Nicki Minaj had a lot to offer at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards last night (Nov. 9), as the "Only" rapper played both host and performer at the annual award show. So, even though Minaj didn't need to make much of a splash to make headlines this morning, she still did by offering up the live debut of a new single "Bed of Lies" featuring Skylar Grey.
During a trio of performances, which Minaj described as taking the Scottish audience into the "past, future and back to the present," Minaj whipped out her smash single "Superbass" and her 2014 hit "Anaconda," while slipping a nugget of "Bed of Lies" right in the middle.
The heartfelt song, which tackles a crumbling relationship after Minaj offered endless support, began with a piano riff not unlike Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" and Grey singing the heartbreaking hook.
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"Do you ever think of me when you lie / Lie down in your bed, your bed of lies / And I knew better than to look in your eyes / They only pretend you would be mine / I know how you make me believe / You had me caught in every web you weaved," she sang as Minaj approached the piano and took things over with her own melodic raps.
"You can never make eye contact / Everything you got was based off of my contacts," Minaj raps before taking her man down for not treating her quite well. "They say you don't know you got what you got till it's gone / They say that your darkest hour come before the dawn / But there was something I should've asked along / I'm gonna ask in a song."
Watch the performance below, with "Bed of Lies" beginning at 1:35:
"Bed of Lies" is presumably a new track from Minaj's new album The Pink Print, which is due for release on Dec. 15.
