Rihanna's return at the Super Bowl

Katie Siddall -Head of Sport

Since the Super Bowl took place on Sunday 12th February, and went into the early hours of the following Monday morning, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding Rihanna.

Yet, all these claims seems mediocre because her performance was... powerful!

With the likes of Donald Trump and Bill Goldberg being opposed to Rihanna's performance, many others like Cara Delevingne worshipped the show that was put on.

Whilst Rihanna was singing, more than 118.7 million people tuned in with 113 million there purely (or maybe not so purely) for the Super Bowl match.

The performance consisted 'We Found Love' and 'Diamonds', after her newest release 'B**ch Better Have My Money'; where listeners went up by 2,600%. The Super Bowl definitely has it's benefits for a half-time show that doesn't pay the performer!

Having only 13 minutes to perform, tasteful lyric written by the band. The rest of the gig continued with a buoyant environment, before they went off for the inevitable encore.

Rihanna gave it all. She sang a whopping 12 songs, performed at 60 feet off the ground, announced her second pregnancy and even sniffed her hand after scratching her crotch.

Rihanna knows how to deliver news as she was suspended in the air before she turned to undo her coat and reveal her six-month pregnancy. There is a lot of praise for the singer as she, yet again, breaks stereotypes of those who are pregnant with her singing and dancing (which are harder to do whilst pregnant).

Finishing on ‘It Won’t Always Be Like This’, the whole place continued cheering to their unstoppable melodies and dynamic riffs. There was a strong feeling of unison that is only ever present in gigs, and it was a brilliant.

Inhaler will next be in Newcastle on the 9th June supporting the city’s own Sam Fender at St James’ Park, but until then we will just have to listen to their music extremely loudly to try and replicate the feeling.

Introducing:

Elisabeth Gores - News Sub-editor

Ethel Cain, the alter ego of Hayden Silas Anhedönia, is in the early stages of what is a blossoming music career and following the release of her debut album - 2022's Preacher’s Daughter, which provides a refreshing yet deeper layer of indulgence within the southern country gothic americana sound.

Her music should be on any self-proclaimed music lover’s radar, with being the start of a promising career.

Anhedönia and her alter ego Cain share many parallels, with Andedönia growing up in a tightknit rural Southern Baptist town, being homeschooled by her father, the town's deacon. At age 16 her coming out as gay, followed by coming out as transgender, sent shockwaves through the small town, setting up the background for Ethel. The name Ethel Cain is in homage to the biblical story of Abel and Cain, which Andedönia has stated is a biblical story that has stuck with her due to its disturbing nature, with the inspiration for this character coming to her one night in 2018.

Preacher’s Daughter sits at 1 hour and 16 minutes in length, and we meet Cain in 1991 in her hometown of Shady Grove, Alabama, just a decade after the death of her preacher father. Through the album's 13 track epic, we follow Cain on her condemned journey, experiencing her complex and challenging relationship with religion, her preacher father and the abuse she suffered at his hands; her doomed relationships and her murder and final cannibalization. The depth of the album’s lore is incredibly impressive, and to such a scale even on the hundredth listen a new layer will always be uncovered. Whilst the topic matter is dark and complex, the music itself is simultaneously beautiful and disturbing, using dreamlike ethereal haze and exorcism screams to captivatingly tell its tale.

Whilst the topic matter is dark and complex, the music itself is simultaneously beautiful and