Sonically, it is a slow-burning piano ballad 'framed in the druggy imagery of mixtape rap'. The song combines genres of pop, hip-hop, and R&B. She released the artwork on May 19 on her Instagram account and hours later she released another cover almost equal, excepting the font. Minaj confirmed on May 18 that the cover artwork would be released the next day, May 19, and it will be a new photo shoot. Days later she finished the second verse and sometime in the future she freestyled the bridge. In New York City, she wrote the first verse. Minaj stated that she wrote the song in April 2014. It was later sent to Pop radio again on July 15.

It was released to Top 40 Mainstream (Pop), stations on June 10, 2014. It was released to Urban sations on June 3, 2014. The song was released to Top 40 Rhythmic stations on May 27 and was the #1 most added song of the week. A lyric video was released to her new Youtube account on May 26. The audio was hours later released to Minaj's official VEVO channel at YouTube, and it was finally released as a digital download on iTunes the same day. Įarly morning on May 21, 2014, Minaj posted a snippet of the song on Instagram, and later released the song on her SoundCloud account. She confirmed the name of the song in an interview at the Billboard Music Awards to be 'Pills N Potions'. In an interview at Powerhouse, she said that she would release the cover on Monday, and the single on Wednesday May 21. The music video for the song was shot on May 13 and 14. In her favorites on Twitter, she badged that the single will have an iTunes premiere. She described the track as her 'all-around single' that all her Barbz will really hold on to. During an interview with 'The Insider', she confirmed that the single would be released on those dates. On May 2, 2014, Nicki released a street single ' Yasss Bish', in which she hinted that she will drop her first single in two weeks (around May 18). On April 22, 2014, at an interview with MTV News, she teased the release of a new track around the first days of May which will be nothing like her previously street singles ' Lookin Ass' and ' Chi-Raq', or like her hit singles ' Starships and ' Super Bass'.

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