--- description: Rihanna performed “American Oxygen” for the first time in full at Saturday’s March Madness Music Fest in Indianapolis—and hours later, she premiered the track on... title: Rihanna Debuts Soulful 'American Oxygen' on Tidal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7739a097b92f379/698786baa988caa28f6ad3ca/468639346.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rihanna Debuts Soulful 'American Oxygen' on Tidal by [Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 6, 2015 4:23 AM CUT  Rihanna performs during the March Madness Music Festival in Indianapolis on April 4, 2015 Rihanna performs during the March Madness Music Festival in Indianapolis on April 4, 2015Scott Legato—FilmMagic by [Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 6, 2015 4:23 AM CUT Rihanna performed “[American Oxygen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTe4zm8iIJE "undefined")” for the first time in full at Saturday’s March Madness Music Fest in Indianapolis—and hours later, she premiered the track on Tidal. The track isn’t exactly a club banger, but rather a slower, soulful take on living in America. It’s so far only been heard in snippets in [promos for March Madness](http://www.ncaa.com/video/basketball-men/2015-03-05/march-madness-rihanna-american-oxygen-promo "undefined"), which combine images of Rihanna in front of an American flag with footage from the court. Although Tidal subscriptions cost $9.99 a month (or $19.99 a month for the premium subscription), you can sign up for [a free 30-day trial](http://tidal.com/us "undefined") to hear “American Oxygen” now. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/05/rihanna-debuts-american-oxygen-tidal "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW_](http://www.ew.com/ "undefined")[_._ _com_](http://www.ew.com/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3771826/rihanna-american-oxygen-tidal-jay-z-beyonce-march-madness-ncaa-basketball/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3771826/rihanna-american-oxygen-tidal-jay-z-beyonce-march-madness-ncaa-basketball/"},"headline":"Rihanna Debuts Soulful 'American Oxygen' on Tidal","datePublished":"2015-04-06T04:23:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:42:53.896Z","description":"Rihanna performed “American Oxygen” for the first time in full at Saturday’s March Madness Music Fest in Indianapolis—and hours later, she premiered the track on...","url":"https://time.com/3771826/rihanna-american-oxygen-tidal-jay-z-beyonce-march-madness-ncaa-basketball/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7739a097b92f379/698786baa988caa28f6ad3ca/468639346.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7739a097b92f379/698786baa988caa28f6ad3ca/468639346.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"468639346","caption":"INDIANAPOLIS, IN - APRIL 04: Rihanna performs during the March Madness Music Festival on April 4, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Scott Legato/FilmMagic)","creditText":"Scott Legato—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3771826/rihanna-american-oxygen-tidal-jay-z-beyonce-march-madness-ncaa-basketball/","name":"Rihanna Debuts Soulful 'American Oxygen' on Tidal"}}]}] ```