Nicki Minaj had the Internet going nuts when she dropped the skin-baring cover art for her upcoming single, “Anaconda,” on Thursday (July 24). And while that was certainly a site to behold, let’s not forget about why it exists: the music. Luckily, it sounds like the track will be just as memorable as the cover.
“She went crazy,” Eric Bellinger, who co-produced the song with Polow da Don and Da Internz, told MTV News on Thursday. As for what else to expect from the track? “Turn up. That’s it; just turn up. The realest turn up possible.”
And though it doesn’t officially drop until July 28, the plan the whole time was for this to end up as Nicki’s new single.
“She knew that she wanted it to be her single, so it was a super big advantage for us when we were in there working,” he said. “We were like, ‘Well, we’re not leaving until it gets right,’ I didn’t get home until the next day, until it was daylight. And I think everybody that was involved was super open to, ‘Whatever we have to do for the sake of the song; whatever’s the best look for the song, let’s do that.’ And everybody put egos aside.”