Rihanna

Pregnant Rihanna performed her Oscar-nominated song, "Lift me Up" in a sparkling black bra top and matching pants at the 2023 Academy Awards.

[Oscars live red carpet 2023: See all the celebrity outfits](https://pagesix.com/2023/03/12/oscars-live-red-carpet-2023-see-all-the-celebrity-outfits/) [How to watch the 2023 Oscars](https://nypost.com/2023/03/12/how-to-watch-the-2023-oscars-time-channel-and-streaming/) [The sexiest Oscars dress of all time](https://pagesix.com/slideshow/the-sexiest-oscars-dresses-of-all-time/) [Oscars 2023 live updates: Full list of winners and nominees](https://nypost.com/2023/03/12/oscars-2023-live-updates-full-list-of-winners-and-nominees/) [isn’t as thrilled with her Oscars outing](https://pagesix.com/2023/03/06/pregnant-rihanna-gives-rare-glimpse-of-her-aap-rockys-son/). However, it was Indian movie “RRR” that took home the award for Best Song. [custom Alaïa outfit](https://pagesix.com/2023/03/12/rihanna-shows-off-baby-bump-in-leather-on-the-oscars-2023-red-carpet/) while walking the Oscars red carpet, sporting a brown leather band dress over a matching bodysuit. [Super Bowl 2023 halftime performance](https://pagesix.com/2023/02/12/rihanna-rocks-head-to-toe-red-for-super-bowl-2023-halftime-show/) last month — showed off her baby bump in an [array of stylish looks](https://pagesix.com/article/rihanna-pregnancy-maternity-outfits/) during her last pregnancy, and tonight has proven to be no different. [red carpet look](https://pagesix.com/2023/03/12/oscars-live-red-carpet-2023-see-all-the-celebrity-outfits/?) to a blinged-out two-piece Maison Margiela set.

One of the standout moments at the Oscars was not an award, but a performance from Rihanna. The singer took the stage to sing her song "Lift Me Up."

[producers were already ecstatic](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/03/08/oscars-2023-lady-gaga-rihanna-will-smith/11430447002/) to have Rihanna perform her Oscar-nominated song, which was also nominated for best song at the Golden Globes. ["Wakanda Forever"](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/11/08/black-panther-wakanda-forever-movie-review/8294162001/) was up for five Oscars, including best supporting actress for Angela Bassett for her role as Queen Ramonda. [the film's message of moving through grief](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/11/11/black-panther-wakanda-forever-stars-grief-after-chadwick-boseman-death/8291567001/) following the [2020 death of "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/08/28/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-dies-cancer-43/5663866002/). Carter won her second Oscar](https://variety.com/2023/artisans/news/ruth-carter-oscars-record-black-woman-winners-1235545868/) in the costume design category for her work on the film. [Danai Gurira](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/03/12/best-dressed-oscars-2023-red-carpet/11419479002/), who played Okoye in the Marvel movies, introduced Rihanna as "royalty in her own right." The accountant that mixed up the enveloped," Kimmel said, referencing the The baby jokes though, were ongoing. ["Lift Me Up"](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/02/23/rihanna-to-sing-lift-me-up-oscars-2023/11331638002/) was nominated for original song, up against “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman”, “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick”, “This Is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once" and “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR." Chadwick embodied the Wakandan king T'Challa." "Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler, Tems and Rihanna wrote a ballad that speaks from the heart as a tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman," Gurira said. [Oscars](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/03/12/oscar-2023-full-winners-list/11452490002/) was not an [award,](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/03/12/jamie-lee-curtis-oscars-2023-speech/11462430002/) but a rousing performance from [Rihanna](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/02/12/rihanna-expecting-second-child-pregnancy-announcement-super-bowl-halftime-show/11245955002/). [took the stage to sing](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/03/12/oscars-best-song-performance-reviews-rihanna-lady-gaga-naatu-naatu/11452595002/) her Oscar-nominated song ["Lift Me Up"](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/10/28/rihanna-releases-new-music-for-black-panther-lift-me-up/10616226002/) from ["Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/11/11/black-panther-wakanda-forever-stars-grief-after-chadwick-boseman-death/8291567001/) at the 95th annual Academy Awards show Sunday.

With an Oscar-nominated original song and a baby on the way, the singer has a lot to smile about — and it shows. By Dianna Mazzone. March 12, 2023.

A subtle wash of pink (specifically, [Fenty Beauty Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter in Girl Next Door/Chic Phreak](https://cna.st/affiliate-link/3kFAWYpoG8awFmQeuRa2qx7jshJPSirwboPx6G4f4Ny81qAvTLnEVTD92u7rEYDuPXwYWmV5wTuiJzZWz6doBohzua7DNcLVU1kXsMaLSsbpH2vrDykYWnj47TQiHi4RuNqLzaaQ9TM2hA7Cg9DqLysysypy3QxEx9EbmRyxFevikw5CRnJadyf3wBztKNHS8nkVv)) was placed on the apples of the singer's cheeks and blended up toward the temples. [Priscilla Ono](https://www.instagram.com/priscillaono/?hl=en) will go down in history as a masterclass in blush application. Case in point: She made a relatively simple top knot look totally ethereal and gorgeous, with face-framing tendrils cascading from her crown to down near the apples of her cheeks.

Rihanna blessed the 2023 Oscars with a performance of her Academy Award nominated song 'Lift Me Up' from 'Black Panther,' just a month after performing at ...

[Rihanna](https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/rihanna-pregnant-super-bowl.html) is singing publicly again. In the first quarter of 2023 alone, we have been blessed with not one, but two major Rihanna performances, one of which was also a very casual [pregnancy reveal](https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/rihanna-super-bowl-performance-pregnancy.html). (The woman knows how to multi-task.) On Sunday night, she hit the stage again, this time at the Oscars to sing her award-nominated single for [Black Panther](https://www.thecut.com/2022/11/novemberdecember-2022-cut-cover-danai-gurira.html), “Lift Me Up.”

Popular on Variety ... Rihanna went from the Super Bowl to the Academy Awards this year, delivering an uplifting performance of the Oscar-nominated song “Lift Me ...

After three weeks of meticulously fine-tuning every word, the feeling and melody line that Rihanna added to the chorus was a feeling of timelessness. “Lift Me Up” is Rihanna’s first single after a long drought of new material being released, and it earned the singer her first Oscar nod. And while by necessity she had to lip sync at her recent halftime appearance, many in the audience at the Dolby Theatre and at home were struck by the power and emotiveness of her live vocals.

Leave it to Rihanna to wear not one, not two, but three incredible looks at the 95th annual Academy Awards. The singer was first caught on video walking ...

Previously, she was a news editor at ABC News and, prior to that, a managing editor of celebrity news at American Media. It's her, but it's a new her," Coogler told the outlet. She finished the look—custom-made for her by Maison Margiela by John Galliano—with black pumps, black leather opera gloves, layered diamond necklaces, a thick diamond bracelet worn over her gloves, and diamond drop earrings. "It's her experience with loss in there, and her being a mother. For the performance, the singer looked incredible in a black bra embellished with a curtain of crystals and featuring sheer mesh straps. The showstopping skirt included thigh cutouts on the side and a dramatic train.