Nicki Minaj shared her next single, "Bed of Lies," from her upcoming album The Pink Print. The slow burner features singer-songwriter Skylar Grey on piano as well as taking the vocal duties during the chorus. Minaj and Grey premiered the song live at the 2014 MTV EMAs a week ago, and now the track is available to stream online or download from iTunes.
The song marks the first time Grey and Minaj have joined forces. It sounds like Minaj is working through some stuff on the track, seemingly rapping about an ex-lover.
"I just figured if you saw me, if you looked in my eyes," she raps. "You'd remember our connection and be freed from the lies / I just figured I was something that you couldn't replace / But there was just a blank stare and I couldn't relate."
Listen to the emotional anthem below, via MTV News.
The Pink Print, out Dec. 12, is Minaj's third studio effort following 2010's Pink Friday and 2012's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. The rapper's previous singles "Only," "Pills N Potions" and "Anaconda" have all performed well on the charts.
Last year, Grey released her major label debut, Don't Look Down, via Interscope. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart behind songs like "C'mon Let Me Ride" featuring Eminem, "Final Warning" and "Wear Me Out." The songstress has worked with Dr. Dre, Lupe Fiasco and Fort Minor in the past. T.I. recently invited Grey to sing on his "New National Anthem" track.
"But even a goofy Eminem cameo (the 'Allen Iverson of safe sex') can't save 'C'mon Let Me Ride' from sounding like an over-the-top hookup plea, and 'Final Warning,' a domestic-violence drama, feels vaguely like tabloid fodder," Rolling Stone wrote about the album, giving it 2 1/2 out of five stars. "The stirring 'White Suburban' suggests Grey might, in the end, make a more convincing good girl."
