Nicki Minaj Plays Hype New Year's Eve Show But Won't Perform "Starships"

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on January 01, 20244.2K Views

Nicki Minaj Celebrates New Year's Eve At E11EVEN Miami

MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 31: Nicki Minaj performs onstage during New Year's Eve at E11EVEN Miami on December 31, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images for E11EVEN)

Nicki claimed that she no longer likes the song.

Like many fellow celebs and rappers, Nicki Minaj had a pretty fun time on New Year's. She took to the stage to perform a few songs for a tightly packed crowd at a New Year's Eve party in a Miami club. Videos of her performance have been circulating online all day. While many of them show her excited delivery and the hyped crowd, one particular clip making the rounds is different.

During the set, her DJ tries to set up her classic 2010 hit "Starships." Nicki has no doubt performed the song hundreds of times live before but wasn't feeling it overnight. "I don't perform that song no more," she says in the clip after making her DJ move on. When the crowd reacts she shares with them that she just doesn't like the track anymore. Fans of Nicki came to her defense over the claims in the comments of a repost of the video on Instagram. "She been said that she don’t like Starships," the top comment on the post reads. Check out the full video of Nicki Minaj declining to play one of her biggest hits below.

Nicki Minaj Doesn't Like "Starships"

Last month, Nicki Minaj released her highly-anticipated new album Pink Friday 2. It was her first new record in 5 years following 2018's Queen and ended up being a major undertaking for her. The album features 22 tracks and over 70 minutes of material. Among the songs are plenty of high-profile features like Drake, Future, Lil Wayne, Lil Uzi Vert, J. Cole, and more.

The album performed quite well commercially but that hasn't stopped Nicki from fighting for every sale. She clapped back at some haters online while talking about the album's incredibly impressive Spotify numbers. She also shared a video on Twitter of one of her haters hiding physical copies of the album so fans trying to buy it would have a harder time finding the album. What do you think of the video of Nicki Minaj declining to play "Starships" during her New Year's Eve performance? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.