The day is finally upon us: Rihanna is making her official comeback to music. Some might have marked her return with “Lift Me Up” and “Born Again” from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, but consider that merely dipping a toe in the water—her fans know the real return is happening this Sunday at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. On Feb. 12, it will have been 2,572 days (or seven years, for the slightly less obsessive observer) since Rihanna has released any solo music (excluding those Wakanda Forever songs). There has been much speculation about when she will release her follow-up album to 2016’s ANTI. Variety VIP+ was not alone in professing “a hunch” that, given that Apple Music is now sponsoring the Halftime Show after a decade of Pepsi sponsorship, Rihanna could even be releasing her long-awaited ninth studio album streaming platform immediately following her live performance.
But there are also many questions floating around what her (presumably) iconic Super Bowl Halftime Show will look like, including the songs she’ll sing and which other artists she might bring out, which designers she’ll wear, all the way down to her hairstyle and makeup. Two TIME writers, Cady Lang and Moises Mendez II, predict everything that could (and should) happen at this momentous occasion in her career. Here are their best guesses for how the halftime show will go down.
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What songs will Rihanna sing?
If we base our predictions on the choices made by Super Bowl Halftime performers in the past, we can imagine exactly how this setlist might begin: With a big, recognizable hit to remind the crowd exactly why…
