Rihanna is using the Super Bowl half-time show to teach her son a valuable lesson and represent black people everywhere. The icon is set to take to the stage on Sunday for Super Bowl LVII after agreeing to the show just three months after giving birth.
She was worried about regretting her decision - but now plans to use her time on stage to represent her "country", "immigrants" and "black people". During an interview at Apple Music's Super Bowl press conference, she said: "To go on the biggest stage in seven years, there's something thrilling about the challenge of it all. It's important for the representation and it's important for my son to see that.
"That's a big part of why I want to do this show, representing for my country, representing for immigrants, representing for black people. That's a big part of why I wanted to do it."
The 34-year-old and her partner A$AP Rocky welcomed their son in May last year - but they're yet to announce the name of their baby, who is now almost nine-months-old.
She admits that it's been difficult to find time to spend with her baby and said work will always "rob you of time with your child".
"The balance is almost impossible, because no matter how you look at it, work is always something that's going to rob you of time with your child," she added.
"That's the currency now, and that's where it goes, the magnitude of how much it weighs.
Rihanna's 12-minute Super Bowl performance will feature her hit anthems including We Found Love, Lift Me Up and We Got It From Here, as well as a few new songs to surprise fans.
She will be the first performer in the rebranded Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show which will take place on Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale.
Later in the press conference, Rihanna hyped up fans suggesting new songs were coming out as she said she wanted to "have fun" with music.
However, she believes people will find the music "weird" compared to her usual sounds.
She said: "Musically, I’m feeling open. I’m feeling open to exploring, discovering, creating things that are new, things that are different, off, weird, might not ever make sense to my fans. I just want to play, I want to have fun with the music."
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