Pink Friday 2

Nicki Minaj And J. Cole Keep Each Other Emotionally Grounded On Their New Collab, ‘Let Me Calm Down’

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Nicki Minaj is back. Tonight, the illustrious hip-hop artist released her long-awaited fifth studio album Pink Friday 2. Over the course of the album, Minaj grapples with a whirlwind of emotions, from love, loss, grief, and newfound motherhood. On a standout track, “Let Me Calm Down,” she teams up with J. Cole as she finds herself conflicted as someone attempts to reconnect with her.

“I knew if that if it was meant to be, that one day I would let him / Twenty years later them decisions, I don’t regret them / Just wish you would give me space when I really need it / To be alone in my zone when I’m really heated,” raps Minaj on one of the song’s verses, showcasing her confusion about the place this person once had in her life.

Cole then pops in with a verse of his own, offering a special message to the song’s subject. He better get right if he wants Minaj in his life.

“They talkin’ slick and make you wanna pull a Rated-R / You like her, love her like a brother, like a manager, an A&R / Plus a therapist when it start rainin’ hard / Her life was trauma filled, it left her with a tainted heart,” he raps.

You can listen to “Let Me Calm Down” above.

Pink Friday 2 is out now via Republic. Find more information here.

Nicki Minaj Drops Highly Anticipated Album “Pink Friday 2”

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The long wait is over! It’s not only Nicki Minaj’s birthday, but the reigning Queen of Rap has officially dropped her highly-anticipated fifth studio album. That’s right, Pink Friday 2 is out now. Originally slated for release last month, the LP made its grand entrance on the rap icon’s 41st birthday, which is celebrated on December 8th. The project is a whopping 22-tracks long. It’s also star-studded with features such as Future, J. Cole, Lil Wayne, and Drake. Fan-favorites such as “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” and “Super Freaky Girl,” make an appearance on the project as well.

Nicki has been teasing the project for some time now. Just yesterday for example, the rap sensation treated her fans to more than just a sneak peek. She unleashed a full-scale extravaganza with a complete immersion into the futuristic world she had been teasing. The 26-second preview, previously captioned “Approaching [Gag City],” came to life as the backdrop for Minaj’s track, “Big Difference.” Fans expressed their excitement through social media. The comment section on Twitter and other platforms became a gallery of creativity, with followers sharing their interpretations of Gag City through AI-generated images.

Read More: Nicki Minaj Shares New “Pink Friday 2” Teaser And Invites Fans To “Gag City”

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Furthermore, she has recently asserted that this album stands among the greatest albums of all time. This is a bold declaration that has heightened anticipation among fans, eager to witness its impact. However, this marks the realization of what is undoubtedly another iconic chapter in Nicki Minaj’s legendary career. Nicki Minaj earlier in November, promised to end her enemies with the release of this project.

“If you on my $h!t list, you will never EVER recover. The. Fkng. End. This album is just beyond anything I could have imagined. LETS LET THE INFAMOUS BARBZ DECIDE. (And I still have to post an official PF2 lyric, coming right up)- but first… on a scale from 1-10, how hard you want me to go on #PinkFriday2 12/08/23?” In concludion, Pink Friday 2 is here, and Nicki Minaj has once again proven why she holds the throne in the realm of rap. The album’s official release has ignited a frenzy of enthusiasm. Buckle up, because Pink Friday 2 is not just an album—it’s an experience!

Tracklist:

1. “Are You Gone Already”
2. “Barbie Dangerous”
3. “FTCU”
4. “Beep Beep”
5. “Fallin 4 U”
6. “Let Me Calm Down” featuring J. Cole
7. “RnB” featuring Lil Wayne and Tate Kobang
8. “Pink Birthday”
9. “Needle” featuring Drake
10. “Cowgirl” featuring Lourdiz
11. “Everybody” featuring Lil Uzi Vert
12. “Big Difference”
13. “Red Ruby Da Sleeze”
14. “Forward From Trini” featuring Skillabeng and Skeng
15. “Pink Friday Girls”
16 “Super Freaky Girl”
17. “Bahm Bahm”
18. “My Life”
19. “Nicki Hendrix” featuring Future
20. “Blessings” featuring Tosha Cobb Leonard
21. “Last Time I Saw You”
22. “Just the Memories”

Read More: Nicki Minaj Explains Her Direction For “Pink Friday 2”

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What Is Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday 2’ Tracklist?

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Nicki Minaj is just a bit away from releasing her highly anticipated Pink Friday 2 album at midnight ET tonight, where it will be available to stream on Apple Music and Spotify. Given the rap icon has been pretty quiet about details surrounding the record, fans are wondering what the tracklist will be.

Here’s what to know so far.

What Is Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 Tracklist?

Minaj’s full tracklist for Pink Friday 2 is still yet to be announced. However, this hasn’t stopped online speculation. According to an unconfirmed partial list from Genius, it has her previously released “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” and “Super Freaky Girl” both reportedly making the cut. Other songs include “Big Difference” as track 2, and “Last Time I Saw You” as track 7.

Additional unconfirmed titles right now are “Let Me Calm Down,” “Memories,” and “Roman In Malibu.” The latter seems to tease that Minaj will be reprising her altar ego that fans got to know with the original Pink Friday in 2010.

It’s also unclear if any collaborations will be included on the rest of the tracklist, let alone how long the record will be, making it truly a surprise to take place once it drops.

Pink Friday 2 is out 12/8 via Republic Records. Find more information here.

When Will Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday 2’ Be On Apple Music?

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Nicki Minaj’s new album Pink Friday 2 is arriving on DSPs soon and she has promised that the album will take fans on a ride to “Gag City.” After teasing the allbum’s release — and its accompanying tour — for months, the album hits DSPs, including Apple Music and Spotify, on Friday, December 7.

The album will be Nicki Minaj’s fifth studio album, and it arrives five years after the release of her most recent album, Queen, in 2018. In the lead up to the album’s release, Nicki enjoyed a resurgence of popularity thanks to her placement on the Barbie soundtrack with the Aqua-sampling “Barbie World” alongside “Princess Diana” collaborator Ice Spice. Capitalizing on the attention from the new song from younger fans, she attempted to join TikTok’s “NPC” trend with hilariously disastrous results. Still, the move revealed an endearingly human side to the superstar, which she continued to cultivate with her first album single “Last Time I Saw You.”

After campaigning to appear on Drake’s new album For All The Dogs, Nicki teased the next single, “Bahm Bahm,” before revealing that Pink Friday 2 had been delayed. Just ahead of the album’s release, she dropped out of iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball to ensure she had time to properly finish the album.

Pink Friday 2 is out 12/8 via Young Money Entertainment and Republic Records.

When Will Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday 2’ Be On Spotify?

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Nicki Minaj has been building fans’ anticipation for Pink Friday 2, the follow-up to her hit 2010 album. Given it marks Minaj’s first new full record since 2018, there are only a few more hours to go until it drops on December 8.

Here’s what to know about when the album will be on Spotify.

When Will Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 Be On Spotify?

Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 will be available to stream on Spotify right at midnight ET. For those on the West Coast, they can listen at 9 p.m. this evening. Anyone else in a different time zone around the world should calculate from there to find out when it will drop. (For example, most of Europe can hear it starting at 5 a.m. tomorrow, and so on.)

“When I look back at a lot of my music, I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, where was the me in it?’” Minaj shared during an interview with Vogue about Pink Friday 2. “So for this album, I went back to the old game plan.”

“This album is just beyond anything I could have imagined,” she also teased for fans through Twitter.

While not a ton is known about the album yet beyond that, it seems it will live up to the hype.

What Time Will Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday 2’ Come Out?

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Get ready: Nicki Minaj’s long-awaited fifth studio album Pink Friday 2 is finally arriving after several months of postponements, five years removed from the release of her last album, Queen. In a new teaser for the album, Minaj promised to take her fans to “Gag City” (idk, sounds unpleasant) and they certainly seem excited about it, but when exactly should they be checking for it online?

Although many of the artists on Nicki’s level of notoriety can get away with pushing it (see: anytime Drake releases anything), it seems most likely that Nicki’s new album will hit DSPs at midnight ET on the dot. After all, she gave herself plenty of leeway to get everything mixed, mastered, and delivered to her distributors with the date change earlier this year, so someone as fastidious about her career as Ms. Minaj isn’t going to drop the ball on the 1-yard line. She even canceled a performance at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Chicago — presumably to do some last-minute album prep — so it seems probable that she’s hit her deadlines.

Judging from the singles that have been released so far, including the as-yet only teased “Big Difference,” fans can likely expect a return to a more rap-focused Nicki on her new project, rather than the pop-oriented version that dominated much of the 2010s. Whether that’s a good thing probably depends on which version you like more: “Anaconda” Nicki or “Monster” Nicki.

What Is Nicki Minaj’s Gag City?

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Nicki Minaj is less than one day away from finally dropping Pink Friday 2, her first full-length album since 2018’s Queen. On Wednesday night, December 6, Minaj amped up the already-fervent anticipation by using her “Barb Alert System” to warn the Barbz that they are quickly “approaching Gag City.”

“As we begin to prepare for landing, please make sure your tray tables are put back up & your seat belts are tightly fastened,” Minaj wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) earlier in the day. “The captain has activated the ‘no bathroom’ sign. If you look out the window, you’ll begin to see the beauty…clear waters, pink dolphins…#GagCity #PF2.”

Well, that sounds lovely. Wait, PINK DOLPHINS?! What (and where) in the world is Gag City?

According to various outlets — such as Know Your Meme, Reddit, and The Mirror — Barbz created Gag City using AI based on the Pink Friday 2 cover art Minaj shared in early September. On the first of two album covers, Minaj appears angelic while standing on what could be described as a subway platform floating above pink clouds. Everything is pink, except for Minaj’s white outfit.

“Her fans, lovingly called the Barbz, decided that the city below her on the album cover was named Gag City, a play on the word ‘gagged,’ which can be used to describe something, usually a celebrity, as amazing or stunning,” The Mirror explained. “After Gag City was named, fans were left wondering what the city could possibly look like, so they turned to AI.”

This morning, December 7, Power 105. 1 posted that it “is the official radio station of #GAGCity” alongside an AI-generated, pink-tinged photo of a boombox turned to the station. Republic Records posted the Statue Of Liberty wearing a pink wig. All over the internet, people continue to post their visions for Gag City ahead of Pink Friday 2‘s arrival at midnight ET (December 8), which is also Minaj’s birthday. See some below.

Pink Friday 2 is out 12/8 via Republic. Find more information here.

Nicki Minaj Invites You To ‘Gag City’ In A New ‘Pink Friday 2’ Teaser, Sent Through Her ‘Barb Alert System’

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Nicki Minaj was initially going to release Pink Friday 2 on November 17, but she delayed it and will instead drop it this Friday, December 8 — her 41st birthday. Last weekend, Minaj informed the Barbz that she would no longer perform at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Chicago on Monday, December 4, because she needed to focus on finishing album preparation. On Wednesday, December 6, she was preparing the Barbz for Pink Friday 2‘s launch.

“Approaching #GagCity,” Minaj wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) alongside a 26-second trailer. The video shows a pink-lit “Barb Alert System” blinking with the message: “PREPARE FOR IMPACT Pink Friday 2 IS COMING.” It’s soundtracked by the unreleased Pink Friday 2 song “Big Difference,” as Minaj raps, “Like my hunnids blue / Bad b*tches, yeah, I keep ’em by the two / It’s a big difference between me and you / I ain’t nothin’ like you, you, you, or you.”

That post came roughly 10 hours after Minaj took to X to relay similarly themed instructions, writing, “As we begin to prepare for landing, please make sure your tray tables are put back up & your seat belts are tightly fastened. The captain has activated the ‘no bathroom’ sign. If you look out the window, you’ll begin to see the beauty…clear waters, pink dolphins…#GagCity #PF2.”

Pink Friday 2 is out 12/8 via Republic. Find more information here.

Nicki Minaj Will Appear On A New Episode Of “Watch What Happens Live”

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It’s a big week for Nicki Minaj who is gearing up to release her new album Pink Friday 2. It’s her first studio album in 5 years since 2018’s Queen and she’s been teasing it for week. She even had Lil Wayne fill in for her at a recent Jingle Ball performance just so she could keep her album releasing on time. While all the attention is on Nicki, she’s also going to appear on a new episode of Watch What Happens Live.

The host of the show Andy Cohen tweeted the news out earlier today while also calling for fans to contribute to it. “Tweet me all of your questions NOW for @NICKIMINAJ! She will be joining me for an upcoming #WWHL!” his announcement tweet reads. Fans immediately flocked to the comments to share their excitement. Nicki is often bombastic and occasionally even audacious in interviews in a way her Barbz adore. It’s unclear when exactly the episode will drop but it’s likely to be soon coinciding with the release of her new album which is just a few days away. Check out fan reactions to the announcement below.

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Nicki Minaj’s “Watch What Happens Live” Episode Coming Soon

Nicki Minaj is doing quite a bit to build up as much hype for Pink Friday 2 as possible. Earlier this week she described it as one of the best albums of all time and plenty of fans believe her. Last month, she did a cover story with Vogue which also included an original freestyle and a special episode of the publication’s “73 Questions” show.

In a different social media post, Nicki claimed that the album would reveal one of her “best kept secrets.” She also mentioned that it was dedicated to somebody special, both of which got fans wildly speculating about what kind of new information the album will contain. What do you think of Nicki Minaj appearing on Watch What Happens Live right as her new album drops? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Will Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday 2 Tour’ Tickets Drop Soon?

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Nicki Minaj is just days away from the release of her long-awaited album, Pink Friday 2 and only a couple of weeks removed from announcing her impending tour for the album. However, while she did share the link to join the RSVP list for the tickets, fans may be wondering when the tickets will actually be available for purchase.

How To Buy Tickets For Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 Tour

While the official launch day for tickets hasn’t been announced yet, and RSVP signups are now closed, the RSVP link now directs fans to Nicki’s official website, where they can pre-save Pink Friday 2 and presumably get tickets when she does announce them.

When Will Nicki Minaj Announce Her 2024 Tour Dates?

While Nicki did tease that the tour would run through Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Oklahoma City, and Washington, DC (with possible additional cities added per RSVP demand), she hasn’t yet announced when those dates would be. She did, however, insist that “I HAVE THE ROUTING” when one fan suggested that the tour hadn’t been finalized yet.

Will Nicki Minaj’s 2024 Tour Tickets Drop Soon?

It remains unclear if Nicki is going to put. out the tickets anytime before the end the end of the year. After all, no one wants to compete with Christmas for the public’s play money, especially with prices for everyday goods being what they are, let alone luxuries. The smart money is on Nicki announcing sometime in early 2024, after the recording industry reopens and the audience’s budgets have had a chance to bounce back from holiday festivities.