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Key Takeaways

• Nicki Minaj says her subsequent album is coming, however she isn’t speeding the method.
• In Vogue Italia, she opens up about her artistic course and love for trend.
• Nicki Minaj additionally shouts out Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter and Skeng as her favourite newer artists.

Nicki Minaj followers may need to carry tight a bit longer for brand spanking new music, however from the sound of it, she’s itching to get again onstage quickly. On Tuesday (Might 27), the “FTCU” rapper graced the quilt of Vogue Italia’s June concern, by which she mentioned the standing of her subsequent album, trend and her favourite artists in the meanwhile, amongst different matters.

Nicki Minaj On The Standing Of Her Subsequent Album

Early of their dialog, Minaj spoke about her forthcoming venture. Final 12 months notably noticed her leaving followers hanging with missed launch dates for Pink Friday 2 (The Hiatus) — and earlier than that, Pink Friday 3. As a substitute, listeners had been handled to collaborations like “AGATS2 (Insecure)” with Juice WRLD, and a particular Tenth-anniversary version of The Pinkprint, adopted by extra options in early 2025.

“I’ve numerous actually sturdy songs, however I do not wish to rush. I would like the album to imply one thing, for the followers and for me,” she defined to the publication. “I’ll by no means be a type of individuals who releases songs only for the sake of it.” Vogue Italia additional famous that she was “desirous to get again on stage.”

Nicki Minaj On Expressing Herself By way of Vogue And The Met Gala

Being the fashion icon that she is, Minaj additionally spoke about utilizing trend as a type of self-expression. “After my Barbie section, I felt the necessity to strip all the pieces away,” she defined concerning her Pinkprint period. “It was a second after I began exhibiting my actual hair once more. However I’ve at all times relied on trend to precise how I really feel.”

Based on Vogue, Minaj’s Thom Browne gown on the 2025 Met Gala represented “a second of satisfaction in Black American historical past.” The ensemble, which featured a mermaid skirt, was a “deconstructed reinterpretation of the dandy pinstripe go well with.” Moments earlier, she mentioned her Burberry take a look at the annual occasion in 2022: “The gown was dope. The look was excellent. However my boobs had been means, means too large for that outfit.”

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Nicki Minaj’s Favourite Newer Artists Are Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter And Skeng

Towards the tip of the interview, Minaj shared her ideas on a few of the newer artists she’s been having fun with. “Sabrina Carpenter. I did not know she’d been round that lengthy after I began listening to her,” she admitted. Followers would possibly recall the “Espresso” singer edging out Travis Scott for the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with Quick n’ Candy. “This one’s for Nicki,” Carpenter tweeted days earlier than the foremost feat.

To no shock, Billie Eilish was additionally on the listing. Minaj beforehand sampled the singer’s “when the get together’s over” on the Pink Friday 2 opening minimize, “Are You Gone Already.” Lastly, she talked about her “Likkle Miss (Remix)” collaborator, Skeng.