
Rihanna to perform Oscar-nominated "Lift Me Up" at 2023 Academy Awards
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Rihanna will perform "Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Thursday. This will be the Grammy Award-winning pop star's first time performing at the Oscars.
"Lift Me Up" was nominated for Best Original Song — marking another first for the pop star. "Wakanda Forever" director Ryan Coogler, composer Ludwig Göransson and Nigerian singer Tems are credited in the single, which reached no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 last November.
It was also Rihanna's first release after a near-six-year absence, and her Oscars performance will be the first time she's performed during an awards show since the 2018 Grammys.

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