Hot Girl Summer is not over yet! Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion have released a vacation-themed music video for their new joint single Bongos, the follow-up to their massive, 2020 collaboration WAP.
The Latin-infused beats of Bongos are met with colorful visuals of both Cardi and Megan relaxing by the beach in over-the-top accessories and custom outfits. The pair take turns sharply spitting catchy verses over a twerk-worthy bassline and jointly rap through the chorus: Ima throw it back like its Thursday / I got cake, Im lit, its my birthday.
The song is Megans first release since her 2022 sophomore effort Traumazine, which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and boasted radio hits Sweetest Pie with Dua Lipa and Pressurelicious featuring Future.
Megan announced she would be taking a step back from music after having gone through an intensely publicized trial in connection to an incident in 2020, where she was shot in the foot by rapper Tory Lanez, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the altercation.
During an interview with DJ Whoo Kid, Cardi said it made her feel good that [Megan] trusts me and added that they both put in our sweat and everything to produce the song to their liking. We worked so hard on the music video. Youre gonna see thats thought put into that, she said.
Cardi also teased fans by saying the rainbow-colored hair and barley-there outfits they wore in the cover art for the single were intentionally picked to throw people off because the [single] cover [art] gives off like a WAP vibe, but its not, she explained.
Cardi Bs last full-length album wasInvasion of Privacy, a 2018 release, but in a recent interview withVogue Mexico, Cardi said she was going to start releasing solo music after having notched such successful collaborations as WAP.
Im going to put out my next solo single, she said, adding that she was working on the cover art and ideas for the next record because itsdefinitely coming up.
Watch the Bongos video here: