![]() On October 20, 2015, Minaj and Beyoncé performed the song at the Tidal X1020 Charity Concert at the Barclays Center. Minaj also performed the song during The Pinkprint Tour. On July 24, 2015, Nicki Minaj performed "Feeling Myself" on Good Morning America 's Summer Concert Series. As of December 2017, the song has sold 474,261 copies in the US. ĭespite not being sent to radio as an official single from the album, "Feeling Myself" peaked at number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, staying in the top 100 for 20 weeks. When a woman capable of 'stopping the world' tells you to 'carry on', there's no choice but to bring it." Additionally, Pitchfork named "Feeling Myself" the 13th best music video of 2015. Pitchfork named the song "Best New Track" of the day, with Molly Beauchemin commenting that "Nicki Minaj is the only woman who can get Beyoncé to do her bidding. "Feeling Myself" was met with acclaim from many music critics. On February 3, 2015, an audio video for the song was uploaded to Minaj's official YouTube channel, which as of April 2021, has surpassed 130 million views. In June 2015, Billboard named "Feeling Myself" video as one of the 10 best music videos of the first half of 2015. It also features Beyoncé in a Nebraska Husker hoodie. It features the two singers in various scenes at Coachella and several other locations. On May 18, 2015, the music video premiered exclusively on music streaming service Tidal. The song contains rough edges, with high winding synths and intense lyrics that revolve around both Minaj and Beyoncé " bragging" about themselves. The song's beat is built over a West Coast synth, driving bass and drums along with bells and whistles incorporated into the production. We listened to that and knew that song was out of here". Delaine said when they sent the song back, "that's when Beyoncé put her sauce on it and all of her extra vocals. Hit-Boy, on the spot, added those hard 808 drums in the middle of the song." The song was then sent over to Beyoncé and her engineer Stuart White for her full vocals, with White ending up mixing the song. The final mixing took place around November 2014, right before the album had to be handed in. Īccording to Minaj's audio engineer, Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine, when Minaj first heard the beat, she was "crazy" about it. During the studio session, SZA wrote the song's lyrics whilst Beyoncé and Hit-boy produced it. She was called and later went to the studio to meet and work with the song's producer, Hit-Boy. Singer-songwriter SZA was enlisted to co-write parts of the song. I don't want you to hold back." Minaj agreed to do the song with her and in return Beyoncé would be featured on The Pinkprint. Following this, Beyoncé sent Minaj a new version of the song she wanted and told Minaj, "I want you to be you. In May 2014, Minaj's manager Gee Roberson contacted her to inform her that Beyoncé wanted a remix of " Flawless" on which she would be featured. It spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 making it the longest charting non-single by a female rapper. ![]() "Feeling Myself" is a hip hop song backed by a West Coast synth, driving bass and drums. It was written by Minaj, SZA, Beyoncé, and Hit-Boy and produced by the latter two. With the release to her last album, her records are geared to what I do now." Feeling Myself" is a song by rapper Nicki Minaj featuring Beyoncé from Minaj's third studio album, The Pinkprint (2014). ![]() We are just in the right places in our careers that it makes sense now. “I think the stars aligned the right way. Recently I thought it would never happen ’cause I felt like if she was going to ask me, she would have asked.” I figured that eventually we would do something together. I have a dope remix that my fans have always been in love with, to one of her songs, “Sweet Dreams,” me and Wayne did. “When I was putting out mixtapes and stuff, I would always remix her stuff. Nicki Minaj revealed that while she’s remixed Beyoncé’s stuff in the past, such as her remix of “Sweet Dreams,” featuring Lil Wayne, she almost thought a collaboration between the two wouldn’t happen. We’ve been going back and forth about the mixes and the single art.” I wrote the verse before she even went on tour. She said she was going to drop it in the middle of the tour. “We’ve just been waiting for her to drop it. The single cover features a collage of selfies of both, individually. Since they met up at the NYC studio, Nicki Minaj has been sending Bey’ photos of herself for the single artwork. Lizzo Cried When She Saw Her Name Onscreen at Beyoncé Concert
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