--- title: Nicki Minaj Anaconda Video: Song Read Like Dramatic Poetry description: A dramatic reading of Anaconda by Nicki Minaj goes viral canonical: https://time.com/3510185/nicki-minaj-anaconda-dramatic-reading-poetry/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-15T15:47:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:48.401Z og:title: This Dramatic Reading of Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Is Weirdly Soothing og:description: Try it at an open mic sometime og:url: https://time.com/3510185/nicki-minaj-anaconda-dramatic-reading-poetry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Dramatic Reading of Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Is Weirdly Soothing twitter:description: Try it at an open mic sometime twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Dramatic Reading of Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Is Weirdly Soothing  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 15, 2014 3:47 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 15, 2014 3:47 PM UTC If you thought Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” sounded dirty, just wait ’till you hear a YouTube user read the lyrics slowly as if he was doing a poetry reading. This dramatic reading by [Ian Martin](https://twitter.com/iannitram) from Colorado has racked up nearly 1 million views. For more hilarious dramatic readings of pop songs, check out the [Beyoncelogues](http://time.com/2871779/this-womans-dramatic-readings-of-beyonce-songs-are-pretty-great/). Below is the original version of Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda,” for comparison: **WATCH:** [The Video for Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” Is Finally Here](http://time.com/3147565/nicki-minaj-video-anaconda-drake/) **WATCH:** [11 Year Old Performs a Killer Choreographed Dance to Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’](http://time.com/3449711/anaconda-dance-by-11-year-old/) **MORE:** [After Celebrity Photo Hack, Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’ Video Looks Even More Provocative](http://time.com/3264458/nicki-minaj-anaconda-celebrity-photos-hacked/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3510185/nicki-minaj-anaconda-dramatic-reading-poetry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3510185/nicki-minaj-anaconda-dramatic-reading-poetry/"},"headline":"This Dramatic Reading of Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Is Weirdly Soothing","datePublished":"2014-10-15T15:47:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:48.401Z","description":"Try it at an open mic sometime","url":"https://time.com/3510185/nicki-minaj-anaconda-dramatic-reading-poetry/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3510185/nicki-minaj-anaconda-dramatic-reading-poetry/","name":"This Dramatic Reading of Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Is Weirdly Soothing"}}]}] ```