Cardi B Says New Album Will Have 'Lemonade' Moments

Fresh off the release of her new single ‘WAP’ featuring Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B graces the September 2020 cover of ELLE.

In the interview, the 27-year-old rapper opens up about her highly-anticipated sophomore album, which she likens to Beyoncé’s Lemonade for its feminist and social justice mantras.

“My music is always going to make a woman feel like a bad bitch. When you make a woman feel like she’s the baddest bitch in the room, to me, that’s female empowerment,” she said. “But this album is going to be really different. Of course, it’s going to have my Lemonade moments, my personal relationship moments.”

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Time to party with Cardi. Introducing our September 2020 cover star, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar aka the inimitable @iamcardib. Chances are you've heard (blasted, replayed, and then played again) #WAP, her hit new single with the @theestallion about, ahem, 💦😜. Or maybe you've caught her championing Medicare-for-all with @berniesanders in a nail salon. Now, in conversation with @marjon_carlos, the self-described “regular, degular, schmegular girl from the Bronx” opens up about her new music, marriage to #Offset, and why she wishes more male rappers were demanding justice for #BreonnaTaylor. See link in bio for full interview. ELLE September 2020:⁣ Editor-in-chief: @ninagarcia⁣ Creative Director: Stephen Gan Cover star: @iamcardib⁣ Written by: @marjon_carlos⁣ Photographer: @stevenkleinstudio⁣ Stylist: @kollincarter⁣ Fashion Director: @alexwhiteedits Hair: @tokyostylez Makeup: @erika_lapearl_mua Nails: @nailson7th

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Other tracks will explore love and her relationship with Offset. “I don’t really like talking about love much, but I feel like I have to do it, just because I want people to know a little bit,” she said. “There’s always rumors about me and my husband, and I feel like people would rather start rumors because they want me to be heartbroken. They want me to be hurt.”

Her marriage to Offset has been fodder for many headlines. “I do know that my relationship has a lot of drama and everything. But there’s a lot of love there’s a lot of passion, there’s a lot of trust, there’s a big friendship. It’s always us against the world.”

She plans to let fans in on her relationship through her music, which will include a track with her husband. “If you all are so curious to know about my relationship and blah, blah, blah, I’m going to put it in the fu**in’ music, and you can buy it, too,” added Cardi. “I’m not going to give it to you all for free.”