After a series of toned-down red carpet appearances, it seems Nicki Minaj has officially left behind the days of neon colors, giant blonde afros, and outlandish costumes for the release of her new elegant, subdued "Pills N Potions" clip. The piano rap ballad, is the lead single to be lifted from her upcoming third studio album "The Pink Print," finds Minaj maintaining a positive attitude amongst all the doubters, detractors and people who have wronged her. Compared to Minaj's typically over-the-top music videos, "Pills N Potions" is the rapper's most down-to-earth, simple video to date.
The 31-year-old recently talked with Billboard about this Dr. Luke-produced ballad. "It sounds like betrayal. It sounds like running. It sounds like fainting. It sounds like love. It sounds like... *gasp!" Minaj broke down the concept behind the song with Ryan Seacrest: "I feel like it's kind of like a tragic love story," she explained. "And it doesn't even necessarily have to be like a boy and girl relationship. I just kind of feel like while I was working on the album, I started realizing how much has changed, and how people has changed, and how people come in and out of your life. I just felt like talking about that."
Minaj passionately sings the chorus of her soft ballad while rapping the verses. The hip hop star may have toned down her look, but that doesn't mean she's lost her edge. The rap superstar pushes the envelope in the strange, yet simple video, directed by Diane Martel, which predicts a surreal mood for the rapper's upcoming album, and fits right in with Minaj's raw emotions all over the track, and her natural look, as we see a cigarette-smoking Minaj shows a more vulnerable side in simple makeup against muted backgrounds singing the majestic song while crying silver tears, shining a grill, wearing Playboy bunny ears and chilling with a shirtless, bearded the Game, who plays Minaj's silent love interest.
In what looks like a set for a high fashion shoot, Minaj emotes through the tune's yearning lyrics under the hallucinogenic clouds of pink alongside fluffy bunnies smoking E-cigs and melting powder blue mansions in the hills. But from the looks of select scenes, perhaps Minaj's new "love the haters" philosophy is just a side effect of all of her pills and potions. Overdose on the emotional and eccentric visuals below.
Minaj passionately sings the chorus of her soft ballad while rapping the verses. The hip hop star may have toned down her look, but that doesn't mean she's lost her edge. The rap superstar pushes the envelope in the strange, yet simple video, directed by Diane Martel, which predicts a surreal mood for the rapper's upcoming album, and fits right in with Minaj's raw emotions all over the track, and her natural look, as we see a cigarette-smoking Minaj shows a more vulnerable side in simple makeup against muted backgrounds singing the majestic song while crying silver tears, shining a grill, wearing Playboy bunny ears and chilling with a shirtless, bearded the Game, who plays Minaj's silent love interest.
In what looks like a set for a high fashion shoot, Minaj emotes through the tune's yearning lyrics under the hallucinogenic clouds of pink alongside fluffy bunnies smoking E-cigs and melting powder blue mansions in the hills. But from the looks of select scenes, perhaps Minaj's new "love the haters" philosophy is just a side effect of all of her pills and potions. Overdose on the emotional and eccentric visuals below.
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