Current:Home > MarketsNicki Minaj calls this 2012 hit song 'stupid' during NYE performance -BrightFutureFinance
Nicki Minaj calls this 2012 hit song 'stupid' during NYE performance
View
Date:2025-04-18 18:16:52
Nicki Minaj fans will be disappointed to learn that one of her hit songs may not make her Pink Friday 2 Tour setlist.
The rapper, during a performance in Miami on New Year’s Eve, upset fans when she stopped a performance of her 2012 single "Starships."
In a clip posted on TikTok, she sings along to the song before waving her hands and telling the crowd, "Sike," explaining, "I don't perform that song no more, y'all."
As the crowd is heard yelling in displeasure, Minaj, 41, shrugs. "I don’t like it, what y’all want me to do?" she says, calling the track a "stupid song."
"Starships" is one of the "Barbie World" rapper's biggest hits, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in spring 2012.
Comments on the clip were largely in disagreement, with one fan saying the track "got us all loving you" while another fan wrote: "Why all artists don't like the songs that set off their careers and made them …?"
Nicki Minajannounces Pink Friday 2 Tour: What you need to know, including tickets, dates
However, a few fans did side with Minaj's opinion. "To be fair it's a terrible song," one wrote.
The "Everybody" rapper also got fans wondering if the track would be missing from her upcoming tour setlist. The Pink Friday 2 Tour would be her first solo outing since 2016 and will kick off March 1 in Oakland, California.
Named after her new album "Pink Friday 2," released last month, the 40-city tour will mark her first since The Pinkprint Tour in North America in 2015 and 2016, and 2019's Nicki Wrld Tour with Juice Wrld in Europe.
Other tracks have drawn criticism from Minaj in recent years. In a 2020 Q&A conversation with Pollstar Live, the singer admitted to disliking her 2010 track "Your Love" and her 2014 single "Anaconda," though she said she still loves their music videos.
Contributing: Naledi Ushe
Nicki Minajtalks marriage trials, regretting plastic surgery in Vogue cover
veryGood! (6419)
Related
- Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
- See What the Class Has Been Up to Since Graduating Boy Meets World
- Movie Review: Glen Powell gives big leading man energy in ‘Hit Man’
- Caitlin Clark's next game: How to watch Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun on Monday
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- Star Wars Father’s Day Gifts for the Dadalorian in Your Life
- Mavericks’ plan to stop Celtics in NBA Finals: Get them to fight among themselves
- A last supper on death row: Should America give murderers an extravagant final meal?
- Macy's says employee who allegedly hid $150 million in expenses had no major 'impact'
- Disneyland employee dies after falling from moving golf cart in theme park backstage
Ranking
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- A 4th person dies of injuries in Minneapolis shooting that also killed an officer
- Taylor Swift pauses Scotland Eras Tour show until 'the people in front of me get help'
- Glen Powell on navigating love and the next phase: I welcome it with open arms
- Small twin
- Weeklong heat wave loosens grip slightly on US Southwest but forecasters still urge caution
- A 4th person dies of injuries in Minneapolis shooting that also killed an officer
- Horoscopes Today, June 7, 2024
Recommendation
'Survivor' 47 finale, part one recap: 2 players were sent home. Who's left in the game?
Taylor Swift pauses Scotland Eras Tour show until 'the people in front of me get help'
Dornoch, 17-1 long shot co-owned by Jayson Werth, wins 2024 Belmont Stakes, third leg of Triple Crown
Massive grave slabs recovered from UK's oldest shipwreck
Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
Mortgage closing fees are in the hot seat. Here's why the feds are looking into them.
Hunter Biden’s family weathers a public and expansive airing in federal court of his drug addiction
Mets owner Steve Cohen 'focused on winning games,' not trade deadline