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There will be no more trips to the beach for Nicki Minaj. On Sunday night, at a New Year’s Eve performance at E11EVEN in Miami, the rapper got a few lines into the opening verse of her 2012 hit single “Starships,” before suddenly raising her hands, signaling for the track to stop.
In a videoposted to TikTok, Minaj waves her hands, telling the crowd, “Hold on. Psych, psych, psych, psych. I don’t perform that song no more, y’all. I don’t like it, what y’all want me to do? Stupid song.”
She then launches into “Super Bass,” which appeared to please both the rapper and the audience equally.
This is not the first time Minaj has expressed her distaste for the hit single. “I hate ‘Starships,’ I mean ew, ‘Starships?’” she toldPollstar Livein 2020. I’m like, ‘Why did I do that?’ I really think that every time I hear it.”
Luckily there is no shortage of hits for Minaj to cover. In anothervideo, the rapper is seen performing “Moment 4 Life” to the enthusiastic crowd that knew every lyric to her song.
It’s been a busy year for Minaj, who inDecember dropped the long-awaitedPink Friday 2album. The album encompasses 22 new songs and features Drake, J. Cole, Lil Wayne, Tate Kobang, Lourdiz, Lil Uzi Vert, Skillibeng, Skeng, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, and Future.
Pink Friday 2marks the singer’s first studio album sinceQueen, which featured singles like “Chun-Li” and “Good Form.” (She dropped a greatest hits album namedQueen Radiolast year and re-releasedBeam Me Up Scottyin 2021.) In 2019, the singer said she had started working on her new album, and tweeted “PF2” for the first time in 2020, teasing thatPink Fridaywas making a reappearance.
Minaj went onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertin late December to discuss her upcoming tour,which kicks off in March. She noted that she’s continuing to add dates to the trek, citing New York, Paris, London, and Detroit as her favorite places to play. “My fans are energetic everywhere I go,” she said. “We always just turn the f–k up.”
