During her recent concert in Brooklyn, Nicki Minaj had a surprise guest appearance from pop icon Cyndi Lauper to perform ‘Pink Friday Girls’. A fan-shot footage of the performance is available to watch. Nicki performed a hit-filled setlist packed with fan favourites, like ‘Pink Friday’, ‘Barbie World’, ‘Red Ruby Da Sleeze’, and ‘Roman’s Revenge’ at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Towards the end of her 31-song setlist, Nicki Minaj surprised fans by introducing Cyndi Lauper on stage, to perform their track ‘Pink Friday Girls’ together, included in Minaj’s most recent album, ‘Pink Friday 2’. The original version featured chorus samples of Lauper’s song ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’. The two artists embraced and Nicki spoke of Lauper’s influence on her life and career. Minaj expressed her gratitude to Lauper, saying, “Never in a million years did I think I’d be back here, rocking in New York with Cyndi Lauper.” The impromptu performance ended with a duet of Cyndi Lauper’s classic song ‘True Colours’ where Nicki recalled frequently crying to the song when she heard it growing up.
Nicki’s ‘Pink Friday 2’ album received a four-star review from NME’s Nick Levine upon its release in December 2020. He writes, “‘Pink Friday 2’ feels like a consolidation and refinement of everything Minaj can do – including dropping pop culture references that no other artist would think of.” The music icon Cyndi Lauper is scheduled to perform an “exclusive show” of her greatest hits at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Wednesday, June 26th, before her appearance at the Glastonbury Festival that weekend.
In conclusion, Nicki Minaj had a surprise guest during her concert in Brooklyn, Cyndi Lauper came out to perform the song ‘Pink Friday Girls.’ During the setlist, Minaj belted out a series of fan favourites with over 31 songs, including songs like ‘Barbie World’ and ‘Roman’s Revenge.’ Lauper had a large influence on the artist’s career to date, that evidently showed with the emotions on stage. ‘Pink Friday Girls’ was released in Nicki’s recent album, Pink Friday 2, which also got a positive four-star review by NME’s Nick Levine in December 2020. Cyndi Lauper, on the other hand, is geared up to perform her best songs in London on June 26th, while also performing at Glastonbury Festival that weekend, marking her first UK solo concert in eight years
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