Rihanna and Jay Z showed their love for a group of senior citizens who recreated their Super Bowl halftime performance on TikTok. After the video went viral, they sent flowers to the women at an assisted living facility in Kentucky.
The women in the video are residents at Arcadia Senior Living in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Their TikTok video has over 21.3 million views as of Sunday.
Rihanna Sends Flowers to Arcadia Senior Living Residents
A group of older women at Arcadia Senior Living in Bowling Green, Kentucky, went viral on TikTok for their recreation of Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance last month. The video has collected over 30 million views.
It turns out, Rihanna was a fan of the residents’ skit and sent them a bouquet of flowers to congratulate them. Alongside the flowers was a note that read “You ladies dance was amazing, love Roc Nation.”
Jay Z also showed his support for the seniors’ video. The rapper’s agency Roc Nation sent 100 red roses to the residents.
Meanwhile, the TikTok account created by the retirement home’s director of life engagement and community relations Paige Oakes has amassed over 112,000 followers.
When the video went viral, it was hailed as a “wholesome and hilarious” recreation of the halftime show. It was the biggest hit on the facility’s TikTok account so far.
Arcadia Senior Living Reacts to Rihanna’s Flowers
After a group of senior citizens recreated a part of Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance, Jay Z personally sent them a bouquet of flowers. The flowers were delivered to a retirement home called Arcadia Senior Living in Kentucky.
The video was uploaded to TikTok in February, and it quickly went viral with a reenactment of the singer’s dance routine. Residents of the Arcadia Senior Living in Bowling Green, Kentucky, lip-synched and mouthed along to Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” while wearing white outfits that matched her backup dancers during the Super Bowl halftime show.
It has since been viewed more than 30 million times. The video has also drawn the attention of Jay Z, who personally sent 100 red roses to the residents of Arcadia Senior Living.
The ladies at the facility were very happy to receive their flowers and have a new source of pride. Maitlin Nuckols, director of life engagement at Arcadia Senior Living, explained that it has changed their perception of what older people can do online.
Arcadia Senior Living Reacts to Jay Z’s Flowers
One of the biggest viral videos of the past few days involved a group of senior citizens who recreated part of Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance. It’s a TikTok video that has been viewed over 30 million times.
According to Buzzfeed, Jay Z threw in the goods for the lucky ladies at Arcadia Senior Living in Kentucky. In addition to a bouquet of 100 red roses, the card attached read “We Love The Tik Tok Here At Roc Nation,” referring to a famous music agency founded by the rapper.
Paige Oakes, community relations director at Arcadia Senior Living in Bowling Green, KY, told Buzzfeed that she and her staff had been using TikTok for about a month to engage with their followers. She said that they wanted to do something a little more impressive than their usual Instagram posts, which they typically use to showcase their daily lives.
Arcadia Senior Living Responds to Rihanna’s Flowers
When a group of elderly residents at Arcadia Senior Living in Kentucky recreated Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance on TikTok, it went viral and brought joy to millions of people around the world. After the video exploded online, rapper Jay Z and his agency, Roc Nation, sent 100 roses to the facility — which also received flowers from Rihanna herself.
The senior citizens took to TikTok to re-create part of Rihanna’s halftime show in February, a popular segment that includes the singer’s backup dancers wearing puffy white suits. The video opened with two rows of women in white stepping aside to reveal one of the women dressed in red as Rihanna herself.
Director of life engagement Maitlin Nuckols said the video has helped change people’s perceptions of the older generation. The video has also boosted the social media account of the assisted-living center.
