Cardi B delays the release of second album: “I’m relaxing this year”

16 May, 2024

Cardi B at Revolve & FWRD Met Gala after party. Photo credit: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Revolve & FWRD

Cardi B has revealed she will not be releasing her highly-anticipated second album this year.

In a since-deleted tweet on Tuesday (May 14), the Bronx rapper agreed with a fan who said Cardi’s transparency had “backfired” because of “her fans’ weirdo entitlement”. They also suggested the star should “pull back from social media”.

Cardi replied: “Exactly and I tell myself this all the time. I hate that I fall back and start interacting again and it bites me in the ass.”

She went on to confirm that her long-awaited second record would not be coming out in 2024 as previously promised.

“Anyway, NO album this year. I don’t care,” Cardi wrote. “I’m relaxing this year. [I’m] dropping these features I already committed to and travelling and enjoying my summer.” See a screenshot of the post below.

In another tweet celebrating four of her songs garnering over one billion streams on Spotify, Cardi B teased new music – still giving hope to fans that there will be more solo material soon.

“Wooow FOUR songs that hit the billion mark on Spotify!!,” she wrote on X/Twitter. “Women lie, men lie… numbers don’t. I’m so excited to put out new music and reach even more milestones.”

She added: “Thank you everyone for listening, it really means a lot.. can’t wait for you to see and hear what’s next.”

Cardi previously assured fans that she would drop her second LP this year. In March, the ‘Bodak Yellow’ star revealed she has “like 100 songs” stored away – some were recorded as early as January 2023.

She said at the time: “I’m not letting my anxiety, I’m not letting what haters say, I’m not letting what fans say… If I do a song, Imma just fuckin’ drop it. Well, I got no choice, because I’m dropping my album this year, so stay tuned for the announcement.”

It has been over six years since Cardi released her debut studio album, ‘Invasion Of Privacy’. Last month, Cardi B celebrated the anniversary of the record-breaking LP in a post on Instagram.

“[Six] years ago I released my first album and it broke so many records GAH LEE!!” she wrote. “[Six] years later I’m preparing to drop the next one this year. It’s so different from what everyone is expecting and I’m sooo excited.”

Earlier this year, Cardi shared two pop-trap songs in the form of ‘Enough (Miami)’ and ‘Like What (Freestyle)’. The latter sampled Missy Elliott’s 1999 hit ‘She’s A Bitch’.

Cardi also featured on Shakira‘s ‘Puntería’, which was rumoured to come out last year. It served as the opening track from the Columbian pop singer’s latest album ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’.

In other news, Cardi B has faced backlash after she forgot the name of the designer behind her Met Gala look, referring to them as “Asian”. She commented on the situation, saying she “was being rushed to the front of the line”, making her “very scared” on the red carpet.

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