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"WAP"
Cover art for "WAP": portrait of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion leaning against each other, set to a hot pink background. Both of them have their eyes closed and their tongues sticking out, wearing tall, black wigs that look identical.
Single by Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion
ReleasedAugust 7, 2020 (2020-08-07)
Genre
Length
  • 3:07 (single version)
  • 2:46 (radio edit)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cardi B singles chronology
"Writing on the Wall"
(2019) 		"WAP"
(2020) 		"Me Gusta"
(2020)
Megan Thee Stallion singles chronology
"Girls in the Hood"
(2020) 		"WAP"
(2020) 		"Don't Stop"
(2020)
Music video
"WAP" on
YouTube

"WAP" (an acronym for Wet-Ass Pussy) is a song by American rapper

explicit lyrics which made it gain popularity, the song reached the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
.

After shelving a demo of the song in 2019, Cardi B revisited the song during

empowering women, with Rolling Stone, NPR, and several other publications ranking it as the best song of 2020.[1][2][3]

It became the first female rap collaboration to debut atop the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and had the largest opening streaming week for a song in U.S. history. It gave Cardi B her fourth number-one single and Megan her second in the U.S. The single spent four non-consecutive weeks atop the chart and spent multiple weeks at number one in several other countries. "WAP" became the first number-one single on the inaugural

IFPI's year-end singles chart. As of September 2023, the song was certified 8× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA).

A music video directed by Colin Tilley accompanied the single's release. It features cameos from several women, including television star Kylie Jenner, singers Normani and Rosalía, and rappers Latto, Sukihana, and Rubi Rose. "WAP" broke the record for the biggest 24-hour debut for an all-female collaboration on YouTube. Cardi B and Megan performed the song at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, leading to over 1,000 viewer complaints being sent to the Federal Communications Commission. Social conservative politicians and pundits objected to the song for its sexually explicit lyrics, and the ensuing discourse fueled the song's impact.

Background and release

Cardi B
Megan Thee Stallion
"WAP" was recorded by Cardi B (left, pictured in 2021) and Megan Thee Stallion (right, pictured in 2021).

Cardi B's first album Invasion of Privacy, released in 2018, was recorded on an accelerated timeline so it could be completed before the birth of her daughter Kulture. After that experience, her writing process became more flexible, taking additional time to explore ideas. "WAP" originated with a beat sent to her by Ayo the Producer and Keyz. She recorded what became its first verse in 2019 but ended up shelving it indefinitely.[4][5]

When COVID-19 lockdowns were instituted in March 2020, Cardi B decided to stay in Los Angeles and use that time to work on music. She and her team rented a house and turned it into a studio for three months. Going through previously recorded tracks, Cardi B wrote an additional verse for "WAP", continuing to rework parts of the song several times.[4][5] She was initially unsatisfied with the song's hook, feeling that "wet-ass pussy" was repeated too much. She began sending it to other female artists to see if they could improve on it.[6]

I'm talking about ... maybe 50 different versions before I arrived at a place like, "Oh shit, I think I got it." ... The first person I let hear it was Cardi. Cardi is one of them people like, "... let me hear it! Let's see what you got!" ... The thing you're making sure you do is that they complement each other well, that they sit well on the track together and that ... it feels fluid to your ear.

—Brooklyn Johnny in an interview with Billboard[5]

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion first connected through their respective wardrobe stylists. After meeting her in Los Angeles, Cardi B told her team that she was considering a collaboration with her. A couple of days later, both sent tracks to each other.[7] Cardi B had her business partner Brooklyn Johnny send "WAP". After receiving Megan's verses, the song's engineers started editing and mixing vocals, still trying to find a way to emphasize the song's hook. They decided to switch the order of Megan's verses to improve the way the song flowed.[5]

On August 3, Cardi B revealed an upcoming collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion.[8] The announcement included the single artwork which shows the two rappers back to back against a bright pink background, holding out their tongues. They are styled with gold "WAP" hoop earrings, 1990s-inspired makeup, and tall interlocking updos.[9][10] The day before the single's release, Frank Ski teased his involvement through a Twitter post.[11] Cardi B and Megan promoted the premiere with a livestream on YouTube.[12]

"WAP" was released on August 7, 2020, as a digital download, vinyl, and cassette.

clean version was sent to U.S. radio, as opposed to the original version. In it, the hook is changed from "wet-ass pussy" to "wet and gushy", among other censors.[13] It marked Cardi B's first release of 2020, and Megan's first release following a highly publicized shooting incident involving Tory Lanez, where Megan had sustained injuries from a bullet to her feet.[14] To accompany the release of the single, Cardi B launched a line of waterproof "WAP" merchandise which included umbrellas and raincoats.[15] She confirmed that the song will appear on her upcoming second studio album.[16]

Music and lyrics

"WAP"
The song's sparse beat places emphasis on the rappers' vivid sexual imagery. In this excerpt, Cardi B's steadily paced flow contrasts with Megan's rapid-fire delivery.
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"WAP" is a hip hop,

pitch shifted up in some sections.[20] The music is minimal—drum programming, a throbbing bass line, and McLaran's looped chant—leaving emphasis on the rapping.[21][22][23] Writing credits are given to Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, producers Ayo and Keyz, Ski, and Pardison Fontaine.[24]

In "WAP", Cardi B and Megan boast about their sexual prowess while listing their own erotic needs. Their lyrics describe sexual acts through vivid, outlandish metaphors like "Punani Dasani" and "Swipe your nose like a credit card".[21][25] Cardi B invokes "macaroni in a pot" as a reference to the viscous sounds of sex.[22][26] Megan's lines "Switch my wig, make him feel like he cheating" and "You can't hurt my feelings, but I like pain" allude to roleplay and BDSM respectively.[25] The title is an acronym for "Wet-Ass Pussy".[13]

Cardi B's starts the song in a "throaty" register, delivered "as if she's inching up close to her partner's ear".

flow during the verses, described as a "staccato bark",[22] is steadily paced in the style of her earlier Gangsta Bitch Music mixtapes, for clear articulation of each line.[21][27] In contrast, Megan makes use of a nimble, rapid-fire flow.[21][28]

Credit disputes

McLaran was improperly credited as a performer but not as a songwriter on the original "Whores in This House". Other singles sampling the song have inconsistently credited him;

In This House" does not. Ski and McLaran talked after the release of "WAP" and reached an agreement to give him a cut of the royalties from "WAP".[20]

Rapper Necey X sued Cardi B and Megan for copyright infringement in 2022. Necey had previously entered a failed partnership running an assisted living center with Fontaine's father. Her lawsuit alleged that "WAP" and Megan's 2021 single "Thot Shit" infringed on her 2019 song "Grab Em by the Pussy". Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr. dismissed the suit, stating that Necey could not claim ownership of "the phrase 'p*ssy [sic] so wet' because it 'existed long before she included it in her song.'"[29]

Critical reception

"WAP" received widespread critical acclaim.[30] For Pitchfork, Lakin Starling called it "a nasty-ass rap bop, bursting with the personality of two of rap's most congenial household names".[21] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times deemed it "an event record that transcends the event itself", and stated that both rappers "are exuberant, sharp and extremely ... vividly detailed" in the song that "luxuriates in raunch".[18] Rania Aniftos of Billboard described the song as a "scorching banger".[31] Mikael Wood of Los Angeles Times deemed it a "savage, nasty, sex-positive triumph" and stated that "the women's vocal exuberance is the show—the way they tear into each perfectly rendered lyric and chew up the words like meat".[22]

For The Guardian, Dream McClinton wrote, "the hit collaboration ... has become a belated song of the summer, empowering women and enraging prudes along the way ... [it] should be celebrated, not scolded".[32] In NPR, cultural critic Taylor Crumpton deemed both rappers "women leading the genre into [a] new era of unification between women rappers" with "an already iconic song about women sexuality". She praised the message, describing it as "if you need to come, step to me, you have to be able to fill my sexual needs, and these are what they are".[33] In another article from Pitchfork, Jayson Greene said that it "has become the song of this ... summer—a ripe ... sex jam", deeming it detailed and "joyfully explicit".[34]

Music video

Development and release

Preparation for the "WAP" music video began almost immediately after Cardi B and Megan approved the final version of the song. JaQuel Knight worked on a choreography routine, and Cardi B spent three to four weeks rehearsing it, with Megan joining based on her availability. Atlantic Records wanted to expedite the video so it could be released before the end of the summer, and Cardi B approached Colin Tilley to direct.[5] Kollin Carter and Patientce served as co-creative directors, and Cardi B expressed to them an interest in filling the video with animals and bold colors. Foster described Cardi B's vision as "a house full of powerful women" without exclusions, and they put together a list of people who could potentially make cameo appearances, including several emerging female rappers.[35] Singer Lizzo was among those invited to appear in the music video but was out of town when the shoot was scheduled.[36]

Cardi B and Megan's wardrobe for the music video came from

COVID testing for everyone on set.[42][43]

On August 6, Cardi B announced via Instagram that the music video for the song would be released alongside the single the next day, but that the video would feature the censored version of the track.[44] Garnering over 26 million views in its first day, "WAP" broke the record for the biggest 24-hour debut for an all-female collaboration on YouTube.[45]

Synopsis

Cardi B and Megan in the mansion rooms covered in animal print and Willy Wonka-esque design, respectively.[46][47]

The video shows Cardi B and Megan walking through a colorful mansion.

updos. During Cardi B's first verse they also appear in a snake-filled room. For this transition, the door knocker comes alive as a snake and eats the camera.[49]
The next scene shows both rappers in a green and purple room wearing matching bodysuits, composed of a corset bodice, mesh tights and sleeves, with Megan performing her first verse.

During a break in the music,

Latto, Rubi Rose, and Sukihana.[44]

Critical reception

Writing for Billboard, Trevor Anderson commented that the video "transformed from just a promotional clip into a

Complex, Brianna Holt commented, "the music video couldn't be more timely". She described the set as "a mansion full of women who are demonstrative of their sexual prowess".[45] Writing for The Guardian, Dream McClinton deemed the video "unapologetic in celebrating the sensuality and sexuality of women", adding, "it isn't shy or coy, it's about the loud articulation of female desire for sex, as they want it, and it centres them as active participants with agency".[32] Burr in The Boston Globe argued that the same adults "who are up in arms over Cardi B on YouTube today" due to the video's "in-your-face outrageousness" celebrated sexually charged music videos on MTV 30 years ago, questioning if people "forget the youthful yearning to be free" when they become parents. He further added that the reason why "the rococo visual matters" is that it shows what it looks like "when a woman of color takes charge, which is still taboo in many corners of this country".[53]

Alyssa Rosenberg of The Washington Post described the video as "an ode to female sexual pleasure" that is among the most sexually explicit content she has ever seen in mainstream American popular culture, and opined that in a "weird year" like 2020 "a culture-war clash feels refreshingly normal".[54] Micha Frazer-Carroll of The Independent deemed the "absurdist" video "ludicrously excessive but utterly hypnotic" that "feels as if it were taking place in an alternative universe".[55] In IndieWire, Leonardo Adrian Garcia considered it "a mix of Hype Williams and Tim Burton by way of the strip club", further adding that "it's a video that demands one’s attention" and "deserves praise" despite the "lightning rod for very dumb controversy" that generated.[56]

Writing for Pitchfork, Eric Torres called the music video "easily one of the best of the year", deeming it "a vibrant display of self-empowerment that could only come from two of rap's most brazenly sex-positive voices".[57] In Complex, Jessica McKinney stated that the video created "an inescapable pop culture moment" that "completely dominated the conversation" with "vivid imagery, glamorous costumes, trippy effects, and dynamic choreography", further adding that it "set the standard for quality videos in 2020, calling for other artists to put more thought and effort into their visuals as we move into the new year".[58]

Other responses

Kylie Jenner (pictured in 2020) appears in the music video.

Fan reactions to Kylie Jenner's cameo in the video were negative.[59] Many social media users expressed displeasure with her appearance in a video whose cast mainly consisted of Black women, especially considering her history of alleged cultural appropriation.[60] Cardi B later explained that she put Jenner in the video because Jenner was a close friend of hers, saying, "Not everything is about race."[61] Foster was asked about a Change.org petition that called for Jenner to be removed from the music video, and she called it "bullshit".[35]

PETA similarly took issue with the use of big cats in the video, saying in another statement to Billboard, "if real animals were used instead of computer-generated imagery, the message sent is that animal exploitation is Okurrr—and it isn't. If Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion really care about pussy liberation, they wouldn't use suffering big cats as props."[65]

Commercial performance

North America

"WAP" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, garnering Cardi B her fourth chart-topper in the US, extending her record as the female rapper with the most number-one singles. It was Megan's second number-one single. Cardi B became the only female rapper to achieve Hot 100 number-one singles in two different decades (2010s and 2020s).[66] "WAP" became the first female rap collaboration to debut at number one on the Hot 100.[67] The song was driven by 93 million streams, 125,000 downloads and 11.6 million radio airplay impressions. As the song topped the Digital Song Sales and Streaming Songs charts, it became Cardi B's fourth chart-topper on the former, Cardi B's third on the latter, and Megan's second on both.[68]

The 93 million streaming total became the largest number of first-week streams in Billboard history and of weekly streams in 2020. "WAP" generated the most weekly on-demand U.S. audio streams among songs by female artists, with 54.7 million streams, during the best sales week for a song since Taylor Swift's "Me!" featuring Brendon Urie.

"WAP" became the first song to spend its first two weeks at number one on the Hot 100 since Ariana Grande's "7 Rings". In between those chart-toppers, eight songs debuted at number one, each spending a single week at the summit. Of the 42 songs that have entered the chart at number one since the Hot 100 started in 1958, 19 including "WAP" remained on top in their second weeks. "WAP" also became the first song among female artists to lead the Hot 100 for multiple weeks since Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You".[69] For the chart issue dated September 26, "WAP" achieved a fourth non-consecutive week atop the chart.[70]

"WAP" also reached number one on the

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, marking Cardi B's fifth number-one entry on the former and fourth on the latter, and Megan's second on both.[68] Billboard called the song "one of the most dominant Hot 100 number ones of the last 30 years".[52]

"WAP" debuted at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, becoming Cardi B's second chart-topper and Megan's first. It spent four non-consecutive weeks atop the chart.[71] It was the most streamed song of 2020 in the U.S. by a female artist, with 732.7 million on-demand streams, ranking sixth among all.[72] In the US, Cardi B has achieved three times the best-performing song of the year by a female artist—the only act to do so this century—with "WAP" (2020) joining "Bodak Yellow" (2017) and "I Like It" (2018).[73]

Europe and Oceania

In Australia, "WAP" became the third hip hop song by female artists to top the

ARIA Singles Chart, and the first since 1992.[74] It spent six weeks atop the chart, becoming the longest-running number-one song by a female hip hop artist.[75]

In the United Kingdom, "WAP" debuted at number four on the

UK Singles Chart's August 14 – 20, 2020, weekly chart. During its fourth consecutive week on the chart (September 4 – 10), the song reached number one―becoming both artists' first song to top the charts in Britain and the first female rap collaboration to do so.[76] The song spent three weeks at the top of the chart.[77]

In Europe, the song reach the top ten in Danemark, in Hungary and in Portugal, top twenty in Belgium, in Netherlands and in Germany, top thirty in France and top forty in Italy.[78][79][80]

The song became the first number-one single for both artists on the Republic of Ireland's Irish Singles Chart, where it spent three weeks at the top.[81]

"WAP" debuted at number two on the Official New Zealand Music Chart, peaking at the top of the chart the following week, becoming Cardi B's second chart-topper and Megan's first chart-topper. It remained atop the chart for six weeks.[82]

Worldwide

The music video for "WAP" broke the record for the most views within 24 hours for a female collaboration, with over 26.5 million views.[45] Cardi B was ranked at number one on Bloomberg's August 2020 Pop Star Power Ranking due to the success of "WAP".[83]

The song charted at number one on Billboard's

Global Excl. U.S. during the inaugural week of both charts (September 4, 2020).[84][85] It topped the Global 200 chart for three non-consecutive weeks.[86]

Live performances

The COVID-19 pandemic forestalled live performances of "WAP" after its release.[87] It was first performed by Megan Thee Stallion as part of a Tidal Live stream on August 29, 2020.[88]

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion performed it together for the first time at the

dance pole, as well as a giant bed used as a platform by the rappers and their backup dancers.[89] The chorus—replaced in censored versions with "wet and gushy"—was changed to "wet, wet, wet".[90]

Billboard ranked it as the best performance of the ceremony, commenting that "this had to be one of the most insane television debut performances of all time."[91] Music critic Jon Caramanica called the performance "wildly and charmingly salacious, frisky and genuine in a way that the Grammys has rarely if ever made room for".[92] In 2022, Rolling Stone listed it among the 25 "greatest Grammy performances of all time", the only female rap act on the list.[93] The Federal Communications Commission received a large number of viewer complaints about the broadcast (see § Broadcast controversy).

When Megan performed the song in her 2021

ASL interpreter Kelly Kurdi went viral online. Kurdi's interpretation, originally created by dancer Raven Sutton, used expressive gestures to represent the song's lyrics about gagging and choking.[94] Cardi B and Megan reunited during the former's set at the 2022 Wireless Festival in London, for their first live performance together since the Grammys.[95]

Impact

"WAP" became one of the most sexually explicit songs ever to top the U.S. chart,

Trojan horse for the myriad ways Cardi B influences the culture with every move she makes".[102] Complex staff named it the song "that had the most pure impact" in 2020, with it being an "empowering anthem" largely because is "a record-breaking song performed by two Black women".[103] Rolling Stone staff commented that the public outrage from conservative figures contributed to the song's "pop-cultural impact".[104]

The song was particularly popular on

blue humor instead of a battleground for a culture war. Teenagers and young adults played "WAP" for their parents and recorded their reactions to post online. A viral dance for the song, choreographed by Brian Esperon, involved high kicks and spins before dry humping the ground.[25][105] Several people injured themselves while attempting the difficult dance moves, prompting Cardi B to issue a warning.[106][107] A remix set to the 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera's main theme was shared on TikTok, where Andrew Lloyd Webber, the musical's composer, posted a video playing the piano to it.[108] Within a month of "WAP"'s release, it had been used in over a million TikToks, and it ended the year as one of the app's most popular audio tags.[25][105]

In an interview with Far Out, rapper CeeLo Green characterized the song as "salacious gesturing to kinda get into position", facing public backlash and later issuing an apology for his comments.[109] Snoop Dogg discussed the song in an interview where he remarked, "That should be a possession that no one gets to know about until they know about it."[110] Cardi B's husband Offset responded that he and Snoop both talk about similar subjects in their work,[111] and Snoop walked back his comments after public backlash, expressing support for both Cardi B and Megan.[110] Musicians Christina Aguilera, Azealia Banks, Halsey, Debbie Harry, JoJo, and Remy Ma spoke in support of the song.[32][112]

On October 22, 2022,

tweeted a day later that "these icons really become disappointments once [you] make it in the industry."[114] However, later that day she deleted the tweets, and claimed she had talked to Madonna and that it had been "beautiful".[115]

Political reaction

"WAP" was criticized by many

organ harvesting from aborted fetal tissue.[45]

Ben Shapiro (pictured in 2019) was widely mocked for his sarcastic reading of the lyrics to "WAP".[117]

Defenders of the song claimed that critics mischaracterized the artists. August Brown of the Los Angeles Times wrote that, contrary to Bradley's comments, Megan "did indeed have a strong father figure" and Cardi B "is no stranger to faith".[116] Social media users accused Lorraine of hypocrisy for using the language of women's advocacy to denigrate a song created by two women.[118]

Megan Thee Stallion responded personally to Lorraine's comments in an interview with GQ, mocking Lorraine for having "literally had to go listen to this song in its entirety". She went on to say that critics of the song, including Lorraine, must not have "WAP" themselves.[119]

Conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro criticized the song's message in a widely seen video in which he recited the song's lyrics, many of which he self-censored with euphemisms such as "wet-ass p-word". He sarcastically stated that "this is what feminism fought for".[120]

Shapiro's video was mocked by multiple news outlets and fans of the song.

gynecologists; many social media users also mocked the comment as a "self-own", implying that Shapiro was unfamiliar with vaginal lubrication due to an inability to sexually satisfy his wife.[122][123] Arwa Mahdawi in The Guardian opined that Shapiro's reaction was proof that "women taking charge of their sexuality ... drives conservatives up the wall", and remarked that Shapiro "doesn't seem particularly well acquainted with female anatomy".[124]

After Cardi B encouraged

Weatherization Assistance Program with a "WAP" meme that read "There's some holes in this house!"[126] When Democratic candidate Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, supporters took to singing "WAP" in front of the White House.[127] During the ShutItAllDown demonstrations in Namibia, participants chanted the lyrics to "WAP", turning it into a protest anthem.[128]

Broadcast controversy

Wisconsin Representative Glenn Grothman (pictured in 2020) criticized the Federal Communications Commission for enabling "the moral decline of America".[129]

When Cardi B and Megan performed "WAP" at the Grammys, the Federal Communications Commission received over 1,000 complaints about the broadcast.

Errol Webber objected to the performance, tweeting that Cardi B "chooses to do wrong by girating [sic] and scissoring her WAP on national TV... in view of other people's kids."[131] Conservative commentators Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens discussed the broadcast on Tucker Carlson Tonight, where Owens remarked, "We are weakening America… We are setting the stage, and it feels like…we are about to see the end of an empire."[132] Cardi B facetiously celebrated appearing on Fox News, which escalated into an online dispute with Owens.[132][133]

The following month, Wisconsin Representative

Jacob Blake due to inattention from politicians. Tony Evers, the Democratic governor of Wisconsin, commented during a news conference, "It just seems troubling that we're arguing about things like that… It just seems like there's a lot more important things to worry about."[134] Cardi B touches on the controversy in "Rumors", a 2021 collaboration with Lizzo where she raps "Last time I got freaky, the FCC sued me / But I'mma keep doing what I wanna do".[135]

Cover versions

Safaree (left, pictured in 2019) and Plies (right, pictured in 2007) released remixes of "WAP". Safaree's remix was panned,[136] while Plies' was positively received.[137]

On August 10, 2020, rapper Safaree released a remix of "WAP" called "B.A.D" (an acronym for "Big Ass Dick"). The cover art features Cardi B and Megan on both ends, with a woman (assumed to be his wife Erica Mena) performing simulated oral sex on him in the center. The remix was widely panned by fans on social media, many of whom found the remix to be poorly timed, considering how soon after the song's original release it came.[136] The same day, dancehall singer Vybz Kartel released a freestyle remix while in prison, which was met with enthusiasm by Cardi B.[138] Rapper Plies released a "P-Mix" to the song on August 14,[139] to positive reception.[137]

"WAP" has been reinterpreted in many styles, ranging from noise rock to an arrangement played on hollowed-out melons.[140] Country singer Margo Price performed an acoustic rendition on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, as part of a segment on double standards about sex in music.[141] Rolling Stone's Claire Shaffer said of the cover, "Price puts her genuine all into the song, and it comes out sounding like a legitimate country ode to 'wet ass pussy.'"[142] Rapper Qveen Herby released a baroque pop cover version of the song as a promotional single on August 20.[140]

YouTube parody artist Lardi B posted a food-based parody of the song, changing the acronym from "Wet-Ass Pussy" to "Wings and Pizza", on August 14.[143] Drag queens Lady Bunny and Flotilla DeBarge released a parody of the song, entitled "DAP" (or "Dry-Ass Pussy"), on August 28.[144] UK rock band Biffy Clyro performed a cover of the song for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on September 3, 2020.[145] Before the Christmas season, students from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health created a "WAmP: Wear A mask Please" parody, encouraging the wearing of masks to reduce COVID transmission.[146]

The 2023 film Joy Ride includes a cover of the song by actors Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu. In the scene, their characters create a distraction by pretending to be a newly formed K-pop group called Brownie Tuesday. They perform "WAP" as a large production number, which ends as Hsu's character accidentally exposes her genitals.[147]

Accolades

Rankings

"*" indicates an unordered list.

Selected critical rankings for "WAP"
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
BBC The Best Singles of 2020 1 [148]
Billboard The Best Songs of 2020 5 [149]
The 20 Best Rap Songs of 2020 2 [150]
The 25 Best Music Videos of 2020 3 [151]
Complex
 		The Best Songs of 2020 5 [103]
The Best Music Videos of 2020 1 [58]
Los Angeles Times The 50 Best Songs of 2020 * [152]
The New York Times (Jon Caramanica) Best Songs of 2020 7 [153]
NME The 50 best songs of 2020 1 [154]
Pitchfork The 100 Best Songs of 2020 1 [2]
The 36 Best Rap Songs of 2020 * [155]
Rolling Stone The 50 Best Songs of 2020 1 [1]
The Best Pop Collaborations of 2020 * [104]
The 100 Greatest Music Videos 93 [156]
Time The 10 Best Songs of 2020 2 [157]

Industry awards

"WAP" notably was not submitted for

Grammy consideration. In January 2023, Cardi B said on The Jason Lee Show that the reason was the potential reaction of the internet in case of her victory: "I was afraid that if I win or if I… You know what's so crazy? The internet got me even afraid of winning."[158]

Awards and nominations for "WAP"
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2020 American Music Awards
Favorite Song – Rap/Hip-Hop
 Won [159]
Collaboration of the Year Nominated
ARIA Charts Awards ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart Number One Awards Won [160]
HipHopDX Awards Best Hip-Hop Music Video of 2020 Nominated [161]
MTV Video Music Awards Song of Summer Nominated [162]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Video Nominated [163]
Best Collaboration Nominated
NMPA Awards Gold Single Won [164]
3x Multi-Platinum Single Won
Official Charts Awards Official Singles Chart Top 100 Number One Won [165]
Official Singles Top 40 Number One Won [166]
People's Choice Awards Song of 2020 Nominated [167]
Music Video of 2020 Nominated
Collaboration of 2020 Won
Prêmio POP Mais Hit Internacional Won [168]
Soul Train Music Awards Rhythm & Bars Award Nominated [169]
2021
Gold Derby Music Awards
 Best Music Video Nominated [170][171]
Record of the Year Nominated
GAFFA Awards (Denmark) Best Foreign Song Nominated [172]
iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Music Video Nominated [173]
TikTok Bop of the Year Nominated
ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards Winning Songs Won [174]
Official Charts Awards UK Specialist Number One Award for Streaming Number One Won [175]
UK Specialist Number One Award for Audio Streaming Number One Won [175]
UK Specialist Number One Award for Hip-Hop/R&B Number One Won [175]
UK Specialist Number One Award for Official Irish Singles Number One Won [175]
Billboard Music Awards Top Rap Song Nominated [176]
Top Selling Song Nominated
Top Streaming Song Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards Video of the Year Nominated [177]
Song of the Year Nominated
Best Collaboration Nominated
Best Hip-Hop
 Nominated
NMPA Awards 5x Multi-Platinum Single Won [164]
BET Awards Song of the Year Won [178]
Best Hip Hop Video Won
Best Collaboration Won
Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award Nominated
BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards Most Performed R&B/Hip-Hop Song Won [179]
BET Hip Hop Awards Song of the Year Won [180]
Best Hip-Hop Video Won
Best Collaboration Won

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[181]

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for "WAP"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[250] 4× Platinum 280,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[251] Platinum 30,000‡
Belgium (BEA)[252] Gold 20,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[253] 2× Diamond 320,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[254] 7× Platinum 560,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[255] Platinum 90,000‡
France (
SNEP)[256]
 Platinum 200,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[257] Gold 200,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[258] Platinum 70,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[259] 2× Platinum 60,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway)[260] Platinum 60,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[261] 3× Platinum 60,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[262] 2× Platinum 20,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[263] Gold 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[264] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[265] 8× Platinum 8,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "WAP"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various August 6, 2020
Warner [266][267]
August 7, 2020
Atlantic [268]
Italy Radio airplay Warner [269]

See also

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