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Vogue
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
Stevie Wonder and Usher Headline a True Musical Extravaganza at the 2025 Met Gala
Over the years, the Met Gala has developed something of a reputation for its show-stopping (or should that be dinner-stopping?) musical performance—from Rihanna belting out 'Bitch Better Have My Money' during 2015's 'China: Through the Looking Glass,' to Cynthia Erivo joining Ariana Grande onstage for a duet of 'When You Believe' at last year's 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' celebration. For the 2025 gala, however, fêting 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,' one or two big acts simply wouldn't do: The night, a tribute to the Black dandy, demanded a constellation of musical talent, beginning with a show on the red carpet. As celebrities streamed onto the daffodil-strewn Met steps, Silk & Sound, a 20-person chorus, serenaded guests (and eager onlookers posted across Fifth Avenue) with a rendition of 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough.' (Creative direction was by Allen René Louis.) The red carpet performance at the 2025 Met Gala The group would later move into the Great Hall, where, throughout the night, they covered a string of classic R&B, disco, and reggae hits, including 'Let's Groove' by Earth, Wind & Fire; 'Rock With You' by Michael Jackson; 'Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing' by Stevie Wonder (more on him later); 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley; 'Let's Stay Together' by Al Green; 'Lovely Day' by Bill Withers; 'Never Too Much' by Luther Vandross; and 'Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now' by McFadden & Whitehead. Joining them were the Matt Jones Orchestra, conducted by Matt Jones himself. Next came an interlude, arranged by Met Gala co-chair Pharrell Williams, from the 26-member Voices of Fire choir, based in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and directed by Bishop Ezekiel Williams, Pharrell's uncle. They performed melodious arrangements of 'JOY (Unspeakable),' 'Anywhere,' and—of course—'Happy,' because what would a major Pharrell outing be without that number? Later in the evening, as guests lingered in the Engelhard Court during cocktail hour, the call to dinner came—quite suddenly!—courtesy of New York's High and Mighty Brass Band, an eight-person group established back in 2009. They did 'No Diggity' by Blackstreet and Dr. Dre and 'Here Comes the Hotstepper' by Ini Kamoze.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rihanna 'baby bump' pregnancy reveal shuts down Met Gala 2025
There was Diana Ross with the acres-long train, Colman Domingo in the sparkling blue Valentino cape — but it was not an outfit that stole the show on the red carpet. Instead, the Met Gala 2025 was shut down by news of Rihanna's baby bump. While her partner A$AP Rocky arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art without her — he was one of this year's co-chairs for the event which celebrated The Costume Institute's latest exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style — Rihanna was pictured in New York with a new plus one. Entering The Carlyle Hotel wearing a teal two piece and holding a fur stole over her bump, the singer delighted fans as Vogue reported: 'Rihanna Is Pregnant! See Her 2025 Met Gala Baby Bump Debut'. No stranger to a big pregnancy reveal, the couple first announced they were expecting in 2022 with a snowy photoshoot walking together in Harlem, New York. The picture, snapped by Miles Diggs, saw Rihanna wearing a hot-pink Chanel puffer coat unbuttoned above her stomach. Their first child, a son named RZA Athelston Mayers, was born in May 2022. Next, she used her Super Bowl LVII halftime show slot in February 2023 to reveal her second child. She wore a custom, red Loewe jumpsuit as she performed hits including Bitch Better Have My Money, Work, Umbrella and Diamonds. Riot Rose Mayers, their second child, was then born on August 1, 2023. Now, the couple are counting down for the latest addition to their family.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rihanna shuts down Met Gala 2025 with news of third pregnancy with A$AP Rocky
There was Diana Ross with the acres-long train, Colman Domingo in the sparkling blue Valentino cape — but it was not an outfit that stole the show on the red carpet. Instead, the Met Gala 2025 was shut down by news of Rihanna's baby bump. While her partner A$AP Rocky arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art without her — he was one of this year's co-chairs for the event which celebrated The Costume Institute's latest exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style — Rihanna was pictured in New York with a new plus one. Entering The Carlyle Hotel wearing a teal two piece and holding a fur stole over her bump, the singer delighted fans as Vogue reported: 'Rihanna Is Pregnant! See Her 2025 Met Gala Baby Bump Debut'. No stranger to a big pregnancy reveal, the couple first announced they were expecting in 2022 with a snowy photoshoot walking together in Harlem, New York. The picture, snapped by Miles Diggs, saw Rihanna wearing a hot-pink Chanel puffer coat unbuttoned above her stomach. Their first child, a son named RZA Athelston Mayers, was born in May 2022. Next, she used her Super Bowl LVII halftime show slot in February 2023 to reveal her second child. She wore a custom, red Loewe jumpsuit as she performed hits including Bitch Better Have My Money, Work, Umbrella and Diamonds. Riot Rose Mayers, their second child, was then born on August 1, 2023. Now, the couple are counting down for the latest addition to their family.
