Nicki Minaj is kicking off her world tour with powerful visuals.
The 36-year-old hitmaker dropped a series of new photos and a 60 second clip for the song Parallel To None on Friday to the amazement of her fans.
Minaj is both beauty and brawn in the video as she steps into a fairy tale world where she plays the warrior and the princess.
The Pinkprint star shared shots on social media where she channeled Rapunzel in an extra-long wavy blonde wig.
Minaj is seated in a vibrantly colored meadow surrounded by hundreds of flowers while wearing an ethereal, albeit cleavage bearing, tulle gown.
In the video she paints a scene of a glossy fairy tale where she prepares to vanquish a scorpion-like villain as a sword wielding warrior, in order to save the damsel in distress.
The metaphor of being her own hero was not lost on her followers who flooded the star’s comments section with praise for the visual imagery.
‘I want this on replay on my headstone when I die,’ one fan commented.
‘I don’t even know wat to say it’s so beautiful I’m speechless,’ another added.
While a third summed up the majority of the sentiments: ‘The Visuals are insane’
In her warrior mode, Nicki is fierce with a massive sword and a Roman inspired helmet while showcasing her famous curves in some sultry armor.
The one minute clip cuts off abruptly so it appears there is likely more to come.
The Anaconda rapper released the images and the clip as she kicked off her Nicki WRLD Tour in Munich on Thursday night.
The tour take the mogul throughout Europe until the end of March and ends in Thailand at the start of April.
The hip hop icon recently pulled out of a later performance in June at the BET Experience and severed ties with the network.
Nicki was not pleased to see BET tweet congratulatory messages about her enemy Cardi B while using Minaj’s lyrics from MotorSport.
‘Young Money will no longer be apart of the BET Experience or award show,’ she wrote. ‘Summer Tour dates dropping soon.’
The night before, BET tweeted ‘Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj is being dragged by her lacefront’ with an article congratulating Cardi B on her historic win as the first female to receive Best Rap Album at the Grammys on Sunday night.
Despite the savage tweet at the Barbie Tingz hitmaker, the network claimed to remain team Nicki and apologized.
‘BET loves Nicki Minaj. We have supported her from the very beginning of her career and will continue to do so moving forward,’ the cable network told TMZ in a statement.
‘Unfortunately the respect we have for Nicki was violated by this post that should never have been written. The post does not reflect how we feel about Nicki. And further does not reflect our company values. We deeply apologize for the hurt, disappointment and confusion that this post has caused. We are committed to doing everything we can to address the situation.’
The site for the BET Experience is still promoting Nicki as a performer.
