Nicki Minaj kicked off the week with a preview for her video, "Anaconda," and a remix to Beyonce's "Flawless."
In an interview with Carson Daly, Nicki shared her thoughts on the "Anaconda" leak, her single with Jessie J and Ariana Grande, and why Drake is excited for people to hear her album.
Nicki says that she had a feeling "Anaconda" was going to leak, which is why she decided to release the preview to the video.
"I wanted it out, and then the label came with this great radio plan to put it out next week," she said. "So what my fans don't know is that we were actually going to put the record out August 11th. We were going to have this amazing promotion and have all this stuff leading up to it, and lo and behold the record leaked.We had already sent the song out to people like iTunes and Google and all of that. There was a particular app that didn't delete it out of their system and by mistake gave it to their customers. It just was inevitable, the leak started happening online and so we had to just release it today."
She also says Drake's reaction to her album has given her a boost of confidence.
"I just have to say that I'm at such a different place as a human being," she said. "I know artists say that all the time but now I understand why. Nothing really surprises me anymore. I handle things more maturely. Just writing wise I can put my thoughts together better I feel. So sonically I think the album sounds so amazing. And there are so many surprises on the album. I had Drake come by the studio the other day and he was like "OMG you're talking about new stuff, I'm so proud of you." And that's what I'm most excited about. I'm speaking about new things on this album. I'm excited I'm not allowing anyone else to define what the album is going to be. I'm comfortable, its not going to be rushed, I'm taking my time. But overall the music just sounds really, really great. There's no substitute for that."
She also confirmed that her album will be released in the fourth quarter.
Check out the full interview above.
Source: YouTube
