. The 34-year-old has a 9-month-old son with rapper A$AP Rocky.Rihanna began and ended the halftime show hovering high above the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. She wore a puffy, bright red jumpsuit with tight, rubbery garb underneath as she stood on a transparent rectangular platform that raised and lowered as she belted out the lyrics to �� Better Have My Money�� over the turf where the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs were battling moments earlier.Dancers wearing white ski-style suits and shaded goggles had their own suspended platforms that moved in concert with hers.She and the dancers were lowered to a long stage that matched her outfit as she sped through hits including "Work," “Where Have You Been,�� and “Only Girl,�� belting out “Want you to make me feel like I’m the only girl in the world.�� There were none of the instant costume changes, scene shifts or guest appearances that have been a constant at other Super Bowl halftimes. There were none of the instant costume changes, scene shifts or surprise guest appearances that have been a constant at other Super Bowl halftimes. (Her set included songs that were studio collaborations with Drake and Ye, but neither suddenly showed up.)The theme �� and the color scheme �� stayed the same throughout the 13-minute show, with red lights bathing the stage at times and golden fireworks exploding in the air above her.The long stage allowed for extended pull-away shots as she stared down the camera and overhead tracking shots of Rihanna and her dancers.At one point she powdered her face and checked it in a mirror before getting back on the mic.Lights sparkled from the stands as she was hoisted alone back into the air and sang “Diamonds�� with its refrain of “shine bright like a diamond�� as the set closed.Rihanna's performance was her first live event in years, and her first since becoming a mother nine months ago.___AP Entertainment Writer Jonathan Landrum contributed to this story from Glendale, Ariz.

GLENDALE, Ariz. —

Rihanna was pregnant with her second child as she performed her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday.

The singer's representative confirmed the pregnancy shortly after she ended her 13-minute set at Super Bowl 57.

The baby bump that was visible in the tight clothes she wore under her baggy red jumpsuit during the show set off a wave of social media speculation that she might be pregnant again. The 34-year-old has a 9-month-old son with rapper A$AP Rocky.

Rihanna began and ended the halftime show hovering high above the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

She wore a puffy, bright red jumpsuit with tight, rubbery garb underneath as she stood on a transparent rectangular platform that raised and lowered as she belted out the lyrics to “[Expletive] Better Have My Money�� over the turf where the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs were battling moments earlier.

Dancers wearing white ski-style suits and shaded goggles had their own suspended platforms that moved in concert with hers.

Rihanna performs during the halftime show at the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

She and the dancers were lowered to a long stage that matched her outfit as she sped through hits including "Work," “Where Have You Been,�� and “Only Girl,�� belting out “Want you to make me feel like I’m the only girl in the world.��

There were none of the instant costume changes, scene shifts or guest appearances that have been a constant at other Super Bowl halftimes.

There were none of the instant costume changes, scene shifts or surprise guest appearances that have been a constant at other Super Bowl halftimes. (Her set included songs that were studio collaborations with Drake and Ye, but neither suddenly showed up.)

The theme �� and the color scheme �� stayed the same throughout the 13-minute show, with red lights bathing the stage at times and golden fireworks exploding in the air above her.

The long stage allowed for extended pull-away shots as she stared down the camera and overhead tracking shots of Rihanna and her dancers.

At one point she powdered her face and checked it in a mirror before getting back on the mic.

Lights sparkled from the stands as she was hoisted alone back into the air and sang “Diamonds�� with its refrain of “shine bright like a diamond�� as the set closed.

Rihanna's performance was her first live event in years, and her first since becoming a mother nine months ago.

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AP Entertainment Writer Jonathan Landrum contributed to this story from Glendale, Ariz.