And even more sexual, if you can believe it.Ĭardi also calls out the double standard of being a successful (and unapologetic) woman as she notes, “If I had a dick, you’d prolly lick it like a lollipop” while holding Vush’s Majesty 2 vibrator (Cardi never met a cross-promotional opportunity she didn’t like). While the same was largely true of “ WAP” (and there are certainly elements of those visuals re-explored here), “Up” (another one-word monosyllable ending in “p”) is surprisingly more playful. Not to mention Cardi’s self-assurance in her status as being permanently stuck “on the up.” Though she needs only to look to discarded female rappers past to remind her that everything is ephemeral (unless you’re Rihanna).ĭirected by Tanu Muino, who got flewed out from the Ukraine by Cardi for the occasion, the aesthetic style of the video is decidedly David LaChapelle, with colors that pop and a vibrant presentation of an almost otherworldly realm (called opulence, a realm the rich see as normal). Knowing Cardi’s penchant for innuendo, the chorus, “If it’s up, then it’s up, then it’s up, then it’s stuck,” could also easily refer to an erection (especially since she’s known to deliver over flattering compliments to Offset’s stamina and skills in the boudoir). Whether this relates to a conflict between people or the specific sort of “stuckness” that happened in 2020 is left to one’s discretion. With some wanting one specific definition of what “up” infers here, when it comes to Cardi songs, there’s so often multiple meanings (particularly since meaning is whatever the public makes of it), and “Up” doesn’t just pertain to a belief that things will be better in ‘21, but also the notion that something is suspended in midair, stuck, until somehow “fixed” (like a virus with a vaccine, we’re told). And what’s more, does she really think that mounting a male effigy on a grave hasn’t been done before? Shit, it’s not like Victor Noir’s erotic shrine is a secret. This sort of sentiment is a bit ironic coming from someone who had a better 2020 than anyone (probably only topped in success by Taylor Swift with her folklore and evermore releases). The headstone belongs to 2020, and so we are supposed to be influenced in believing that all the worst is behind us–dead and buried. Thus, she wants to drive home that point with the purported power of positivity by opening her new video at… a gravesite. Even if far more fucked up shit has happened in the first month of ‘21 than even in ‘20 (which didn’t really start to hit its stride until the end of February despite that whole World War III postulation with Iran in January). Never one for being subtle, Carid B’s latest single, “Up,” seems determined to assure us that things have just got to get better now that we’ve exited 2020.
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