Nicki Minaj shared some bad news with her fans on Sunday (September 15), but she immediately eased the sting with something much better. The 41-year-old Queen rapper revealed that she would no longer be releasing a deluxe edition of her most recent album, Pink Friday 2 . Instead, she’s going to be putting together an entirely new album! Keep reading to find out more.
.. Nicki explained her decision in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
“Instead of doing a DELUXE to Pink Friday 2 , I’ve decided to do a brand new album. I’ll still incorporate new songs like #Mamita & [The 'anxiety' song] for the remainder of the tour tho..
.and I’ll announce the new date within the next couple weeks. The new music is just too good to be thrown away on a deluxe album,” she explained.
She continued, writing, “Last night, the songs I recorded were just way too iconic. I love you guys so much. You know that.
I know you do. I’ll still give you something leading up to the announcement, so no worries.” “🎀 PF3 is about to do PRECISELY wtf BEEN needed to be done.
TRUST ME BARBZ. IM SO EXCITED. BLESSED.
LOVED (by the Barbz) & fortunately (for the Barbz & me), I’ve learned A LOT since 12/08/23.” The rapper thoroughly explained her decision to preserve Pink Friday 2 as it was: “ PF2 means so much to me. As my 1st album as #PapaBear mama, it’s just very special to me for so many reasons you guys aren’t aware of.
I put every song on there in a specific order, etc. So to honor that, I’m going to give it the respect & integrity it deserves as a beautiful body of work & not add anything else to it. 1 or 2 songs is no big deal but 5-7 songs feels a little sloppy right now (In my humble opinion).
This era has just been so successful, rewarding, satisfying, etc. after much thought, I want to be for CERTAIN that I am being intentional about every single decision being made around both PF2 AND PF3 .” Did you see that an artist recently dedicated their album’s success to Nicki ? See how she responded .
Dear Barbz, IMPORTANT #GagCity ANNOUNCEMENT: Instead of doing a DELUXE to Pink Friday 2, I’ve decided to do a brand new album. I’ll still incorporate new songs like #Mamita & [The “anxiety” song] for the remainder of the tour tho..
.and I’ll announce the new date within the next..
. — Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 16, 2024.
