Current:Home > MyNicki Minaj calls this 2012 hit song 'stupid' during NYE performance -FutureFinance
Nicki Minaj calls this 2012 hit song 'stupid' during NYE performance
View
Date:2025-04-17 04:14:05
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! (268)
Related
- Average rate on 30
- Two separate earthquakes, magnitudes 5.1 and 3.5, hit Hawaii, California; no tsunami warning
- Jonathan Majors’ accuser said actor’s ‘violent temper’ left her fearful before alleged assault
- Harvard, MIT, Penn presidents defend actions in combatting antisemitism on campus
- Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience
- NBA In-Season Tournament an early success with room for greater potential with tweaks
- Six weeks before Iowa caucuses, DeSantis super PAC sees more personnel departures
- Man killed wife, daughters and brother before killing himself in Washington: Authorities
- Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
- Margot Robbie tells Cillian Murphy an 'Oppenheimer' producer asked her to move 'Barbie' release
Ranking
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- Endangered red squirrel’s numbers show decrease this year in southeastern Arizona
- Tennessee man gets 60-plus months in prison for COVID relief fraud
- Can anything stop the toxic smog of New Delhi?
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Powerball winning numbers for December 4th drawing: Jackpot now at $435 million
- How to watch the fourth Republican presidential debate and what to look for
- Rep. Patrick McHenry, former temporary House speaker, to retire from Congress
Recommendation
Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
USWNT to close out disappointing year, turn new leaf: How to watch game today vs. China
Open Society Foundations commit $50M to women and youth groups’ work on democracy
High-speed rail line linking Las Vegas and Los Angeles area gets $3B Biden administration pledge
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
'Little House on the Prairie' star Melissa Gilbert on why she ditched Botox, embraced aging
Former president of Mauritania gets 5-year prison sentence for corruption
A woman wearing high heels and a gold ring was found dead by hunters in Indiana 41 years ago. She's now been identified.