Rihanna sported a head-to-toe Balenciaga look on Wednesday, as she was spotted out in Los Angeles.
The Kiss It Better singer, 34, rocked an oversized black top from the brand along with their pantaleggings, and finalized the look with a pair of futuristic sunglasses.
The outing comes after the Barbados 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 star – who gave 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 to her first 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 in May – revealed she was ‘nervous’ to perform the Super Bowl halftime show, after it was announced she would be headlining the football event last month.
Clad in Balenciaga: Rihanna sported a head-to-toe Balenciaga look on Wednesday, as she was spotted out in Los Angeles
The Grammy winner sparkled up her look with dangling silver earrings and wore a zebra print purse slung over her shoulder.
The Savage X Fenty founder glossed up her pout with a glimmering dark lipstick and styled her black tresses into a chic updo.
The busy Work hitmaker had her cellphone in hand as she made her way to her car.
Chic: The Kiss It Better singer, 34, rocked an oversized long-sleeve black top from the brand along with their famous pantaleggings
Rihanna was spotted leaving Bristol Farms in West Hollywood on Tuesday when she told TMZ about performing at the Super Bowl: ‘I’m nervous, but I’m excited.’
The interviewer then asked who she might bring on as a special guest, but the Umbrella singer simply shrugged her shoulders.
TMZ previously reported that a list with 50 names of potential Super Bowl guest performers exists, though it could be nearly anyone she has worked with before.
Nervous: The outing comes after the star revealed she was ‘nervous’ to perform the Super Bowl halftime show, after it was announced she would be headlining the football event
The singer announced the big news late last month, by sharing a photo of her tattooed arm clasping a football. The post received nearly 700 thousand likes in the first 20 minutes including one from Lizzo, who wrote ‘screaming.’
The prior halftime show which aired earlier this year on February 13 — featuring Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Snoop Dogg — amassed 103.4M viewers and won three Creative Arts Emmys.
In 2019, Rihanna turned down the NFL’s offer to headline the halftime show due to San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling protest of police brutality and racial inequality in the US during the Star-Spangled Banner.
‘Absolutely. I couldn’t dare do that,’ Rihanna told Vogue at the time.
First live performance in over five years! The singer announced the big news late last month, by sharing a photo of her tattooed arm clasping a football
Partnership: It’s worth noting that the Believe It singer’s Roc Nation label boss Jay-Z signed a multiyear partnership with the NFL in 2019, and he’s one of the executive producers and ‘strategic entertainment advisor’ for the next halftime show (pictured 2010)
‘For what? Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler. There’s things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way.’
It’s worth noting that the Believe It singer’s Roc Nation label boss Jay-Z signed a multiyear partnership with the NFL in 2019, and he’s one of the executive producers and ‘strategic entertainment advisor’ for the next halftime show.
‘Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn,’ the 52-year-old rap mogul (𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 Shawn Carter) told the NFL last month.
Previously turned it down: Rihanna turned down the NFL’s offer to headline the halftime show in 2019 due to San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling protest of police brutality and racial inequality in the US (Kaepernick pictured 2016)
The passage of time may have eased the chart topper’s concerns about performing at the Super Bowl.
Rihanna has taken a break from performing after giving 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 to her son – whom she shares with rapper boyfriend A$AP Rocky, 34 – in May.
She has been talking about releasing new music, but much of her time recently has been focusing on her Fenty makeup brand and supporting A$AP at his shows.
Family: Rihanna has taken a break from performing after giving 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 to her son – whom she shares with rapper boyfriend A$AP Rocky, 34 – in May; The couple pictured October 3 in LA