Nicki Minaj has shared some backstory to her newest hit, “Barbie World” that includes Ice Spice.
On Sunday (July 9), the “Starships” rapper sashayed onto the pink carpet for the world premiere of the Barbie film in Los Angeles, the place she spilled the tea on how her collaboration with the rising star got here to be.
“There have been a pair songs that I didn’t love,” Nicki advised Leisure Tonight, revealing that she had her decide of the litter previous to falling in love with the profitable beat.
“This ‘Barbie’ pattern, I beloved it. I simply wished it to have a dope drum, and so the one which they despatched me, I beloved! And I jumped on it straight away,” she added, referencing the RiotUSA-produced monitor, which is constructed on a pattern of Aqua’s 1997 smash hit “Barbie Woman.”
The Younger Cash rapper additionally referred to being part of the Barbie soundtrack as a “very full-circle second,” noting how she’s “been saying ‘Barbie’ my complete profession.”
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It is #Barbie tingz. 💖 Nicki Minaj reveals how her iconic “Barbie World” monitor for #BarbieTheAlbum got here to be. pic.twitter.com/HkhZsaZzTO
— Leisure Tonight (@etnow) July 10, 2023
Final month, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice linked up for his or her much-anticipated collaboration taken from the Barbie soundtrack. The track debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, snagging Nicki her twenty third prime 10 hit on the chart and Spice her fourth.
The accompanying music video finds the pair getting all fairly in pink, driving round city collectively as they commerce bars about how they each are similar to the favored toy doll.
“And I’m unhealthy just like the Barbie/ I’m a doll however I nonetheless wanna occasion/ Pink ‘Vette like I’m able to bend/ I’m a ten, so I pull in a Ken/ Jazzie, Stacie, Nicki/ All the Barbies is fairly/ All the Barbies is unhealthy It ladies, and we ain’t playin’ tag,” they rap.
This isn’t the primary time the New York MCs have channeled their inside pink princess. They beforehand joined forces for a remix of Spice’s Like..? EP minimize “Princess Diana.”
The visible noticed them draped in a completely pink look as they obtained up shut and private with each other within the bed room.
Previous to its arrival, “Barbie World” skilled a little bit of drama when Compton rapper Jason Martin (previously generally known as Downside) accused Nicki Minaj of omitting his writing credit score on the monitor.
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Throughout an Instagram Stay final month, he claimed to have helped write the track again when it initially belonged to Saweetie, and that his credit score has since been eliminated.
“Y’all gon’ give me what I deserve,” Martin stated. “Now, if Saweetie don’t wanna journey, that’s on her … However we crafted a report that was despatched over to Nicki to hop on to undergo the Barbie soundtrack.
“She stated she was gonna do it … Then abruptly, a brand new model was created. Sure, it’s a pattern, you are able to do what you need. However n-gga, you’ll be able to’t hear one factor, say you’re gonna do that, then go do your model. It ain’t taking place like that.”
He added: “Anyone that’s on this enterprise is aware of that that’s not how this works.”
Directed by Greta Gerwig, Barbie stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Simu Liu, Michael Cera and extra. The movie’s official soundtrack drops on July 21, the identical day because the film’s U.S. theatrical launch.
