Howard Stern says Rihanna lip-synced ‘85 percent’ of Super Bowl performance

Howard Stern says Rihanna lip-synced ‘85 percent’ of Super Bowl performance.

The Grammy winner and A$AP Rocky welcomed their first baby, a son, in May 2022, and are expecting their second child together, her rep confirmed to PEOPLE.

True to form, the Grammy winner, Fenty mogul and fashion disrupter delivered a show-stopping stage spectacular in a red hot, monochromatic moment worthy of her icon status and a viral bump reveal. She’s the first pregnant woman to headline a Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Last month, Rihanna also dropped a Fenty Beauty stadium-approved essentials beauty kit and a limited-edition, 17-piece Savage x Fenty Game Day clothing collection featuring jerseys, hoodies, sweats and more to celebrate her mark on the big stage.

Ahead of her performance, the star told Elle that her beauty philosophy is centered around the ability to freely create.

Rihanna welcomed her 8-month-old son with A$AP Rocky in May, followed by the release of her first song in nearly seven years in October, “Lift Me Up” from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Soundtrack, which has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song, the first for the superstar.

At a press conference on Thursday held by Apple Music, the official sponsor for the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show, Rihanna reflected on how the birth of her son influenced her decision to take on Sunday’s career-defining performance.

“When you become a mom, there’s something that just happens where you feel like you can take on the world. You can do anything, and the Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world,” the singer shared. “So, as scary as that was… there’s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all, and it’s important for me to do this this year. It’s important for representation. It’s important for my son to see that.”

Rihanna’s game-changing style was front and center during her 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, where she commanded the stage in a fiery red look that revealed her baby bump.

Rihanna wore a custom Loewe flight-inspired look “designed o build volume in step with the dynamic scenography of the show,” according to the brand.

Loewe Creative director Jonathan Anderson crafted a jersey catsuit which formed the foundation in of her look, worn under a sculpted leather corset and completed with a layered flight suit made of cotton canvas.