The music video for “Up” was directed by Tanu Muino and released alongside the single on the 5th of February 2021via Cardi B’s YouTube channel. So my mixtape was all about being gangsta, violence, if it’s up, then it’s stuck and that’s where I wanted to take it with this record.” And when I first put music out, like, my mixtape, this might sound crazy but I got really inspired by drill Chicago music because I was young and I liked it and everything. Like, if the topic on one of my songs is money I want the topic on the other one to be something else.
“You know, my last song was very sexual so I always want my next songs to be different to the one before. “Up” sees Cardi B boast about her looks and her talent.Īlso speaking to Apple Music, Cardi B also providing another insight to “Up”: He always say it, but I feel like this year it’s just like more and more, so I’m like, alright, this is some gangsta sh*t and that’s what I like and that’s why I wanted to do something more gangsta, more cocky”. He kept saying “up and stuck” and I’m like “oh sh*t, I keep saying up and a stuck out of nowhere because that’s something that I started saying this year. I feel like this is more like of an Atlanta thing, I don’t know, a Georgia thing. I feel like my last song was too sexy, Offset. Speaking to YouTube Live, Cardi B spoke about the inspiration behind the song: “Up” was written by Cardi B, Joshua Baker, Jorden Thorpe, Edis Selmani, James Steed and Matthew Allen, with Yung Dza, DJ SwanQo and Sean Island producing the song. The hip-hop track is Cardi B’s first single since releasing “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion over six months ago. Please note that numbers below are retrieved automatically, so they will evolve day by day unlike previously listed data which is valid as of the publication date of the article.“Up” is the second single by American rapper Cardi B from her upcoming second studio. Megan Thee Stallion – WAP – 1,090,000ĭynamic Spotify Key Performance Indicators Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B – Taki Taki – 1,500,000Ĥ. Instead, it includes weighted sales of the song’s physical single, download, ringtone and streaming as well as its share among sales of all albums on which it is featured.ġ. Therefore, these figures are not merged units of singles formats. The list is compiled in album equivalent sales generated by each song. It’s past 5 million and climbing fast.Īpart from her main release, the singer is also a safe bet for successful features, while also issuing new lead singles like WAP and Up.Īll together, it brings her discography to 17.3 million equivalent album sales mainly through 4 years of activity. The first album of Cardi B quickly became one of the most successful female rap records of all-time. See where the artist ranks among remaining singers