“WAP” is the epitome of female empowerment. Cardi B also became the only female rapper to achieve Hot 100 number one singles in two different decades (2010s and 2020s). [168] Rolling Stone's Claire Shaffer said of the cover, "Price puts her genuine all into the song, and it comes out sounding like a legitimate country ode to 'wet ass pussy. [72] It was recorded and posted to social media the same day as the track's release and re-shared by Cardi B to Instagram and Twitter. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's infectious sex-positive anthem made ARIA history this year, its six weeks at the #1 spot a new record for a female-led rap song. [27] Cardi B was ranked at number one on Bloomberg's August 2020 Pop Star Power Ranking due to the success of "WAP". 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[14] Cardi proposed the idea of sending "WAP", as her business partner Brooklyn Johnny did to Megan's manager. A couple of days later, both were sending tracks to each other. "[121] In IndieWire, Leonardo Adrian Garcia considered it "a mix of Hype Williams and Tim Burton by way of the strip club", further adding that "it's a video that demands one’s attention" and "deserves praise" despite the "lightning rod for very dumb controversy" that generated. featuring Brendon Urie (193,000 copies). In a statement for Billboard, she said, "It glamorizes the idea of rich people having tigers as pets. “My sister’s name is Hennessy, so everybody used to be like ‘Bacardi’ to me,” she told Wendy Williams. The 93 million streaming total became the largest first-week streams for a song in Billboard history, besting the previous record held by Ariana Grande's "7 Rings" (85.3 million), and earned the most weekly streams for a song in 2020, surpassing the 77.2 million total of Roddy Ricch's "The Box". Megan Thee Stallion – WAP", Ultratop.be – Cardi B feat. [27] Writing for The Guardian, Dream McClinton deemed the video "unapologetic in celebrating the sensuality and sexuality of women," adding, "it isn't shy or coy, it's about the loud articulation of female desire for sex, as they want it, and it centres them as active participants with agency". [110] Patience Foster, the video's co-creative director, said that Cardi proposed the idea of "a house full of powerful women" without exclusions. [11] In Complex, Brianna Holt commented, "during a time when Black women have taken to social media to advocate for their protection and support, while basking in their blackness, the music video couldn't be more timely." What does Cardi B mean? Comment and share your favourite lyrics. [161] Many found the remix to be poorly timed, considering how soon after the song's original release it came. Listen to the song and read lyrics, plus make sure to check out the star-studded video! [126][127] A petition on Change.org which aimed to remove Jenner from the video received over 65,000 signatures, while a number of Twitter users suggested replacing Jenner with Betty White. U.S. Cardi B became the only female rapper to achieve Hot 100 number-one singles in two different decades (2010s and 2020s). [57] In The Boston Globe, Ty Burr criticized "[the] outraged commentators who feel that it's too sexual, too vulgar", writing, "Vulgar sexuality is a hallowed aspect of American popular culture and has been even before Elvis Presley dry-humped the microphone stand on The Milton Berle Show in 1956. That makes every ignorant follower want to imitate by doing the same," adding that, based on the posing of the cats, "They probably dealt with one of the big cat pimps, who makes a living from beating, shocking and starving cats to make them stand on cue in front of a green screen in a studio. 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[It] was a powerful show of solidarity between two contemporaries who—had they emerged a generation or two ago, when plenty of people in the music industry believed the self-fulfilling lie that only one successful female rapper could exist at a time—might have been pitted against each other as rivals. It was released through Atlantic Records on August 7, 2020, as the lead single from Cardi's upcoming second studio album. [163], Rapper Plies teased a "P-Mix" to the song on August 13, which he released on August 14. [84], Writing for Pitchfork, Eric Torres considered it the best music video released in August 2020, writing that it is "easily one of the best of the year", also deeming it "a vibrant display of self-empowerment that could only come from two of rap's most brazenly sex-positive voices". [174] A remix set to the 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera's main theme was posted to TikTok, where Andrew Lloyd Webber, the musical's composer, posted a video playing the piano to it. 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