Why Are People Uncomfortable With Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallions New Song?

The first thing my husband shows me is his phone when I opened my eyes that Saturday morning is his phone ‘ have you seen this Cardi b and Meghan the stallion video?’ I haven’t seen it, it was less than 24 hours ago it was released and I am not even a Cardi B or Megan Thee Stallion fan. I was still groggy with sleep but as Carbi B sang ‘ Certified freak, 7 days a week, wet and gushy make that pullout game weak..’

My mouth opened wider in shock and amusement, and sleep disappeared. I watched the video at least 50 times that day, and I am not even a rap fan. The audaciousness of the lyrics is astounding. It is brazen; it is art.

The video flashes back and forth between scenes of Cardi and Megan serenading each other in a snakepit, dancing in a room that resembles a video game set, and performing solo dances in their individual lairs, before they’re joined by Kylie Jenner, Normani, Rosalía, Mulatto, Sukihana and Rubi Rose.

Men always get to brag about their size, how hard and/or long they can go. The song WAP attempts to take all the power back. To summarize it nicely; it’s a video/song about women bragging about how wet they are and can get. It is the very embodiment of filthy, delirious joy, a song celebrating the triumph of the vagina, loving your vagina so much that you must dance about it with friends and tigers in a shallow indoor pool.

In the song Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion flip Frank Ski’s “Whores in This House” from 1993 on its head with “WAP,” a role reversal that even the fiercest critics must admit is smart.

The song and video were an immediate success. “WAP” debuted at №1 on US Spotify and №6 on Global Spotify with 2.34 million and 3.75 million streams, respectively. It also debuted at №1 on US Apple Music. The music video itself racked up over 26 million views in its first 24 hours on YouTube, making it the biggest debut for an all-female collaboration on the platform. And anyone is on Twitter knows “WAP” is all anyone could talk about.

Despite the overwhelming success of the song, though, it was also met with critique. A look at the comment section on YouTube almost had me rethinking love for the song.

” Just set back women and all their trouble, they had to be taken seriously and equally”

“dis song is very disgusting”

WTF DID I JUST WATCH OR LISTENED TO?😭😭 need my 4 mins and 12 secs back ASAP

Many say the lyrics are vulgar. I think the lyrics are explicit. For years, men have written songs about being sexual with women. Sometimes to where the tracks are crude. Yet, they don’t receive the same backlash. Or I must add, the attention this song is getting. The fans are conflicted, many cannot decide if it’s love or hate they should feel.

WAP which means ‘Wet A** P***y but in the YouTube videos censored to ‘Wet And Gushy.

Here are a few lines I really liked in the song;

‘I don’t cook , I don’t clean but I got this ring;

‘He can’t hurt my feelings but I like pain’

I want you to park that big mark truck right in front of the little garage’

Critiquing the song as degrading and dehumanizing is immoderate. Some critics are worried about how women are working hard to be seen as equals and this song is objectifying and value of women being all about genitalia. Singing about vaginal lubrication is not offensive, some of us need to loosen up.

I want to call this song empowering, but lines like ‘ pay my tuition just to kiss me, make it rain if you want some wet and gushy…. He got some money. Then that’s where I am headed ‘ make it difficult to interpret the lyrics as empowering.

I think what these ladies wanted to express is humor and confidence, in their bodies, in their sexuality. The angry critics show, as usual, that sex is only a taboo expression in music when women explore it.

The song is unironically good and you can’t change my mind.

I think what these ladies wanted to express is humour and confidence, in their bodies, in their sexuality. The angry critics show, as usual, that sex is only a taboo expression in music when women explore it.

The song is unironically good and you can’t change my mind.