Rihanna shows off her baby bump as she makes her long-awaited Oscars debut

• Rihanna attended the Academy Awards for the first time on Sunday.
• The singer's Lift Me Up from the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was nominated for the Best Original Song category at the 95th edition of the awards.
• The singer showed off her baby bump as she walked the champagne red carpet and later performed an emotional and moving rendition of the song.

Rihanna stepped out on Sunday, making her Oscars debut.

The singer, who returned to the stage performing the Super Bowl halftime show in February during which she also announced she was expecting her second child, wore a sheer in part and leather, form-fitting gown by designer label Alaïa, per CNN, as she walked the champagne red carpet Sunday.

Rihanna at the 95th Annual Academy Awards held at Ovation Hollywood on March 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

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She'd later transform her look, wearing a black and silver beaded wide-leg pants and matching bodice, with beads cascading over her baby bump. She completed the look with elbow-length black leather gloves as she took the stage.

The singer performed her Oscar-nominated Lift Me Up from the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Though she ultimately lost as the award went to Naatu Naatu from the film RRR, her performance moved many in the Dolby Theatre. AFP described it as "a soft but impassioned tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman".

Rihanna later posed with A$AP Rocky, who held her close as they stood backstage at the 95th Academy Awards.

A$AP Rocky and Rihanna backstage at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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