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Baby fever! Rihanna<\/b><\/a>\u00a0made her epic stage comeback at the 2023 Super Bowl<\/a> LVII halftime show, where she revealed that she is pregnant with baby No. 2. <\/span><\/p>\n The \u201cDiamonds\u201d artist native, 34, opened with her hit \u201cBitch Better Have My Money,\u201d wearing an all-red ensemble while performing on a suspended stage. RiRi then sang her other hits, including \u201cWe Found Love, \u201cRude Boy\u201d and \u201cWork.\u201d\u00a0While she sang, it appeared that Rihanna cradled her growing baby bump.<\/span><\/p>\n Just days prior to the stadium event, the Barbados native<\/a> teased fans with a dramatic teaser trailer, which made it clear that the 15-minute show would be extraordinary. In the 30-second video, Rihanna\u2019s silhouette could be seen onscreen as fans were heard in the background wondering what happened to her. The moment the lights came up, the Fenty Beauty founder put her finger to her lips to silence the crowd as her track \u201cNeeded Me\u201d began to play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the months leading up to her show-stopping performance, Rihanna expressed her appreciation and nerves surrounding the news that she would headline the halftime show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t believe I even said \u2018yes,\u2019\u201d RiRi told\u00a0Entertainment Tonight<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>in November 2022. \u201cIt was one of those things that, even when I announced it, I was like, \u2018OK, I can\u2019t take it back. Now, it\u2019s, like, final.\u2019 The Super Bowl<\/a> is one of the biggest stages in the world, it\u2019s an entertainer\u2019s dream to be on a stage like that. But it\u2019s nerve-racking. You want to get it right. You know, everybody\u2019s watching. And they\u2019re rooting for you. And I want to get it right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n When it came to choreographing and planning her setlist<\/a>, the \u201cLove the Way You Lie\u201d songstress explained how she approached the task, noting that while she had to decide \u201chow to maximize 13 minutes,\u201d it was also a time for her to \u201ccelebrate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what this show\u2019s gonna be, it\u2019s gonna be a celebration of my catalog in the best way we could have put it together,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd you only have 13 minutes. That\u2019s the challenge. So, you\u2019re trying to cram 17 years of work into 13 minutes. So, it\u2019s difficult. You know, some songs we have to lose because of that, and that\u2019s gonna be OK. But I think we did a pretty good job of narrowing it down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0Battleship<\/i>\u00a0actress confirmed<\/a> that she would be the star of the February 2023 halftime show by sharing an Instagram photo in November 2022. The image only showed what appeared to be her arm holding up an NFL football. Shortly afterward, the NFL\u2019s Twitter account announced that she was going to \u201ctake the stage for the first ever Apple Music Super Bowl<\/a> Halftime Show on 2.12.23.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Aside from her shining moment on the Super Bowl stage, Rihanna\u2019s fans have also been begging the Grammy Award winner to release a new album. RiRi did, in fact, drop two songs for the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a> film,\u00a0Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/i>: \u201cLift Me Up\u201d and \u201cBorn Again.\u201d However, she has not yet announced whether she is creating a full album.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nevertheless, the proud mom \u2014 who welcomed her baby boy<\/a> with boyfriend\u00a0A$AP Rocky<\/b><\/a>\u00a0in May 2022 \u2014 noted that she is \u201copen to exploring, discovering, creating, things that are new, things that are different, things that are off, weird, might not ever make sense to [her] fans,\u201d during the Apple Music Press Conference on Thursday, February 9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n