*writhes*

Nicki Minaj finally has a HUGE HIT on her hands after faffing about with endless noisy/tuneless buzz singles, released presumably to re-establish her HARD RAP CRED. Now she can release something pure pop that will top ALL OF THE CHARTS because everyone has been reminded that she can shout abrasively over repetitive, sparse beats.

We're not sure how we feel about this (not that that will prevent you from drawing your own conclusions) but here it is, nevertheless. "Starships". Nicki Minaj. Produced by RedOne (who has clearly realised his old style of producing wasn't cutting it anymore and has started aping both Dr. Luke and every single LOLPOP producer who now thinks for a song to be eligible to chart, it has to feature a huge drop and then massive stupid house beat after the chorus).