Rihanna was this years performer during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, following the performance, Metallica shared a video of them singing along to one of the new mom to be’s songs when they appeared alongside actor/comedian Billy Eichner on Carpool Karaoke a few years back.
“We can’t believe Rihanna didn’t as us to be her backup singers,” the band wrote in a tweet, which includes a clip of them jamming along to her 2012 song “Diamonds” on Carpool Karaoke back in 2017.
In the video you can see Lars, Kirk, and Robert were a bit more into the song when it came on, while James Hetfield looked out the window and pleaded with bystanders to help him. Once the chorus broke out, he started head-banging.
See the clip below
We can’t believe @rihanna didn’t ask us to be her backup singers…#SuperBowlLVII #AppleMusicHalftime pic.twitter.com/OyWgQNyyWD
— Metallica (@Metallica) February 13, 2023

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