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.
How Rihanna stayed grounded, while so high in the air at the Super Bowl
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Related video above: Rihanna says motherhood encouraged her to perform at the halftime showYes, the seven floating stages during Rihanna's Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show were theatrical and cool, but they also had a very practical purpose.And it had everything to do with the grass on the field.That's according to Bruce Rodgers, the halftime show production designer, who spoke to Wired about helping to create the show prior to the performance.Rodgers explained that when it came to the LED lit stages that elevated off the field for Rihanna and her dancers, it had "never been done before.""With Katy Perry, we flew her around in a flying device, like a rocket ship," he said. "But this one is a totally different animal."Rodgers said he came up with the concept and worked with Rihanna's team, which included designer Willo Perron, choreographer Parris Goebel, and production manager Joseph Lloyd, to implement it.By having the singer and the other performers in the air, it took the stress off of the turf on the field that at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, is 100,000 square feet of Tifway 419 hybrid Bermuda grass.Grass is very important to the National Football League as it can affect how the players are able to function on the field.And while it may have looked risky for Rihanna, who debuted her new baby bump during her performance, to be suspended on a stage 15-60 feet off the ground, according to the report, the stages had "massive Brunel trusses" that Rodgers assured Rihanna's team are "strong enough to 'carry a freight train.'""This will be, in my opinion, the most technically advanced Super Bowl halftime show that's ever been done because of the amount of tech used to move the platforms," Aaron Siebert, the project lead from Tait Towers, which made the platforms, told the publication prior to the show.
Related video above: Rihanna says motherhood encouraged her to perform at the halftime show
Yes, the seven floating stages during Rihanna's Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show were theatrical and cool, but they also had a very practical purpose.
And it had everything to do with the grass on the field.
That's according to Bruce Rodgers, the halftime show production designer, about helping to create the show prior to the performance.
Rodgers explained that when it came to the LED lit stages that elevated off the field for Rihanna and her dancers, it had "never been done before."
"With Katy Perry, we flew her around in a flying device, like a rocket ship," he said. "But this one is a totally different animal."
Rodgers said he came up with the concept and worked with Rihanna's team, which included designer Willo Perron, choreographer Parris Goebel, and production manager Joseph Lloyd, to implement it.
By having the singer and the other performers in the air, it took the stress off of the turf on the field that at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, is 100,000 square feet of Tifway 419 hybrid Bermuda grass.
Grass is very important to the National Football League as it can affect how the players are able to function on the field.
And while it may have looked risky for Rihanna, , to be suspended on a stage 15-60 feet off the ground, according to the report, the stages had "massive Brunel trusses" that Rodgers assured Rihanna's team are "strong enough to 'carry a freight train.'"
"This will be, in my opinion, the most technically advanced Super Bowl halftime show that's ever been done because of the amount of tech used to move the platforms," Aaron Siebert, the project lead from Tait Towers, which made the platforms, told the publication prior to the show.
