‘Up’: Cardi B fans are ‘obsessed’ with artist’s first single and music video since ‘WAP’
The IndependentSign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cardi B has released her new single and music video “Up”, seven months after she broke the internet with “WAP”. In a YouTube livestream before the video premiere, Cardi B said she wanted the track to be more “hood” as her last one was “too sexy". The music video opens with a funeral for 2020, before Cardi B is seen variously wearing a wig full of talking Barbie doll heads, holding a vibrator and licking the tongues of her dancers. It’s #UP!” A third said: “I’ve been watching @iamcardib #up video on repeat.” Cardi B’s last hit “WAP” set a record for the biggest debut streaming week.