Nicki Minaj praised Taylor Swift’s lyrical digs at Charli XCX and known as her a “battle rapper” whereas tweeting reactions to Swift’s new album.
Nicki Minaj praised Taylor Swift for being a “battle rapper” whereas dissecting her new album early Friday(October 3), honing in on the pop star’s lyrical jabs aimed toward Charli XCX in a observe many imagine reignites their long-rumored feud.
Swift’s twelfth studio album, The Lifetime of a Showgirl, options the tune “Really Romantic,” which listeners rapidly interpreted as a pointed response to Charli XCX’s “Sympathy is a Knife.”
The observe references Charli allegedly calling Swift “boring Barbie” whereas excessive and mocking her previous relationship with a member of The 1975.
Minaj didn’t maintain again in her commentary, tweeting, “The truth that Taylor is a battle rapper is sending me.”
She quoted the lyric, “Taylor mentioned ‘I heard you known as me boring Barbie when the Coke’s acquired your mind’. Why all of the SAG’s giving out lashings tonight? Oh wow.”
Swift’s observe sarcastically reframes Charli’s digs as a twisted type of admiration, flipping the insult right into a backhanded praise.
Between her ongoing spat with Cardi B, Minaj took time to live-tweet her reactions to Swift’s album, providing reward for each its romantic and confrontational moments.
She singled out the observe “Wooden,” which seems to reference Swift’s relationship with NFL participant Travis Kelce.
“Oh Taylor #WOOD was EXACTLY what I wanted tonight. Thanks,” Minaj tweeted. She adopted up with, “lol yall I promise that is my final tweet about it however #Wooden is precisely what falling in love together with your soul mate ‘appears like’.”
The general public alternate marks a full-circle second for the 2 stars, who clashed briefly in 2015 over MTV VMA nominations.
That disagreement ended swiftly with a joint efficiency on the awards present, and since then, they’ve remained publicly supportive.
In December 2023, Nicki Minaj informed a fan she’d collaborate with Taylor Swift “in a heartbeat.”
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