After a group of seniors went viral for their re-enactment of Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show performance, the singer herself gave her stamp of approval.
After Rihanna’s set at Super Bowl XLIX where she performed a medley of her hits that became the second most-watched halftime show in history, a group of women from the Arcadia Senior Living Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky , went viral with their routine for “Rude Boy,” which garnered over 35 million views on Tik Tok.
The video features several women dressed in all-white outfits, with one opening the performance by blowing a kiss at the camera while the others part to reveal a woman at the back of the line wearing a red ensemble like Rihanna , turning to the camera with a microphone in hand, singing and dancing to the lyrics.
When Ri Ri herself heard about the video, she sent the senior center a bouquet of white roses and a few words of encouragement. “You Ladies Dance Was Amazing,” she wrote on a card signed by Rihanna and Roc Nation, the Jay-Z-founded entertainment agency Rihanna is signed to manage with. “The moment we were hoping for, Rihanna delivered!” Arcadia Senior Living shared in a Facebook post.
“I was just thrilled with the flowers. They’re beautiful,” shared Sue Evans, the dancer at the start of the video blowing a kiss at the camera, with The mail log. “I appreciate it so much and I feel good that they really gave enough thought to what we did to want to respond that way.
“It’s good to let people know…we can still have fun,” she adds. “We are still alive. We are always moving.
The ladies recently did another Tik Tok dance to “Man!” By Shania Twain. I feel like a woman.”
Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation
