Rihanna's 'Lift Me Up' sets emotional 'Wakanda Forever' tone - CNN

CNN  — 

Rihanna’s archetypal solo caller euphony successful six years is retired and tugging astatine heartstrings.

“Lift Me Up” from the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” soundtrack was released Friday. The opus is already a deed with her faithful instrumentality base, known arsenic Rihanna’s Navy.

The vocalist teased the merchandise of the opus connected Wednesday. Within an hr of her posting the 14-second teaser, determination were much than 70,000 tweets generated astir it, according to Twitter.

The caller opus begins with Rihanna humming the melody earlier she launches into the affectional lyrics.

“Lift maine up/Hold maine down/Keep maine close/Safe and sound,” she sings. “Burning successful a hopeless dream/Hold maine erstwhile you spell to sleep/Keep maine successful the warmth of your emotion erstwhile you depart/Keep maine safe, harmless and sound.”

Rihanna besides debuted a moving euphony video for the opus connected Friday, featuring scenes from the movie.

The opus was written by Rihanna, chap creator Tems, Oscar victor Ludwig Göransson and “Black Panther” manager Ryan Coogler arsenic a tribute to the precocious “Black Panther” prima Chadwick Boseman.

Boseman died successful 2020 astatine property 43 pursuing a backstage conflict with colon cancer.

There is already plentifulness of absorption to the opus connected societal media, including 1 idiosyncratic who threw successful a hopeful prediction by tweeting, “just finished listening to rihanna’s aboriginal oscar winning opus assistance maine up.”

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By” volition beryllium released connected November 4 and the movie hits theaters a week later.