In her interview, Nicki says she has experienced more growth in the last six months than in the last eight years of her life. She attributed her growth to being single. The 35-year-old singer explains that this is the first time she has ever been single since she was 15. She further discussed how powerful being single makes her feel and how she encouraged ladies in her album to take charge of their bodies and that it was okay to also abstain from sex.
She says: “I remember feeling like I could do anything at one time in my life and somewhere along the line, I just started second guessing myself for whatever reason. As soon as I realized that I could actually live and breathe, and eat and sleep, and walk and talk, without having a boyfriend, something clicked in me.
“Becoming single was one of the things that made me feel strong and powerful. The fact that I am a young woman who doesn’t need a man for money. I don’t need a man for a job. I’ve never had to fck for beats. I’ve never had to fck for a record deal. I don’t have those pressures. I get up when I want, shop when I want.”
Nicki says one of her messages on the new album is this: “it being okay to keep your legs closed. I don’t really know how to say that without being offensive. Maybe I was naïve, but I didn’t realize how many girls were modern-day prostitutes.”
