Controversy broke out: Jessie J made up a story that Nicki Minaj once ‘jumped in’ to sing the hit Bang Bang even though she wasn’t invited?
Nicki Minaj officially accused Jessie J of making up a story to defame her when the truth was completely opposite.
Everyone knows the famous song Bang Bang by Jessie J , Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande , released in 2014. This song with 1.7 billion views is one of the hit songs in Jessie J’s career and was successful. thanks to the top-notch combination of these 3 female artists.
In an interview with Glamour, Jessie J shared about the process of making this song: “Bang Bang is an existing song written by Max Martin. Ariana listened to it. I also listened to it, and we I really liked it. So I said, ‘Why don’t we do this song together?’ So Ariana appeared on verse 2, and I recorded verse 1, and Nicki heard the song in the bride’s room. She was like, ‘I have to be on this song.’ We didn’t invite her, “It’s Nicki who wanted to do this herself. I’ll never forget: while I was lying in bed in my apartment in London, the recording with Nicki’s voice was sent to me.”
However, Nicki Minaj does not seem to be the one to “jump” into this song as Jessie J mentioned. After the interview was posted, the female rapper took to Twitter to clarify the trio’s collaboration in the song Bang Bang : “Jessie J, I didn’t listen to the song and wanted to participate immediately. The company invited me and paid me to sing part of the lyrics. How did I listen to this song before? Am I a machine that detects new music? Waiting for hot songs to dance to? Speaking of which, it’s been a while now. There are some other artists saying that. Everyone needs to stop. I love it so much.”
The female rapper’s response left many fans confused, not knowing what the truth was and whether it was true that Jessi J just made up the story or not.
It is known that this song was originally written for Ariana Grande, but she refused. After that, Bang Bang was sent to Jessie J and she officially used it. For some reason, Ariana had second thoughts and decided to participate in the song. Because the record company wanted a rap lyric, they invited Nicki Minaj to collaborate while the female rapper was completing her album The Pinkprint .
