EDGE NICKI MINAJ Just in about her new song Starships. MINAJ Nicki gives her opinion on her song Starships. Find out what Nicki’s video is all about. Find out about Minaj’s background and what she enjoyed. Find out all about what went in to producing the song.
28 Thursday 10th May 2012
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"Starships" debuted at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking her second solo arrival in the Top 10 of the chart, after "Super Bass". The single also charted in the top ten for Canada, France, Ireland, Norway, and New Zealand In the spring of 2012, "Starships" was the 3rd most-played song on Myspace, the 12th most-played song on Yahoo! Music, and was the 21st most downloaded ringtone. The "Starships" video was filmed in Hawaii, it was a 3-day shoot, filming began on March 13, 2012 and ended on March 15, 2012.
The video begins with a digitally rendered spacecraft flying over an island, showing its various locations and it's locals including a group of built-men, adorned in tribal scarification, who are seen chanting towards the sky. The spacecraft then arrives at the beach and Minaj can be seen walking out of the water, Bikini-clad with neon green hair. She is then carried by several of the built men across the island jungle on a platform. Later in the video she is seen partying with all of the locals of the island at night. There are inter-cut scenes that shows Minaj in various locations of the island while singing the song. The video features flashing lights and the glow-in-the-dark effects reminiscent of the video for "Super Bass". Minaj said: "'Starships' is one of my absolute, absolute favourite records on Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. It makes people feel happy and that's all I want. I want to start the year off with making people feel good. The [Grammy] performance was the performance, that was my clear craziness, and now it's time to make people dance and have fun, and that’s all I want to do". In a separate interview, she gave further details on the recording of the track: "There was so much love surrounding the making of the song, because RedOne is just so sweet to work with, he just sent me that one day, and he said, 'Hey, I got something for you!' I was like, 'You got to be kidding me, right?' I went to the studio and started writing ... scratch that ... I didn't even write the first verse! That was just me mumbling and just saying the first thing that came to my head, and we recorded it, because I just felt like: 'Let's go to the beach ... let's go get away.' It was just so good. It feels good!" "Starships" is a multi-genre song, which heavily utilizes Eurodance, Europop, and Euro house, pop, dance, reggae, pop rock, and hip hop.
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The song received mainly positive to mixed reviews. Los Angeles Times said that "The new single will undoubtedly divide Minaj's fan base. Longtime fans may want the cypher queen they fell in love with when she was young and hungry on the mixtape circuit, while her newer, sugar pop-loving delegation will likely crave the quirkier verses - and cotton candycolored wigs -- of today's Minaj". MTV said that "The song not only is pure pop perfection, but RedOne's
influence is evident, thanks to its grinding Euro dance beats", adding that "It is certainly the perfect song for those who enjoyed shaking their groove thang to "Super Bass"
Nicki Minaj at 2010 MTV Video Music Awards
Although Minaj has had a tough up bringing she still makes great music and has a positive message. In an interview Minaj commented on her sexual image again stating, "I made a conscious decision to try to tone down the sexiness, I want people— especially young girls—to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex appeal. You’ve got to have something else to go with that.” Minaj has a tattoo in Chinese on her left arm, meaning, "God is always with you." Minaj states that her heroes are "God. And my mother."
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