Cardi B Turns Herself Into Overweight Meme To Promote New Song

The gag moved quickly, drawing nearly 700,000 views, 20,700 likes and 1,400 reposts before the screenshots were captured.

“AH HA” arrived Friday, July 31, as Cardi’s first solo release of 2026 and her first since Am I the Drama? The DJ SwanQo production brings back the producer behind “Up” while Cardi targets critics, weak men and President Donald Trump. Pitchfork described the record as a classic Cardi cut built around money talk, jokes and blunt insults.

Cardi began the campaign with another playful order: “AH HA out THIS FRIDAY at midnight… meet me at the club.”

After release, she widened the assignment by writing, “Go run it up in the clubs… the weddings.. the funerals!!!” Early reviews have focused on the sticky hook, Cardi’s humor and SwanQo’s upbeat production rather than any major change in her formula.

Sunday’s U.S. iTunes chart placed “AH HA” at No. 2 overall and No. 1 among Hip-Hop and rap songs. Worldwide iTunes data showed the song peaking at No. 10 before settling at No. 42 on August 2. The first full Spotify day produced 923,322 streams, while Cardi’s official lyric video passed 550,000 YouTube views within two days.

The animated lyric visual also features a Dominican flag bikini, making her AI joke feel like an oversized remix of the campaign artwork. The release follows Cardi’s sold-out Little Miss Drama Tour, which moved more than 450,000 tickets across North America this year. An earlier beach teaser collected more than 81.6 million views, giving “AH HA” a major runway before streaming services carried it.

AllHipHop previously reported that Cardi promoted the song for clubs, weddings and funerals while pairing its humor with political shots.

Cardi B will next perform at the iHeartRadio Music Festival on Friday, September 18, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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