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New Cardi B Album Announcement Pays Tribute To Iconic 62-Year-Old Horror Movie

Published 1 week ago3 minute read

Rap artist , the highest-certified female rapper in the USA, has released the long-anticipated announcement video for her sophomore studio album! Aftera 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, by one of the genre's greatest filmmakers.

One of the singers and rappers in the Fast & Furious movies, 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.

Poster of 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.

Songs like WAP and Up, both of which were number-one singles in the U.S., have earned Cardi B the title of being the female rapper with the most number-one singles.

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. , 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?

Album cover for Cardi B's Am I The Drama?

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, over the years.

Split image of Melanie being attacked & the birds covering the land in The Birds.

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Alfred Hitchcock's acclaimed natural thriller The Birds may have some dated effects, but the story, characters, and genre thrills still hold up today.

The announcement video, however, ends with a twist where Cardi B is seen comfortably posing while the crows continue flying around her. , or inner demons, but the ending suggests the album might be about her accepting and being comfortable with them.

'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 with songs on the new album.

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The Birds

March 29, 1963

The Birds, released in 1963, is a suspenseful thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film follows a series of unexplained and deadly bird attacks on the residents of a seaside town, as the townspeople struggle to survive in the face of this terrifying avian threat.

Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Ruth McDevitt, Lonny Chapman, Joe Mantell, Doodles Weaver, Malcolm Atterbury, John McGovern, Karl Swenson, Richard Deacon, Elizabeth Wilson, Bill Quinn, Doreen Lang, Alfred Hitchcock, Morgan Brittany, Darlene Conley, Betsy Hale, Dal McKennon, Mike Monteleone, Renn Reed

120 minutes

Alfred Hitchcock

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