Nicole Scherzinger recently debuted a new song during her performance in Australia and it appears that the lyrics of her track threw a major shade against her former bandmates from the Pussycat Dolls.
According to Page Six, the musician headlined the Sydney WorldPride earlier this month where she sang a new song titled "Freedom."
The lyrics read, "Please allow me to introduce myself / I'm not that little doll you knew / She paid her dues / Now she owns herself."
The "Masked Singer" judge also opened up in the lyrics that she's got a new attitude inside of her and she's done working for an unnamed person because it was "killing" her to compromise.
As of this writing, the musician did not reveal whether the song was indeed against her former girl group, but she performed a few hits of Pussycat Dolls during her set like "When I Grow Up" and "Don't Cha."
Ahead of her headlining act, the musician spoke to the Daily Telegraph's Confidential where she revealed that she would perform some of the group's hits because she wanted to give what fans come for.
Speaking about her new track, the 44-year-old artist said, "I think it's going to make the Pride community very proud. I don't think it's going to be a gay pop anthem, I know it will be." (via @JewiJ88 on Twitter)
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Nicole Scherzinger, The Pussycat Dolls Lawsuit
Per the outlet, the girl group briefly reunited in 2019 with the song "React." They were supposed to go on tour the following year but were halted due to the pandemic.
In 2021, Robin Antin, the founder of the Pussycat Dolls, filed a lawsuit against Scherzinger, claiming that she breached her contract and alleged that she refused to go on tour with her bandmates unless she will get paid more money and have creative control over the series of concerts.
The following year, the "X Factor UK" judge announced in a post on social media that the tour will no longer push through and two of her fellow members were surprised by the announcement as they were not notified about it.
Later on, Scherzinger filed a response against the lawsuit, claiming that it was a "meritless effort to enforce an expired 2019 agreement" and insisted that the concert was canceled due to the pandemic.
The case is still active and will be for the next few months as a Los Angeles judge delayed a status conference to March of next year.
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