I LOVE YOU GUYS, THANK YOU. >> James: NICKI, WE ARE SO
HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE. THIS IS A BIG DAY, A BIG DAY, BY
THE TIME THIS INTERVIEW AIRS, THE NEW SINGLE AND THE
UNBELIEVABLY INCREDIBLE VIDEO FOR DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM WILL BE
OUT. (APPLAUSE)
HOW ARE YOU FEELING AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW?
LIKE DO YOU STILL GET NERVOUS WHEN YOU RELEASE NEW MUSIC?
>> YES, YEAH, I GET NERVOUS EVERY SINGLE TIME.
BECAUSE YOU WANT THE PEOPLE TO LIKE WHAT YOU DO.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE DOING IT IF WE DIDN'T WANT APPROVAL
FROM OUR FANS. SO YEAH, IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL IT COMES OUT TO SEE IF THEY LOVE IT, SO YES, I STILL
GET NERVOUS. >> James: I FEEL LIKE ARE YOU
IN A REALLY GREAT PLACE, YOU SAID RECENTLY IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS YOU FELL INTO A PLACE WHERE IT FELT LIKE YOU HAD MAYBE
FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH MUSIC OR STOPPED-- THE MUSIC, HOW SO,
WHAT WAS THAT TIME LIKE? >> WELL, I THINK THAT IT WASN'T
THAT I STOPPED LOVING MUSIC, I FEEL LIKE I STOPPED LOVING THE
MUSIC BUSINESS, YOU KNOW. FOR A LITTLE BIT.
AND I REALIZED THAT IT IS INTO INN MY POWER TO NAVIGATE THE
INDUSTRY THE WAY I WANT TO. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK I WAS
GETTING OTHER PEOPLE AND OTHER ENTITIES THE POWER OVER HOW MY
CAREER WAS BEING AND A HALF IMAITED.
AND NOW I'M NOT DOING THAT. I CHOOSE NOW TO ENJOY EVERY
MOMENT OF EVERYTHING I AM DOING. >> James: IT SOUNDS LIKE, WHEN
YOU WATCHED THE VIDEO, HAVE I TO SAY, GIVE IT A GO AND LOOK IT IS
ONE OF THE BIGGEST SORT OF, YOU SHOWED ME THIS VIDEO OF ABOUT,
IT ST UNBELIEVABLE THE SCALE ON WHICH YOU MADE THIS VIDEO.
FEELS LIKE A THROW BACK TO THE WAY PEOPLE USED TO MAKE
INDIVIDUALSIO THE IN '90S, THE SCALE IS SO MASSIVE.
IT DOES FEEL AUTHENTIC TO YOU WHAT IS IT THAT CHANGED, WHY
HAVE YOU FALL ENBACK IN LOVE WITH IT?
>> WELL, BECAUSE I DECIDED THAT I CAN ONLY BE ME AND DO WHAT I
KNOW HOW TO DO. I CAN'T DO WHAT NIBBLES KNOWS
HOW TO DO, BECAUSE I CAN'T DO THAT.
SO ONE THE THINGS THAT I TRIED EARLY IN MY CAREER, BEFORE I WAS
FAMOUS I WENT TO SCHOOL, I WAS LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DON'T I
BRING SOMETHING THAT I LOVE TO DO TO MY MUSIC VIDEO.
WHICH IS ACTING, SO WE GOT-- AND LIL BABY IS A GREAT AKER IN MY
OPINION AS WELL AND WE JUST DID SOMETHING THAT IS IN MY LANE,
NOT ME BEING ANYTHING OR ANYONE ELSE'S LANE.
AND I DID NOT HAVE A DESIRE TO BUST IT OPEN AND THEN DROP IT
LIKE IT'S HOT AND ALL THAT STUFF, NO.
>> James: DO YOU THINK MOTHERHOOD HAS CHANGED YOU IN
THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF? >> OF COURSE, OF COURSE, OF
COURSE, YES. YES.
I THINK MOTHERHOOD HAS MADE ME SEE MORE GOOD IN PEOPLE, SEE
MORE GOOD IN THE UNIVERSE, MAKES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A
FORGIVING PERSON. NOT THAT YOU FORGIVE PEOPLE AND
YOU WANT EVERYBODY AROUND YOU BECAUSE I HAVE FORGIVEN PEOPLE
RECENTLY AND NOT NECESSARILY WANTED THEM IN MY SPACE.
BUT JUST HAVE PEACE, MOVE ON, GOD BLESS YOU, BUT BECAUSE WHEN
I LOOK AT MY SON, I AM REMINDED THAT I AM SO BLESSED.
WE ARE SO BLESSED, Y'ALL. LIKE-- BECAUSE I REALIZE SO MANY
WOMEN, THIS IS THEIR DREAM, THEIR DREAM IS TO HAVE A CHILD.
NOT EVERYBODY GETS THAT BLESSING, SO WHEN YOU HAVE A
LITTLE BABY YOU ARE REMINDED EF RADIO DAY-- EVERYDAY, THANK YOU,
GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS LITTLE GIFT.
>> James: IT IS ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN
MY KIDS WERE THAT AGE, AND STUFF THEY DO AROUND THE HOUSE.
WHAT SORT OF, WHAT IS HE LIKE RIGHT NOW.
>> HE IS JUST WALKING AROUND TELLING EVERYBODY, GROWN ADULTS,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
LIKE IF I'M FEEDING HIM HIS FOOD AND TAKE TOO LONG WITH THE NEXT
SPOON HE GOES WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I'M LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING. I'M FEEDING, WHAT THE HELL, AND
HE JUST REPEATS EVERYTHING, LIKE SO YOU SAY SOMETHING, HE'S GOING
TO REPEAT IT, SO A COUPLE OF TIMES I FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE
HEARD HIM SAY SOMETHING A LITTLE CAY.
>> James: WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS ABOUT TO TURN TWO MY YOUNGEST,
SHE JUST FROM NOWHERE WALKED INTO THE KITCHEN, FROM NOWHERE
AT ALL, JUST WALKED IN THE KITCHEN AND WENT I GOT
CORONAVIRUS. CUZ ALL SHE HAD HEARD WAS
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT CORONAVIRUS.
>> I'VE GOT CORONAVIRUS. >> OH NO.