Musically, it fuses sounds from various genres with hip hop, R&B and pop, and lyrical topics include grief, mental health, self-doubt, self-confidence, achievements, motherhood, and other contemporary reflections.

Pink Friday 2 debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, making Minaj the first female rapper in history to have three number-one albums.

Internationally, it peaked in the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Pink Friday 2 was supported by five singles: "Super Freaky Girl", "Red Ruby da Sleeze", "Last Time I Saw You", "Everybody" featuring Lil Uzi Vert, and "FTCU".

In June 2019, Minaj mentioned on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that she had begun work on a new album with no official release date at the time and stated that she had not titled it yet.

[7] On June 29, she officially announced that the album would be titled Pink Friday 2, and that the release date would be pushed back to November 17.

[8][9][10] In September, she debuted an unreleased track from the album entitled "Big Difference" during her performance at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.

[13] The following day it was revealed that she was the cover feature for the December 2023 issue of US Vogue, in which she spoke about recording her new album which "was written from the vantage point of a woman who has gotten so many of the things she dreamed about".

[25] Minaj first shared one of two official cover arts for the album in September 2023, depicting the rapper in an all-white Vetements ensemble traveling on a roofless metropolitan subway floating above pink clouds.

[26][27] On October 6, she shared the second album cover, which depicted her in an all-pink gown revealing her midriff and surrounded by a billowing pink satin sheet in front of a black background.

[36] "Blessings" featuring Gospel singer Tasha Cobbs Leonard was called a "palette cleanser from the dessert section" of Pink Friday 2 and saw Minaj rapping about "giving up the glory to God".

[49][52] Additionally, multiple companies and brands also participated in the trend by announcing their arrival to "Gag City", including Spotify, Netflix, Bing, Converse, Genius, Amazon, Empire State Building, Chili's, Oreo, KFC, McDonald's, among others.

[53] In July 2022, Minaj previewed a song from the album originally titled "Freaky Girl" on her social media, with the clip going viral and garnering over 20 million views on Instagram in its first day.

[57] The single proved to be Minaj's biggest solo hit, spending 11 weeks inside the top 10 of the Hot 100, 10 of which were consecutive.

[67] "Everybody" featuring Lil Uzi Vert was sent to contemporary hit radio in the United States on January 9, 2024, serving as the album's fourth single.

[70] "FTCU" was released as the album's fifth single on January 10, 2024, with an EP of various versions of the song also made available for streaming and digital download.

[70] A remix subtitled the "Sleeze Mix" featuring Travis Scott, Chris Brown and Sexyy Red was released on April 19, 2024.

[76] Fred Thomas of AllMusic deemed most songs "exhilarating and fun" but said the album "lacks the cohesion and self-editing that would make it a rightful follow-up to her 2010 mainstream arrival".

[32] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian highlighted Minaj's thematic variety, "lyrical muscles" and "considerable skills on the microphone" and praised the production and "moody atmospherics".

"[80] Nadine Smith of The Independent criticized Minaj's use of samples and felt that the album "shows flashes of the inventive brilliance that made Nicki such an undeniable superstar, but like so many legacy sequels, it mostly just makes you wish you were listening to the original".

"[83] Robin Murray of Clash called Pink Friday 2 an ambitious record that "mirror[s] fan-pleasing tendencies with actual artistic growth" and a "demonstration of her breadth", regarding it as "riveting in its entertainment, and gripping in its musicality.

[85] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for moving a million units in the US, on March 19, 2024.

[88] Upon its release, 14 songs from the album debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, of which two entered the top 40: "Everybody" and "Needle" featuring Lil Uzi Vert and Drake.