Rihanna made a shock Cannes look to help A$AP Rocky’s performing debut in Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest.”
Rihanna turned heads Tuesday (Could 14) on the 2025 Cannes Movie Competition, making an unannounced look to again A$AP Rocky as he acquired a five-minute standing ovation for his performing debut in Highest 2 Lowest, directed by Spike Lee.
Carrying a customized Alaïa robe in mushy blue with cutouts that exposed her child bump, Rihanna walked the crimson carpet for the primary time in eight years. It marked Rocky’s first time at Cannes and their second public outing since revealing they’re anticipating their third baby. The couple already shares two sons, RZA, 3, and Riot, 20 months.
The crimson carpet second was full of heat and rain. A$AP Rocky held an umbrella over Rihanna whereas she leaned in for kisses, and he gently held her abdomen.
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Rocky stars as Yung Felon within the neo-noir crime drama Highest 2 Lowest, reverse Denzel Washington, who performs a music government caught in a ransom scheme.
The movie, a contemporary tackle Akira Kurosawa’s Excessive and Low, is about in New York Metropolis and can hit theaters August 22 earlier than streaming on Apple TV+ beginning September 5.
Rocky celebrated with a preview of recent music from his upcoming album DON’T BE DUMB, enjoying snippets at an after-party and even throughout his crimson carpet stroll with Rihanna.
Spike Lee, who directed the movie, confirmed up in Knicks colours—an orange and blue striped swimsuit and matching hat—whereas Washington wore a traditional black swimsuit and took time to greet folks alongside the Croisette.
Earlier than the screening, Lee stunned Washington with an honorary Palme d’Or, calling him “my brother from one other mom.”
Rihanna’s look additionally comes on the heels of her return to music, having just lately dropped a monitor for the upcoming Smurfs film, the place she voices Smurfette.
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