"Super Freaky Girl" is a song by rapper

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, released on August 12, 2022, by

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and

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. It is an upbeat, raunchy song that samples

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' 1981 single "

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," as Minaj raps about a girl having sexual fantasies and endeavors, while also boasting about her career. It received comparisons to Minaj's 2014 single "

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," as both tracks feature classic samples and sexual lyrics. Upon its release, the song broke the

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record for the biggest debut for a solo female rap song. The song debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, which marked the third US number-one single of Minaj's career as well as her first number-one song as a solo artist. Internationally, the song has topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand, becoming Minaj's first number-one single in both countries. The song also reached the top ten in multiple other countries including Canada, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Philippines, France, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The song received a nomination for

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at the 2022 VMAs and won Best Song at the 2022 EMAs. An extended version of the song, called the 'Roman Remix', was surprise-released on August 18, 2022, whereby Minaj incorporates her alter ego

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for a third verse on the track. On September 9, 2022, a second remix titled 'Queen Mix' was released featuring multiple female rappers including JT of

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, BIA,

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, Akbar V, and

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. The original version of the song is included on Minaj's first greatest hits album '' Queen Radio: Volume 1'' (2022).

Background and release

On July 13, 2022, Minaj previewed a song titled "Freaky Girl" on her social media. The official

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account of

, whom the song samples, responded to the snippet, calling it a "banger." Minaj had asked fans to choose the song's official title, ultimately settling on "Super Freaky Girl", explaining that due to unspecified legal issues, she could not use either "Freaky Girl" or "Freak", the latter having won a fan-voted poll. On July 22, she announced that the song would be released on August 12. On August 5, she revealed the cover art for the song, alongside a

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. The song's snippet garnered popularity on

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and its release was noted for being highly anticipated. The song was premiered on Minaj's

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Amp Queen Radio show on August 11. Its release was accompanied by an eggplant and peach emoji-filled lyric video. "Super Freaky Girl" is the second time Minaj sampled "

", after using it on "Dilly Dally", a track from her 2007 mixtape '' Playtime Is Over''. The song marked Minaj's first solo release since "

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" in 2019. The song was deemed as "a return to form" for Minaj after she said in February 2022 on ''The Dana Cortez Show'' that she felt uncomfortable releasing vulgar music while pregnant with her son, explaining that she was in different space at the time: "My label wanted me to go full out with a single and everything when I was pregnant, and I couldn't bring myself to put out a song about pussy and dicks and sucking and eating. I couldn't bring myself to put a record out like that while my son was growing in my body". ''

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'' noted that Minaj was the only artist in 2022, out of all artists who took the

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’s Women in the Mix pledge, to work with a woman producer (Malibu Babie) on a song that appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart.

Composition

"Super Freaky Girl" is a raunchy, sensual song, featuring Minaj's new alter ego Nick James, named after

. The song sees Minaj describing her sexual encounters in a vivid manner, while "reiterating her status as a rap icon, as well as a symbol of

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". A bass-heavy song, it prominently samples Rick James's "

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, and opens with James's a capella vocals. Minaj interpolates her 2013 remix of PTAF's " Boss Ass Bitch", while referencing, among others,

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's 1998 single "

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", former NFL player

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's " take a knee" protests, and playing on the names of

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, rapping "Get me Rocky A$AP, nigga, word to Rih". The song has been compared to Minaj's 2014 single "

Critical reception

"Super Freaky Girl" was met with generally positive reviews from critics. Shaad D'Souza of ''

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'' called the song "a bouncy, bawdy return to

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. Zany and addictive, you can think of it as 'Anaconda 2'. David Renshaw of ''

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'' praised Minaj for bringing "her A-game to the song, spitting x-rated bars and confident boosting mottos ('I got a princess face, a killer body,

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mind'), making it a natural sister track to her own 'Anaconda'. ''

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''s Jessica McKinney listed the song among the best releases of the week, saying on "Freaky Girl", Minaj is "confident, sexy, and alluring, leaving us wanting more", while calling her "flow irresistible on the song, as she takes pride in her freaky nature and vividly describes her sexual encounters". Claire Yotts of ''Our Generation Music'' said "The 39-year-old and mother of one is still killing the game as 'Super Freaky Girl' is a reminder to all why she is known as the Queen of Rap". ''

''s Mitchell Peters said Minaj "has a gleeful time reanimating the classic track's salacious funk with

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and a flow that knows when to speed up and when to really land a punchline". In a negative review, ''

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''s Coleman Spilde called the song "awful", writing: "To say the song adds nothing of value to Minaj's career is a wild and vast understatement. The bars are flat, the punchlines could've been written by a Nicki Minaj AI, and the Rick James sample is doing all the heavy lifting". Spilde also criticized Minaj for working with co-producer

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, who faced sexual assault allegations in the past.

Controversy

Upon voting consideration for the

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, "Super Freaky Girl" had reportedly been placed in the pop categories instead of the

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categories. Minaj, later that day, went on

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to express her confusion and frustration on the subject. By way of comparison, Minaj mentioned

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" being potentially considered for the rap categories, saying that if her single is not being qualified as a rap song, neither should be Latto's. Minaj, shortly after ending the live video, went on

to express more information, citing how "

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" by

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, which also sampled "Super Freak", was nominated for the rap categories. "Super Freaky Girl" eventually received no Grammy Award nominations.

Awards and nominations

Commercial performance

Worldwide

Following its release, "Super Freaky Girl" earned the biggest debut for a solo female rap song in

history, garnering over three million streams. It also became the fastest solo female rap song to surpass 100 and 200 million streams on Spotify On the ''Billboard'' Global 200 , the song debuted at number five, simultaneously earning Minaj her second top ten entry on the chart as well as her highest-charting single there, surpassing the number seven peak of " Do We Have a Problem?".

North America

In the United States, "Super Freaky Girl" debuted at the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for the chart dated August 27, 2022, making it Minaj's third number one song on the chart and her first unaccompanied by another featured artist. She became the first Black female artist to debut at the top of the chart with a solo song since

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's " I Believe" in 2004 and the fifth Black female artist to ever do so. Minaj became the first solo female rapper to debut at the summit of the Hot 100 since

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" in 1998 and first female rapper to debut a solo song at number one in the 21st century. "Super Freaky Girl" extended Minaj's record as the female rapper with the most top 10 entries on the

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with 21 and the female rapper with the most entries on the chart with 124. She became the first female artist to debut atop the chart without an accompanying music video since

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" in 2018. It became the first time in the 21st century that three black female artists reached number one on the Hot 100 consecutively, following

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", and Minaj's own "Super Freaky Girl". The debut of "Super Freaky Girl" resulted in Minaj re-entering ''Billboard''s

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chart at number three for the issue ending August 27, 2022, becoming the highest charting female artist that week. The song debuted atop both ''Billboard''s Digital Songs Sales and

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charts, powered by strong sales figures of 89,000 digital downloads sold, as well as a total of 21.1 million US streams garnered within its first week of availability from August 12 to 18. With 89,000 downloads sold, "Super Freaky Girl" marked the largest digital sales week for any song in 2022, surpassing Minaj's own " Do We Have a Problem?" with

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. It became her twelfth and second leader on both of the aforementioned charts, respectively. The song missed entering ''Billboard''s Radio Songs chart in its first week, drawing 4.6 million all-format radio audience impressions in the week ending August 21 due to early airplay. "Super Freaky Girl" entered at the summit of both the

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and

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, at number one, becoming her eighth leader on both charts, respectively. In its second week, "Super Freaky Girl" remained within the ''Billboard'' Hot 100's top ten, placing at number seven. The song sold another 15,000 digital downloads, spending a second consecutive week atop the Digital Songs Sales chart, while slipping 1–3 on the Streaming Songs chart with an additional 18.1 million US streams, down 14 percent from its first week. Despite this, "Super Freaky Girl" marked Minaj's first multi-week chart topper on the Digital Songs of her career. The track drew in 9.2 million radio audience impressions, a 105% increase from the previous week, causing it to jump to number 27 on ''Billboards

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chart following its number 34 debut. The song has spent eleven weeks atop the Hot Rap Songs chart, and has peaked at numbers one and four on the

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and Mainstream Top 40 airplay charts respectively, becoming her tenth top ten hit at the former and her first since 2016. The song has sold over 2 million units in the United States as of March 2023. In Canada, "Super Freaky Girl" arrived at number eight on the

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chart, earning the title as the highest new entry of the week. It gave Minaj her nineteenth top ten single in the nation, while debuting atop the

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chart, earning Minaj her fifth sales chart topper and twenty-fourth top ten entry there.

Europe and Oceania

Across Europe the song achieved commercial success. In Ireland, "Super Freaky Girl" debuted at number 14 on the

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weekly issue ending August 25, 2022, before ascending to number nine in its second week. It later peaked at number six in its fifth week. Similarly, it charted at number 15 in its opening week in the United Kingdom. It ascended to number ten on the week ending September 1, 2022, before slipping one position to number 11 in its third week. In its fifth week, the track reached a new peak of number five, becoming Minaj's highest-charting entry as lead artist since ''

'' reached number three in 2014, as well as highest overall peak since " Boyz" peaked at number four in October 2021. The song charted at number four on the

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in its first week, where it has reached a peak of number one on the chart issue dated September 9, 2022. In France, the song debuted at number 44 the week of August 19th, 2022, become Minaj’s highest debut charting for a solo song since ''

'' in 2014. The next week, August 26th, 2022, the song up at number 24, following the extended version of the song. She reach the number 9 the week of September 2nd, 2022, then at number 7 the week of September 9th, 2022. "Super Freaky Girl" peak at number 4 the week of September 16th, 2022, following the "Super Freaky Girl Queen-Mix" and stay at four weeks non-consecutives, become the highest peak for a female rap solo song in France, surpassing Minaj herself with her own song '' Starships'' in 2012 (peaked at number 5 for three weeks non-consecutives) . The song is certified Diamond in the country, becoming Minaj’s first diamond certification and the first diamond certification for a female rapper and black female artist for a solo song in France. Also, the song become the fastest song for a female to be certified diamond (6 months and 4 days). The song is still charting in the French charts (43 weeks) and become the biggest success of Minaj in France since Tusa overall. In French Airplay, the song debuted at number 51 the week of September 9th pfor up at number 33 the second week, and reach the top during the October month for peak at number 11 in the week of November 11, 2022. The song is stayed 24 weeks before leave the airplay chart the week of March 3th, 2023. In Australia, "Super Freaky Girl" debuted at number four on the

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for the week dated August 22, 2022, becoming her first song to enter the top 10 as a lead artist since her 2014 single, "

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". The song ascended to number one in its fourth week on the chart, becoming Minaj's first number-one song and the first solo female rap song to go number one in the country. In New Zealand, the track debuted at number five on the

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, ascending to the top spot in its second week, becoming her first number-one hit in the nation. It has stayed atop the chart for five consecutive weeks.

Music video

On August 18, 2022, Minaj previewed the official

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. It features her as a housewife in a setting similar to

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, as she unleashes her "freaky" secrets, donning long pink hair, sitting on top of the kitchen counter, wielding a knife over her lover. She also opens a drawer filled with freaky accessories. On September 1, 2022, Minaj officially released the music video to "Super Freaky Girl" with Alexander Ludwig, starring as the ''

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'' character,

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Remixes

On August 18, 2022, Minaj released an extended version of "Super Freaky Girl", dubbed the "Roman Remix", featuring her alter ego

. This marked a return of the alter ego. The song is a minute longer than the original, and has a restructured end, adding a third verse. ''

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''s Aron A. called it a "double-timed fiery" verse, while Regina Cho of

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''s Aaron Williams likewise both said Minaj delivers a "rapid-fire verse". Noting the boasts about her career's longevity, Williams said "It's an especially timely assertion, considering she's soon to be honored with a

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at the upcoming 2022 VMAs". Minaj also mentions how an old mixtape of hers sold more than someone's album, likely a reference to her 2021 re-release of her 2009 mixtape ''

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'', which debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200. She also shouts out label-mates

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