Nicki Minaj to drop “Pink Friday 3” after scrapping “Pink Friday 2” Deluxe.
A couple of weeks back, Nicki Minaj announced the deluxe Gag City Reloaded version of her album “Pink Friday 2”, which she now has entirely scrapped. The Queen of Barbz took to her social media to announce that instead of the deluxe edition, she will drop an entirely new album, which will be titled “Pink Friday 3.”
“Instead of doing a DELUXE to Pink Friday 2, I’ve decided to do a brand new album. I’ll still incorporate new songs like #Mamita & [The “anxiety” song] for the remainder of the tour tho…and I’ll announce the new date within the next couple weeks. The new music is just too good to be thrown away on a deluxe album,” she wrote on X.
“Last night, the songs I recorded were just way too iconic. I love you guys so much. You know that. I know you do. I’ll still give you something leading up to the announcement, so no worries.”
“PF3 is about to do PRECISELY wtf BEEN needed to be done. TRUST ME BARBZ. IM SO EXCITED. BLESSED. LOVED (by the Barbz) & fortunately (for the Barbz & me), I’ve learned A LOT since 12/08/23.”
She continued, “PF2 means so much to me. As my 1st album as #PapaBear mama, it’s just very special to me for so many reasons you guys aren’t aware of. I put every song on there in a specific order, etc. So to honor that, I’m going to give it the respect & integrity it deserves as a beautiful body of work & not add anything else to it. 1 or 2 songs is no big deal but 5-7 songs feels a little sloppy right now (In my humble opinion). This era has just been so successful, rewarding, satisfying, etc. after much thought, I want to be for CERTAIN that I am being intentional about every single decision being made around both PF2 AND PF3.”
The Pink Friday 2 album was released last year in December through Young Money Entertainment and Republic Records. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, moving over 228,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. PF2 featured Drake, Lil Wayne, Future, 50 Cent, J. Cole, Lil Uzi Vert and more.
Check out her album announcement below.
Dear Barbz,
IMPORTANT #GagCity ANNOUNCEMENT:
Instead of doing a DELUXE to Pink Friday 2, I’ve decided to do a brand new album. I’ll still incorporate new songs like #Mamita & [The “anxiety” song] for the remainder of the tour tho…and I’ll announce the new date within the next…
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 16, 2024
