Lizzo, Cardi B flaunt gold-dipped sexuality in raunchy ‘Rumors’ collab
Think “WAP” wasn’t salacious enough?
The rumors are true: After releasing a teaser last week, Lizzo and Cardi B finally dropped their highly anticipated “Rumors” song collaboration, accompanied by a music video depicting the rapping duo twerking on a faux Mount Olympus while decked out in gold-plated finery. The raunchy vid currently boasts over 1.8 million views (and counting) since it dropped late at midnight Friday morning.
The 3-minute clip features the plus-sized 33-year-old flutist and the 28-year-old “WAP” singer strutting about the halls of a palatial Greek set while addressing rumors about them that have swirled around the pop culture sphere.
“All the rumors are true, yeah / What you heard that’s true, yeah / I f–k him and you, yeah,” raps Lizzo — real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson — while sporting a gilded dress and claw-like manicure. Later on, the three-time Grammy winner spits out, “No, I ain’t f—ked Drake yet,” in reference to speculations that she hooked up with the hip-hop icon.
The body positivity icon also addresses haters who tried to fat-shame her for celebrating her ample figure, rapping: “If you thought that I was ratchet with a– hanging out/Just wait until the summer when they let me out the house!”
The clip later cuts to a baby-bump-sporting Cardi B — who is currently pregnant with her second child with her husband Offset — as she sits atop a penis-inspired throne too ostentatious for even Caligula. During her scintillating verse, the “Hustlers” star pokes fun at the backlash she and collaborator Megan Thee Stallion received following their raunchy performance of “WAP” during the 2021 Grammy Awards.
“Last time I got freaky the FCC sued me,” Cardi boasts, referencing the 1,000 plus complaints the FCC received after the show.
The real scene-stealers in “Rumors,” though, are the background effects, which include voluptuous life-sized sculptures, twerking vase paintings and murals that spring to life, and pantomiming people whispering secrets.
The video is blowing up online, with many comparing it to Disney’s 1997 animated feature “Hercules” — particularly the character of The Muses, a k a The Gospel Truth.
“Lizzo really channeling ‘The Gospel Truth’ from Disney’s Hercules in Rumors and I’m gagging! Face screaming in fear #Rumors,” wrote one fan, echoing countless others who referenced the Disney flick.
“You better let them know black people made rock n roll!!!!!!” exclaimed another fan.
