Nicki Minaj Confirms Her New Single Is Coming Out This Week

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Barbz, assemble: we've got somewhere to be on Friday, September 1.

Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday 2 is scheduled to release in November of this year, although it feels like we've been leading up to it for years. A couple of non-album singles preceded its official announcement earlier in 2023, and the Queen Barb herself couldn't be more excited for it. As such, she's spent a lot of time and energy on social media engaging with fans' own anticipation and giving us little peeks and nuggets of what's to come. For example, the Trinidadian MC recently shared a snippet of her upcoming single "Last Time I Saw You" on TikTok. Now, she officially revealed during a livestream on the platform that the track is coming out this week on Friday, September 1.

Furthermore, it seems like this is the true lead single to Pink Friday 2, which got fans absolutely ecstatic. After all, they've been bumping the clip quite heavily given all the times that Nicki Minaj has already previewed it. There's a lot of anticipation for YMCMB's First Lady to deliver some heat here, and this song specifically sounds like her older pop genre crossovers. It's a style she does incredibly well, and one that leads us to believe that this album sequel will be as versatile as its original installment.

Nicki Minaj Will Drop Her New Single This Friday

What's more is that this isn't the only release that the 40-year-old has to look forward to on the horizon. Fans are also ready to hear her reunion with Drake on their highly anticipated collab on Drizzy's upcoming For All The Dogs album. While the album didn't drop last week as many hoped it would, could it really be the case that we're getting both tracks this week? It seems too good to be true, but at least we know for sure that we're getting something special from Nicki Minaj this week.

Meanwhile, it's unclear whether "Last Time I Saw You" will be our only taste of Pink Friday 2 ahead of its release. Even if it is, we're sure that Onika picked a song that will last us until then, and that we won't be able to let go of. Let's see how well that pans out in a couple of days, Barbz, as the album looks better and better every week. With that in mind, keep checking in with HNHH for the latest news and updates on Nicki Minaj.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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