love in the way

Bleu and Nicki Minaj have dropped the visual for their hot collaboration, “Love In The Way.” Directed by Primo, the music video sees Bleu moving through a large house, surrounded by beautiful women dressed in traditional African garb, as he tries to make his way to the one woman he can’t forget, no matter how hard he tries.

Minaj, who opens the song with an intro verse and performs an additional verse on the song’s bridge, is seen wearing a fitting garment bedecked with feathers, as well as lush jewels. Bleu is joined by a group of men wearing traditional markings and vibrant blue suits.

Over the past few years, Bleu has landed some pretty impressive collaborations with artists like Kehlani, 2 Chainz, HER, Big Sean, and more. With “Love In The Way,” the collaboration with Minaj fulfills the prophecy of Bleu collaborating with the Young Money “big three,” as he’s previously teamed up with Drake and Lil Wayne.

In a recent interview with Notion, Bleu revealed that he is hard at work on the follow-up to his 2021 debut album, Moon Boy, but he still feels he has much more he wants to accomplish in his promising career.

“Anything is possible,” Bleu said. “I’m working on new music, very excited about that, but I haven’t even scratched the surface. I’m just getting started. Definitely expect to see more Bleu and Moonboy university! We just getting started.”

Check out the video above.

Bleu is back with another afro-fusion banger. Joined by Nicki Minaj, a longtime dream collaborator of his, Bleu attempts to move on from a past relationship. The only issue is, that memories of Bleu’s ex keep getting in the way.

“Baby, your love in the way / But don’t stop it, just keep doin’ what you do / How could I move with your love in my way? / It hurts to love again, and it’s all because of you / ‘Cause baby, your love in the way,” he sings on the song’s infectious, bouncy chorus.

Known for her clever wordplay and sharp pen game, Minaj opens the song with a quick, catchy verse, rapping, “You blew it / I could tell you knew it / But you was like ‘Screw it’ / and I guess I’m fluid’ / Cause I was like, ‘F*ck you and them b*tches included’ / ‘Cause I was goin’ through it / Ain’t nothin’ more to it.”

As the song promises to be an instant hit, it is the result of manifestation. Bleu spoke the collaboration with Minaj into existence over a year ago via Twitter.

Bleu has previously collaborated with Drake and Lil Wayne, making his recent collaboration with Minaj a completion of Young Money’s iconic leading trinity.

Check out “Love In The Way” above.

Bleu has something special cooking up. This Friday, the “Your Mines Still” singer is set to drop a new single with Nicki Minaj, titled “Love In The Way.” The two announced the collaboration via social media today.

The song arrives just over a year after Bleu manifested the track via Twitter. “I would love to work with [these artists] in the future,” Bleu said. “I like speaking things in existence, it seems to work.” Among his dream collaborators were The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Anthony Hamilton, and Rihanna, but at the top of his list was none other than Minaj.

As his latest collab may suggest, Bleu has become a go-to guest in the realm of Young Money. In June, he was featured alongside Lil Wayne on a Chris Brown track called “Possessive,” from his most recent album, Breezy. In 2020, his remix of “Your Mines Still,” which featured Drake, proved to be a viral hit.

In an interview with DJ Akademiks, he credited Drake for helping him land a bigger deal at Empire Recordings.

“That’s when I started seeing them real numbers,” he said. “Just to put it into perspective, as soon as the Drake record dropped, I was having bidding wars between $8 and $9 million…This is why I f*ck with Empire because they still had me for another project, so once I did the Drake song, they came back and redid my deal to way more.”

“Love In The Way” is out 9/16 via Empire. Pre-save it here.