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8 hours ago
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Cardi B Finally Announces New Album ‘Am I the Drama?,' Shares Release Date and Cover Art
Cardi B has announced her long-awaited sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, by revealing its cover art and release date across social media. The follow-up to her Grammy-winning, four-times platinum debut 2018 album Invasion of Privacy has been hotly anticipated in the years since, often stoked by Cardi teasing a completed project herself. She was even hard at work on the album for a 2024 release when Rolling Stone shadowed her at studios last spring for the June cover story. However, she's now made it clear that the real thing is ready, sharing a pre-order link for an album due September 19. The cover art finds Cardi in a striking red body suit surrounded by ravens, with a one large one perched on her massively-heeled shoe. Per Apple Music, the album will have 23 songs, including 'WAP,' 'Up,' and her latest single 'Outside.' More from Rolling Stone Karol G, Cardi B, Lorde, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week Cardi B Is Feisty and Ready for Summer on 'Outside' Cardi B Is Getting as Impatient as Her Fans While Waiting on Features to Finish New Album On Sunday, she teased the album announcement with a video of herself framed by fake black birds in a black gown, narrating in a voice over that, 'Seven years and the time has come. Seven years of love, life and loss. Seven years I gave them grace, but now, I give them hell. I learned power is not given, it's taken. I'm shedding feathers and no more tears. I'm not back, I'm beyond. I'm not your villain, I'm your karma. The time is here. The time is now.' She's been punctuating the posts with emojis of black birds and feathers, marking a new symbol for the rapper. Similarly, artists like Megan Thee Stallion and Doechii have defined their musical eras with animal avatars as well: leading up to the release of her self-titled third studio album, Megan was into snakes, and Doechii's imagery around her Grammy-winning mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal (which made her the first woman to win the Grammy for Best Rap album since Cardi won for Invasion of Privacy in 2019) has included tons of the swampland creatures. When Rolling Stone spoke to Cardi B about the forthcoming album last year, she was still looking to finalize an intro, at least three more songs, a title, features, and a rollout plan. At the time, she wanted the album to have a wide reach, but also reflect her many moods. 'I'm a different person every single day,' she said. 'When I'm in a good mood and I'm with my friends, [I'm] like, 'Damn, I want my shit to be played in this club.' But then I might be mad with my man, so it's like now I want to do this song. But then I want to do a pop record. I want to do my sing-y shit.' However, she was also balancing pressure from fans and critics, unrelenting travel, and a difficult family life while contemplating the future of her relationship with her now-estranged husband, Offset. She filed for divorce less than two months before she announced the birth of their third child last September. On June 20, Cardi released the raucous single 'Outside,' where she slams certain men and celebrates others, and promises to have a wild time. 'Well, let's go wrong for wrong/let's go lick for lick,' she raps. 'If I can handle that/ let me see you handle this.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
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8 hours ago
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Everything We Really Know About Cardi B's ‘Am I the Drama?'
After teasing her sophomore album nearly every year since her groundbreaking 2018 debut, Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B finally announced that it will drop on Sept. 19. This week, she revealed the cover art for her next body of work, aptly titled Am I the Drama?, after serving as high-profile gossip fodder for just about as long as she's been making hits (to be fair, she did get her mainstream start on VH1's reality TV drama factory, Love & Hip-Hop). Surrounded by foreboding ravens on the ominous album artwork she shared, Cardi B is happy to play the villain this time around – she's even selling merch that says so. (Avian fun fact: A rep for Cardi B confirms to Rolling Stone that those birds are in fact ravens, not crows, as has been erroneously reported.) In anticipation of Am I the Drama?, we're running down everything we know about this album and the long road that led to it. For her June 2024 Rolling Stone cover story, Cardi B let us watch her work on the long-anticipated album in studios across the country, including Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California, and New York's iconic Jungle City Studios. She was anxious – and, in New York, feeling sick – but relentless about making the best music she could. 'I take my music so fucking seriously that that's why I don't put it out,' she told us at the time. 'Because if it's not perfect to my ear, if every fucking word doesn't sound like it's pronounced right, if the beat is overpowering the words or the words is overpowering the beat, I don't want to put it out.' More from Rolling Stone Loyle Carner on How Fatherhood and Guitars Opened Up His Musical World Cardi B Finally Announces New Album 'Am I the Drama?,' Shares Release Date and Cover Art Karol G, Cardi B, Lorde, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week It seems that was true for her latest single, 'Outside,' the first new song of Cardi's set to be featured on Am I the Drama? per an incomplete tracklist on Apple Music. It's both a celebration of her independence and a no-holds-barred diss where she says, 'Next time you see your mama, tell her how she raised a bitch.' On Instagram Live, she admitted that she didn't want to release the song after it leaked around the top of the month, but fans clamored for it and her label, Atlantic Records, implored her to put it out. She publicly apologized to Atlantic for being 'very bratty, very mean, very nasty' about this – via a since-deleted post on X, she had even threatened to put the label on blast before the song came out. Here's what else we know: Since the wait for this album has now stretched on for nearly seven years, let's just focus on the last 12 months or so, shall we? Last March on Instagram, Cardi B promised that her sophomore album would be released sometime in 2024, but by mid-May, she backpedaled in a heated online exchange with her followers. 'Anyway NO album this year I don't care I'm relaxing,' she wrote on X. Soon after, she deleted the post and her rep confirmed to Rolling Stone that an album in 2024 was still the plan. Atlantic even reposted Cardi's Rolling Stone cover on X, writing, 'Cardi B's upcoming album is one of the most anticipated this year. We can't wait [to] put it out, even if we have to sneak into her studio and take it! 👀' Meanwhile, Cardi did let us know she was dealing with real-life changes and challenges, though it's not clear what impact those may have had on her shifting release date. Unbeknownst to the public, Cardi was pregnant with her third child with her husband Offset, a daughter named Blossom, whose birth she announced last September. That spring, her marriage was on the rocks, with Cardi telling us she wasn't sure about the future. 'I think it through,' she said. 'We think it through, because we do love each other. It's not even about love. We're best friends. And it's like, 'OK. Well, there was a time that I didn't have a best friend, or I didn't have a support system.' It's not even about 'How do you leave a partner?' How do you stop talking to your best friend?' However, by the end of July, Cardi filed for divorce — which she had done before in 2020 — and the couple appear to still be deeply estranged amidst the proceedings. Working hard while pregnant or with a newborn on her hip isn't new to Cardi, nor is pushing her career forward in the midst of romantic turmoil. If you remember, Cardi's first daughter, Kulture, was born just months after the release of Invasion of Privacy. By May of this year, Cardi was claiming that her album would have been ready if not for delayed features from her collaborators. 'I really need these fucking features,' Cardi said on Instagram Live. 'I'm not really trying to press or go crazy on these artists because I love them down. But it's like come on now, I need that. I need that right now. Y'all don't want to miss this opportunity.' Well, that, we don't know for sure. She had previously teased that the album would have both new and old faces, and she told Rolling Stone the guests would run the gamut of both rappers and singers. One person she told us she's been obsessed with lately is fellow Bronxite Cash Cobain, whose star as both a producer and a rapper has been rising in the horny, laid-back movement known as sexy drill. In March 2024, Cash played Cardi about 30 tracks he had produced, many of which she loved. 'I was like, 'Damn, now I got to make a lot of choices because I don't want my whole album to sound like this,'' she said. After Cardi announced Am I the Drama?, SZA took to her Instagram comments to say, 'Lemme send this verse chile,' foreshadowing a feature on the album. Cardi has collaborated with SZA several times before, like on 'I Do,' from Invasion of Privacy, Flo Milli's 'Never Lose Me' remix, and Summer Walker's extended version of 'No Love.' Since 'WAP' is featured on the new album's 23-song tracklist, Megan Thee Stallion is already a guaranteed feature, but the rest are toss-ups. Rap veteran Busta Rhymes did make a public plea for Cardi B to call on him to collaborate, so it'll be interesting to see if that worked out for him here. Last year, Cardi told us that she was weighing how much of her personal life to share on the album. 'I really want to talk about the life changes that I've been dealing with the past six, seven years,' she said. 'But then it's just like, I feel like people don't deserve to know because people use my pain against me.' She did seem to channel some of that pain into 'Outside,' sharing on Instagram that 'I made this song a few months ago when I was very, very angry…I had to change some bars because I was angry, honey.' In the middle of recording last year (and in between our two interviews), Cardi B began therapy to help her cope with the life stressors that were distracting her. 'It was just too much going on,' Cardi said when I asked about her change of heart, as she had expressed skepticism about therapy prior. 'And when there's too much going on, it fucks up my work.' Her longtime recording engineer Evan LaRay Brunson told us making music involves a 'roller coaster of emotions' for Cardi. 'When we good, we knocking them out. Verse after verse, hook, ad-libs. I'm like, 'You're done quick. You sure?' But when she's going through it, it's going to be a long day.' At the time, she wanted the album to reflect every part of her. 'I'm a different person every single day,' she said. 'When I'm in a good mood and I'm with my friends, [I'm] like, 'Damn, I want my shit to be played in this club.' But then I might be mad with my man, so it's like now I want to do this song. But then I want to do a pop record. I want to do my sing-y shit.' While anything is possible, especially with songs as established as 'Up' and 'WAP' on the album, Cardi did play us some of the music she was hoping to include — just the beats, though. There was a sensual Afro-Caribbean number. There was a track she called 'Better Than You' which was reminiscent of UGK and OutKast's 'Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You),' with a pitched-up vocal sample, rich, violin-like synths, and rolling Southern drums. Cardi noted that its sound — courtesy of the producer Vinylz, whom she's known since her days as a dancer — was brand-new for her. 'I feel like the beat is not a beat you could get rowdy on,' she said. 'It's a real calm beat. And I had two choices, I could do more of an inspirational type of record — 'I used to grind all my life' — but then I decided to be like, 'No, I'm going to shit on you bitches.' ' She played a beat for a song she called 'Pick It Up,' 'meant for pop radio, with high-femme twinkles and chimes and keys that were distorted like a fun-house mirror. Then she played a drill beat in the sexy style of Cash Cobain, but produced by her regular collaborator SwanQo. It was called 'Don't Do Too Much,' and was glittery and animated, with a playful whistle as its through line. Cardi said she gets some jokes off on that track. 'If it was up to me,' she said, 'my whole album would sound like drill.' According to her interviews last year, yes. She was adamant that touring is how she learned to leave an impact on her fans since her mixtape days. At the time, she said she wasn't performing live as much, simply because she didn't have new music. 'If I was doing things for money,' she said, 'I would put out music every month because nothing pays me more than shows. But I care about how my music sound. I care about my quality. I care about giving something special every single time.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
Associated Press
12 hours ago
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WHIPSHOTS® UNVEILS DECADENT NEW CHOCOLATE FLAVOR
In celebration, the brand teams up with iconic NYC restaurant Serendipity3 for a summer-long 'Whipshop' pop-up experience Starco Brands (OTCQB:STCB) LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, June 27, 2025 / / -- Just in time to heat things up, Starco Brands (OTCQB: STCB) has announced that Whipshots, the alcohol-infused whipped cream brand co-founded with global superstar Cardi B, is turning up the indulgence with its most crave-worthy flavor to date: Chocolate. Rich, smooth, and irresistibly luscious, Chocolate Whipshots is a celebration of decadence. Combining premium vodka with velvety chocolate flavor, this new addition brings a bold, boozy twist to everything from cocktails and coffee to desserts and late-night cravings. 'Chocolate is sexy, rich, and everything you want—it's giving dessert, it's giving decadent, it's giving delicious,' said Cardi B. 'You know I had to do it big for this one—this flavor is a whole moment.' To celebrate the launch, the brand is partnering with iconic NYC restaurant Serendipity3 on its first 'Whipshop' dubbed 'Cardi's Chocolate Shop' in both their Times Square and Upper East Side locations. Fans will be able to order specially created cocktails or purchase a can of Whipshots to take home. The effort kicked off with a private party in the Times Square location, hosted by Cardi herself (launch party IMAGES ). 'This is more than just a flavor launch—it's a celebration of indulgence,' said David Dreyer, Chief Marketing Officer, Whipshots. 'Chocolate Whipshots is our most over-the-top flavor yet, and creating a 'Whipshop' inside the legendary Serendipity3 is the cherry (and whipped cream) on top! We couldn't ask for better partners to help us launch our newest flavor.' 'Chocolate is the number one ingredient at Serendipity3 and creating new menu items using Chocolate Whipshots has been a fun and delicious endeavor! Cardi's vibrant energy and playful spirit is the cherry on the cake!' said Chef Joe Calderone, Creative Director of Serendipity3. Whipshots, the viral, shelf-stable whipped cream with 10% ABV, adds Chocolate to its bold flavor lineup alongside Vanilla, Mocha, Caramel, and Strawberry—continuing its mission to shake up spirits and desserts with Cardi-level flair. Launch Date: June 26, 2025 Availability: Select retailers nationwide and (beginning 7/1) About Whipshots® Developed by Starco Brands with partner Cardi B, Whipshots® is a first-of-its-kind alcoholic whipped cream (10% Alc./Vol) that launched in 2021. Shelf-stable and versatile, it's earned Silver, Gold, and Double Gold medals from top competitions including the New York World Spirits Competition, SIP Awards, and Beverage Dynamics' Growth Brand Awards. About Starco Brands: Starco Brands (OTCQB: STCB) invents consumer products with behavior-changing technologies that spark excitement in the everyday. Today, its disruptive brands include Whipshots®, the world's only alcohol-infused whipped cream; Art of Sport, the performance brand designed for athletes; Winona® Pure, the first indulgent theater-popcorn spray powered by air; Skylar, the only fragrance that is both hypoallergenic and safe for sensitive skin; and Soylent, the complete non-dairy nutrition brand. A modern-day invention factory to its core, Starco Brands identifies whitespaces across consumer product categories. Starco Brands publicly trades on the OTCQB stock exchange so that retail investors can invest in STCB alongside accredited individuals and institutions. About Serendipity 3: Serendipity 3 is a whimsical New York institution, now with a dazzling new Times Square location, where vintage charm meets 2025 flair—complete with handmade glass mosaics and giant purple chandeliers. Since 1954, it's been a beloved destination for locals, celebrities, and sweet-toothed travelers, known for its over-the-top desserts (like the iconic Frrrozen Hot Chocolate), playful energy, and fantastical comfort food—from glittering truffle fries to Guinness World Record–holding creations. More than a restaurant, Serendipity 3 is a storybook escape where joy is always on the menu. CONTACT: [email protected] Walker Drawas Walker Drawas email us here Visit us on social media: LinkedIn Instagram TikTok X Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Time of India
17 hours ago
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- Time of India
"He will have the worst season": Stefon Diggs' new video with Cardi B raises questions about his NFL prep and their relationship
Stefon Diggs' gym video with Cardi B has put fans in doubt.(Image via Elsa/Getty) Stefon Diggs and Cardi B are constantly proving to the world how deep their love is for one another. The high profile couple recently turned heads in Paris as they were spotted walking hand in hand outside a club. But their recent video at a gym has raised some eyebrows among fans about their performance and Stefon Diggs' potential performance in the upcoming season. Stefon Diggs and Cardi B's new gym video has sparked outrage among fans, as many doubt their relationship Recently, Stefon Diggs was spotted working out at a gym while Cardi B was recording his video. The Grammy winner did not come in front of the camera but her reflection was visible in the mirror. Cardi B could also be heard as she cheered on her new boyfriend, Stefon Diggs, who put his mind on focusing to prep for the upcoming season of the NFL. But this video has now sparked outrage among fans. A fan by the username @IamSmokedAlien took to X and wrote, 'This n***a about to have the worst season ever mark my words', while another fan by the username @Justsimplyrob_ wrote, 'How you that rich and can't afford to have someone training you the right way. The form is awful and you need a deeper stretch'. Stefon Diggs' gym video sparks outrage, (Image via X) A third fan by the username @Olamide_sama posted, 'Or she's trying so hard to convince herself and the world that she likes him and he's not a rebound. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Kate Middleton's Daring Outfit Took Prince William's Breath Away Crowdy Fan Undo When you are trying to show the world too much of your relationship, you are trying to do some convincing, it's not healthy.' Another fan by the username @BabeeElena commented, 'She's just trouble, always causing drama', while a fifth fan by the username @11WorldSeries noted, 'That voice has got to be so annoying to be around all the time'. Neither Cardi B nor Stefon Diggs have reacted to the criticism their recent video has received. As of now, Cardi B is enjoying the success of her new single, Outside. Cardi B has apologised to her music label as Stefon Diggs stood by her A few days ago, Cardi B took to her Instagram stories to apologise to her music label, Atlantic Records as she said, "I'm going to publicly apologize to Atlantic because I was being very bratty, very mean, very nasty…Cause I really didn't want to drop the song.' The video has left fans divided but Stefon Diggs has been supportive. Also Read: Stefon Diggs shows he is all in for Cardi B as fans panic over their recent heartfelt moment in Paris Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
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a day ago
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Lorde Drops Final ‘Virgin' Single: ‘An Ode to City Life and Horniness'
Lorde has released the final song before the arrival of her forthcoming studio album, Virgin. On Thursday night, the singer-songwriter dropped the new single 'Hammer.' 'Hammer. Last song before Virgin,' Lorde wrote on social media. 'First song on the album. An ode to city life and horniness tbh.' More from Rolling Stone Karol G, Cardi B, Lorde, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week Lorde Can't Listen to 'Virgin' Deep Cut 'Clearblue': 'That Whole Song Just Destroys Me' Miley Cyrus, Lorde, Haim, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week Last month, Lorde unveiled the 11-song track list for Virgin, and in a Rolling Stone cover story, described the record's lyrics as being 'right on the edge of gross.' 'I think coming more into my body, I came into an understanding of the grotesque nature of it and the glory and all these things,' she said at the time. The singer released synth-pop number 'What Was That' and the grittier, 'Man of the Year,' earlier this year. Lorde accompanied the former with a video of herself alone throughout New York before meeting up with fans and dancing in the center of Washington Square Park. While discussing the latter, Lorde revealed that 'Man of the Year' was intrinsic to her embracing the fluidity of her gender identity. The cover art for Virgin, out June 27, is an X-ray of Lorde's pelvis that shows the exact placement of her IUD. When speaking to Rolling Stone cover story, Lorde said: 'I felt like stopping taking my birth control, I had cut some sort of cord between myself and this regulated femininity. It sounds crazy, but I felt that all of a sudden, I was off the map of femininity. And I totally believed that that allowed things to open up.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
