TRIBUNNEWS.COM - Penyanyi Nicki Minaj baru saja merilis lagu baru yang berjudul Needle pada 8 Desember 2023.

Lagu Needle tersebut merupakan hasil kolaborasi Nicki Minaj dengan rapper sekaligus penyanyi asal Kanada, Drake.

Nicki Minaj memasukkan lagu Needle dalam album kelimanya yang bertajuk Pink Friday 2.

Diketahui, lagu Needle sebenarnya merupakan bagian dari album terbaru Drake.

Hal tersebut diungkapkan Nicki Minaj kala menjadi bintang tamu di streaming Twitch Kai Cenat pada Rabu (13/11/2023).

"Needle itu bersama Drake, jadi aku tidak memberitahu siapapun tentang hal ini, aslinya untuk album Drake," ucap Nicki Minaj, dikutip dari laman Hiphopdx pada Jumat (15/12/2023).

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Berdasarkan penuturan Nicki, Drake tak jadi memasukkan lagu Needle ke albumnya lantaran tidak sesuai dengan alirannya.

"Singkatnya, pada hari yang sama dia (Drake) juga mengatakan kepada saya, 'Hei, saya tidak menggunakannya (lagu Needle) untuk album karena tidak sesuai dengan getaran soniknya'," jelas Nicki.

Mendapat tawaran tersebut, Nicki lantas mengiyakan dan menerima lagu Needle untuk masuk ke album miliknya.

"'Apakah kamu menginginkannya?' Dan saya bilang 'ya'," ujar Nicki.

Tak hanya itu, Nicki juga mengatakan bahwa kolaborasinya bersama Drake saat ini membuatnya merasa bernostalgia dengan penampilan mereka kala di Lil Wayne tur.

“Lagu yang saya buat bersama Drake baru-baru ini benar-benar membuat saya merasakannya, seperti saat kami dulu tampil Nicki Minaj TV di Lil Wayne tur dan sebagainya,” jelas Nicki.

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Makna Lagu Needle oleh Nicki Minaj dan Drake

Dikutip dari laman Fresherslive, lirik dalam lagu Needle menggambarkan suatu malam di Atlanta.

Kondisi tersebut direfleksikan sebagai hubungan masa lalu.

Selain itu, lagu tersebut juga mengungkapkan sosok yang tengah merasa kelelahan namun memiliki kekuatan yang diibaratkan seperti berlian.

Pada bagian refrain lagu Needle, menekankan gagasan untuk tidak mudah terpengaruh dan menikmati momen saat ini.

Bagian kedua beralih ke keinginan untuk merasakan pengalaman yang, memadukan romansa dan kepercayaan diri, dengan rasa syukur atas kesuksesan.

Secara keseluruhan, liriknya menyampaikan perpaduan rasa percaya diri, kenangan, dan pencarian kesenangan.

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Lirik Lagu Needle - Nicki Minaj feat Drake

[Intro: Nana Fofie]

I mean, I don't know if I like girls, I saw Sheila at Seraphin
Maybe we had too much tequila
Actually, yeah, we definitely had too much tequila
'Cause I don't know why I'm even playin' on your phone right now
I'ma just block you, bye

[Verse 1: Drake]

If these diamonds in my ear can't weigh me down now
What makes you think you could weigh me down? Stop it right now
Friends were pessimistic 'bout our love, heard they tight now
We both know they're miserable at home, fuck 'em all
If this Rollie on my wrist can't weigh me down, eh-eh-mm
What makes you think you could weigh me down? Stop it right now
Friends, they like it better when you're down, let's not talk about it
It's just you and me and

[Chorus: Drake]

I just wanna pull up the Maybach and bend your leg back
Please, obey that, don't delay that, my lil' wild eye
Been a shy guy all of my life, we should change that
Pull up the Maybach and bend your leg back
Let's engage that, don't delay that
You're like a needle, life's a haystack
Friends they can leave us, you could stay back

[Verse 2: Nicki Minaj]

I could stay back, I could take that
Come and lay back on our way back
Make a movie, watch the playback
Nah, don't save that, I don't play that
(Penny, penny) Penny, penny whining

Ah badman, he wanna taste the icing
Gyal, haffi, gyal, haffi, haffi give me my ting
Commission for the game that I be providing

I was in Trinidad, let us consider that
Immigrant to a boss, bitches bitter and mad
Poppin' out like a cork, ducking 'em like Björk
Bitches get out of line, I give them one of dem talks

I tell 'em, "Send a jet," a Valentino drip
See, like the way it grip my hips, cuppin' my breasts
Shadin' like silhouettes, spinnin' like pirouettes
It gave nothin', bitch, thank you for zero, next
Damn, Drizzy, another bitter ex, shout out my intellects

[Chorus: Drake, Drake & Nicki Minaj]

I just wanna pull up the Maybach and bend your leg back
Please, obey that, don't delay that, my lil' wild eye
Been a shy guy all of my life, we should change that
Pull up the Maybach and bend your leg back
Let's engage that, don't delay that
You're like a needle, life's a haystack
Friends, they can leave us, you could stay back

[Bridge: Nicki Minaj, Nana Fofie, Nicki Minaj & Nana Fofie]

Baby, and you're still my baby
I know I get crazy, I know I get feisty (Ah-ah-ah)
Baby, and you're still my baby
You said I would make it, I'm so glad we made it (So glad we made it)
Gyal ah gwan from the likkle island gyal to CEO
Man ah gwan from Toronto, Canada to OVO
Ghetto gyal have di wickedest slam, everybody know
Gyal, haffi, gyal, haffi, haffi give me my ting
Commission for the game that I be providing

[Chorus: Drake, Drake & Nicki Minaj]

I just wanna pull up the Maybach and bend your leg back
Please, obey that, don't delay that, my lil' wild eye
Been a shy guy all of my life, we should change that
Pull up the Maybach and bend your leg back
Let's engage that, don't delay that
You're like a needle, life's a haystack
Friends, they can leave us, you could stay back

[Outro: Nicki Minaj]

You can stay back, you can stay back, you can stay back
Can stay back, can stay back
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm

(Tribunnews.com/Enggar Kusuma)