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Presently, social media buzzes over Nicki Minaj’s Vogue Italia photo shoot. The queen of rap turned high fashion muse ran through different lands of designs-almost poetical or dreadful-so reactions have naturally gone in either direction: some acclaim them as art, others simply joke away while still some others look through the window scratching their heads wondering what on earth this is about. Classic Nicki chaos.
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The pictures showed Minaj in a lot of dramatic mistaken poses, with one extremely iconic one clearly alluding to Regret In Your Tears from 2017-a reference not lost on any Nobel. Another one went down the drain mentioning, “This no liner look is taaaking ittt.” A second-commenter rejoiced, “She ate this shoot up! 😍🫠” while a third would laugh, “Granny looking a mess chi 🤣🤣🤣🤣’ – Nicki’s energy is polarizing to this very day.
The two ladies debated for a while about her modeling skills. One critic muttered, ‘She’s been photographed too many times for these amateur ass poses and faces.’ However, the dissent was almost immediately drowned out by countless others defending her for her ‘facial features’ and ‘supermodel’ aura.’ One very excited fan declared, ‘I fear her face card will never decline,’ and honestly? They might be on to something.
Needless to say, minuscule Nicki-levels of drama set a-brewing. ‘It’s good that Franca Sozzani doesn’t see this,’ was thrown in as a snide remark toward the late Vogue Italia editor. Then came the question, ‘What is this ???? A horror movie?’ Now, Nicki is having a blast. Like it or not, that’s all everyone can speak of, and exactly how she planned it.
In fact, and that materialized into a bunch of music speculations. ‘Oh so she was serious about not shooting the mv😔,’ said one, remembering back to her comments about postponing visuals. Another jumped on board with ‘OMG REGRET IN UR TEARS PART 2????????’-for it is one thing Nicki has carved her name out into: keeping her audience guessing.
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The Vogue Italia spread is yet another confirmation that Nicki Minaj really is a cultural force, quicker than a blinking eye. The rap queen, in one short, witty whip from her mouth, will present herself as a high fashion muse and does not find it worth a thought of how the world chooses to respond to her. Love it or hate it, you simply cannot ignore it. Basically, that is inlaid in every molecule of Nicki Minaj.
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