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Missy Elliott has spent the past few days doing what only a true icon can do at this stage of her career, blending legacy, fresh headlines, and just enough mystery to keep the story moving. Parade reports that her 2001 smash Get Ur Freak On is back in the news cycle thanks to Rolling Stone naming it the greatest song of the 21st century so far, a late career canonization that will sit in her biography right alongside the Grammys and platinum plaques. In a new Rolling Stone interview, relayed by Alice 96.5, she revealed that Get Ur Freak On almost did not happen at all, describing Timbaland exhausted in the studio, randomly banging on the keyboard until he hit the riff that made her stop and say thats it right there. She says she immediately imagined the choreography while writing, reinforcing her long running image as both audio and visual architect of her work, and she teased that she has something in the works and some fire on the way, signaling new music that could mark her first major project since the 2019 Iconology EP.
On the live front, AOL Entertainment reports that Missy recently took the Victorias Secret Fashion Show stage in New York, working it in a fully bedazzled look while performing Get Ur Freak On and Minute Man, a high visibility pop culture moment that keeps her in front of a mainstream global audience and underlines how enduring those early 2000s hits remain. KLBJ in Austin notes that festival bookers are thinking long term too, with Missy locked in as a headliner alongside The Killers and Anderson Paak for the 2025 Riverbeat Music Festival, a marquee slot that cements her as a cross generational live draw.
On the culture circuit, Visit Milwaukee is promoting a December Coffee After Dark event titled Discourse on Missy Elliott, a sign that academics, curators, and creatives now treat her catalog as a subject of serious study, not just nostalgia. Meanwhile, a segment highlighted by Biography dot com is still replaying her 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, keeping that historic first ballot honor in the conversation as context for everything she does next.
As for gossip, social media has amplified her Rolling Stone comments and performance clips, but beyond fans begging for the new music she teased, there are no credible reports of personal controversy or major business deals in the past few days, and any talk of album titles or release dates remains pure fan speculation at this point.
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