{"id":2023,"date":"2021-10-09T06:17:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T10:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/trends\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2023-03-06T07:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:34:22","slug":"jesy-nelson-talks-working-with-nicki-minaj-on-leaving-little-mix-it-feels-liberating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/trends\/breaking-news\/jesy-nelson-talks-working-with-nicki-minaj-on-leaving-little-mix-it-feels-liberating\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesy Nelson Talks Working With Nicki Minaj On Leaving Little Mix: \u2018It Feels Liberating\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jesy Nelson Talks Working With Nicki Minaj and Feeling Liberated as a Solo Artist<\/h2>\n\n\n

Former Little Mix<\/strong> member Jesy Nelson<\/strong> is excited for her next chapter as a solo artist.<\/h5>\n

The 30-year-old singer dropped her first solo single on Friday, “Boyz” featuring Nicki Minaj<\/strong>, and talked to ET about both the song and how her mental health has improved since stepping out on her own.<\/p>\n

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Nelson<\/strong> said she put her heart and soul into both the song and the music video, which features a cameo from Diddy — fitting since “Boyz” samples Diddy’s 2001 hit, “Bad Boy for Life.” Nelson shares that she went through a breakup when writing the song.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“I can’t help but love a bad boy,” she tells ET’s Katie Krause.<\/p>\n

“A lot of girls do. I wanted to write a song about that. I knew there are many girls that could relate to it. I’ve got to sample the Diddy song, a song I grew up on as a kid. ’90s, 2000s, or R&B music, hip-hop is my genre of music I feel passionate about. To be able to put this sample into my music … the younger generation, who’ve never heard this song, ‘Boyz,’ it’s going to be brand new to them, which is crazy.”<\/p>\n

As for how she got Minaj on the track, she said she already had a relationship with the rapper when they previously worked together while she was in Little Mix.<\/p>\n

“Then when I wrote the song, ‘Boyz,’ there was no one else I wanted on the song other than her, she was perfect for it,” Nelson shares. “To me, she’s the queen of rap. We’re label buddies, which helped. Our label made it work. She loved it and wanted to jump on it. We shot the video, it’s been about three weeks now, I shot with her and it was fun. Loved working with her and I respect her as an artist.”<\/p>\n\n\n

Jesy Nelson Ft. Nicki Minaj – Boyz (Official Music Video)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n