Nicki Minaj Performs Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’
Nicki Minaj performed a clip of Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ on James Corden’s series ‘Carpool Karaoke’ on 6th April. When speaking with the host James, Nicki Minaj adopted a British accent to which Corden said, “You sound just like Adele”.
Nicki Minaj then delivered her best impression of Adele at a basketball game before discussing Adele’s interpretation of Minaj’s lyric from Ye’s ‘Monster,’ which she performed on Carpool Karaoke in 2016 and even at a party in Los Angeles in 2019.
Watch the complete footage below:
Nicki had tweeted: “Adele is mad ratchet” in the previous tweets and last night, she said “I just loved it. She made me so, so happy. She embodied Nicki Minaj,” before performing ‘Monster’ herself.
“She just naturally has that thing,” Minaj added in a British accent. “But it’s different. She’s singing these sad songs so you don’t expect it from her.” After that, Minaj followed it up with a performance of ‘Someone Like You.’ Nicki Minaj continued performing versions of ‘Starships’, ‘Super Bass’ and ‘Do We Have a Problem?’ as a freestyle while Corden beatboxed on the Carpool Karaoke.
Nicki Minaj also revealed that she suffers from anxiety. “I think when I was younger, my more natural state was to be more confident. But I think when you’re a woman and you’re in the public eye all the time, if you’re not careful you can become less confident because you’re being constantly scrutinized. I just don’t think it’s natural. It’s not natural for a human being to feel like everyone’s critiquing them,” she said.
“When I first came into the industry, I had this amazing sense of freedom because nobody gave a shit about what I was doing, I could get away with anything. It goes from that to the complete opposite,” she added.
Later this year, Nicki Minaj will be headlining the act at Wireless Festival. She will headline the Finsbury Parkas as well, as a part of the extended festival, which will also feature Cardi B and SZA. Birmingham will host Dave, Cardi B, and J. Cole as headliners at a brand-new, purpose-built outdoor site at the city’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) venue the following weekend.
— Aditi Manjunath
