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Nicki Minaj on her new look: 'I went too far and the only place left to go was back to normal'

Rap sensation Nicki Minaj has confessed that her new stripped-back look is the result of realising that she had gone too far with the wigs and costumes over the past few years. 

She explained to MTV News: "I went so far to the other side that there's only one place to go from there. You can either continue doing costumes or you can just say, 'Hey guess what? This will shock them even more. Doing nothing will shock them even more.'"

Minaj also opened up about her forthcoming new album, admitting that she's returning to her hip-hop roots after being more experimental with genres and styles on her previous offerings:

"The tracks on [my next album] are back to my hip-hop roots. And I don't think it's something that I'm necessarily trying to do. As soon as I started working on my new album, that's just the songs that I've been writing."

When asked if she's likely to ever release another single like 'Super Bass' or 'Starships', Minaj added: "Hell no."

Watch her music video for 'Lookin' Ass' here: