Rap artist Cardi B, the highest-certified female rapper in the USA, has released the long-anticipated announcement video for her sophomore studio album! After a string of hit singles between now and 2018, when her first album, Invasion of Privacy, came out, the rapper is releasing a new album, Am I the Drama? in 2025.
Cardi B took to X to announce the box set of her new album on July 1, explaining that they will arrive with signatures from her, and can be ordered from her website. However, the most exciting part of the Am I the Drama? announcement is in the video, which references an iconic 62-year-old horror movie by one of the genre’s greatest filmmakers.
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One of the singers and rappers in the Fast & Furious movies, Cardi B has also worked in the film industry. It is fitting that one of the best female rappers of all time would reference Sir Alfred Hitchcock in an announcement video, known for directing some of the most influential horror movies of all time.
Cardi B’s Album Announcement References Hitchcock’s The Birds
It Is One Of The Director’s Best Movies
Cardi B’s announcement video pays tribute to Hitchcock’s cult movie The Birds, which was released in 1963. Not only has it terrified generations of horror movie fans for its uniquely memorable presentation of crows as dangerous creatures, but it also continues to inspire filmmakers and other artists, 62 years after its release, as Cardi B’s video proves.
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While netizens have been quick to point out that the CGI looks cheap and rushed, the video, while cryptic, effectively communicates the mood to expect from the upcoming album. Cardi B can be seen fleeing from crows that terrifyingly crash into her building and car, only to eventually comfortably lie on her car’s hood while they fly above her.
It’s an iconic horror film, and fans will immediately recognize the tribute.
Cardi B is known for referencing movies and anime in her music videos from time to time, and one wonders if her tribute to The Birds is hinting at a song that tells a story similar to the film. It’s an iconic horror film, and fans will immediately recognize the tribute, which inspires both intrigue and anticipation for Am I the Drama?
Our Take on Cardi B’s Announcement Video
She Is Reinventing Herself
The master of suspense directed many a compelling thriller throughout his career, but few have as much of a cult status as The Birds. While there are other films of his that have more dedicated fandoms, The Birds remains almost exclusively a cult film that has nonetheless inspired many great horror and thriller films over the years.
The announcement video, however, ends with a twist where Cardi B is seen comfortably posing while the crows continue flying around her. The crows may represent the constant criticism she faces as a public figure and a controversial rapper, or inner demons, but the ending suggests the album might be about her accepting and being comfortable with them.
Cardi B‘s 2016 single with Bruno Mars, “Finesse,” has a music video that rips off the Jim Carrey show In Living Color. More recently, she paid tribute to the Sailor Moon character Usagi Tsukino at the Fat Tuesday Super Bowl event. So, it remains to be seen if she’ll pay further tribute to The Birds with songs on the new album.
