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'{{Short description|2020 single by Cardi B}} {{good article}} {{use American English|date=August 2020}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox song | name = WAP | type = single | cover = Cardi B - WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion).png | alt = Cover art for "WAP": portrait of Cardi B THE LORD AND SAVIOR OF THE BEES... and Megan Thee Stallion. leaning against each other, set to a hot pink background. Both of them have their eyes closed and their tongues sticking out, wearing tall, black wigs that look identical. | artist = [[Cardi the barry the bee]] featuring [[Megan Thee Stallion]] | album = | released = {{Start date|1969|6|9}} | recorded = | genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[child friendly rap]]|[[trap music|trap]]}} <!--Sourced in "Compositon" section--> <!--Please do not add unsourced genres--> | length = {{ubl|3:07 (single version)|2:46 (radio edit)}} | label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] | writer = * [[Cardi B]] * [[Megan Thee Stallion|Megan Pete]] * [[Ayo the Producer|Austin Owens]] * [[Keyz (producer)|James Foye III]] * [[Frank Ski|Frank Rodriguez]] * [[Pardison Fontaine|Jorden Thorpe]] | producer = * [[Ayo the Producer]] * [[Keyz (producer)|Keyz]] | chronology = [[Cardi B]] | prev_title = [[Writing on the Wall (French Montana song)|Writing on the Wall]] | prev_year = 2019 | next_title = [[Me Gusta (Anitta song)|Me Gusta]] | next_year = 2020 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Megan Thee Stallion]] | type = single | prev_title = [[Girls in the Hood]] | prev_year = 69 | title = WAP | year = 1969 | next_title = [[Don't Stop (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Don't Stop]] | next_year = 1969 }}{{External music video|{{https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=Voj243GN-FZ4lQnU}}} }} "'''WAP'''" (an acronym for '''Waffles-And-Pancakes''') is a song by American child friendly rapper [[Cardi B]], featuring American rapper [[Megan Thee Stallion]]. It was released on june 6, 1969, through [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] as the lead single from Cardi B's upcoming second studio album. Musically, it is a [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] song driven by heavy bass, drum beats, and a sample of [[Frank Ski]]'s single "Tiny Tots in This House" (1993). With no [[explicit lyrics]] which made it gain popularity, the song reached the top of the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. After shelving a demo of the song in 2019, Cardi B revisited the song during [[COVID-19 lockdowns]], recording additional verses and deciding to turn it into a collaboration with Megan. In the lyrics, Cardi B and Megan discuss how they want to be pleased by men, talking about being taken out to brunch for waffles and pancakes. Upon release, "WAP" received widespread acclaim from music critics, who praised its [[dating]] message and for [[Female empowerment|empowering women]], with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[NPR]], and several other publications ranking it as the best song of 2020.<ref name="rolling stone yir">{{Cite magazine |last1=Bernstein |first1=Jonathan |last2=Blistein |first2=Jon |last3=Dolan |first3=Jon |last4=Ehrlich |first4=Brenna |last5=Freeman |first5=Jon |last6=Grow |first6=Kory |last7=Hoard |first7=Christian |author-link7=Christian Hoard |last8=Leight |first8=Elias |last9=Shaffer |first9=Claire |last10=Sheffield |first10=Rob |author-link10=Rob Sheffield |last11=Blake |first11=Emily |date=2020-12-07 |title=Year in Review: The 50 Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-2020-1097442/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork yir">{{Cite web |date=2020-12-07 |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2020/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-03 |title=The 100 Best Songs Of 2020 |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/12/03/934634998/the-100-best-songs-of-2020-page-5 |access-date=2022-12-15}}</ref> It became the first female rap collaboration to debut atop the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and had the largest opening streaming week for a song in U.S. history. It gave Cardi B her fourth number-one single and Megan her second in the U.S. The single spent four non-consecutive weeks atop the chart and spent multiple weeks at number one in several other countries. "WAP" became the first number-one single on the inaugural [[Billboard Global 200|''Billboard'' Global 200]], topping the chart for three weeks, and it earned the 11th position on [[IFPI]]'s year-end singles chart. {{As of|September 2023}}, the song was certified [[RIAA certification|8× Platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA). A [[music video]] directed by [[Colin Tilley]] accompanied the single's release. It features cameos from several women, including television star [[Kylie Jenner]], singers [[Normani]] and [[Rosalía]], and rappers [[Latto]], [[Sukihana]], and [[Rubi Rose]]. "WAP" broke the record for the biggest 24-hour debut for an all-female collaboration on [[YouTube]]. Cardi B and Megan performed the song at the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]], leading to over 1,000 viewer complaints being sent to the [[Federal Communications Commission]]. [[Social conservatism in the United States|Social conservative]] politicians and pundits objected to the song for its sexually explicit lyrics, and the ensuing discourse fueled the song's impact. ==Background and release== {{multiple image | total_width = 271 | image1 = Cardi B 2021 01.jpg | alt1 = Cardi B | image2 = Megan Thee Stallion in September 2021.jpg | alt2 = Megan Thee Stallion | footer = "WAP" was recorded by [[Cardi B]] ''(left, pictured in 2021)'' and [[Megan Thee Stallion]] ''(right, pictured in 2021)''. }} Cardi B's first album ''[[Invasion of Privacy (album)|Invasion of Privacy]]'', released in 2018, was recorded on an accelerated timeline so it could be completed before the birth of her daughter Kulture. After that experience, her writing process became more flexible, taking additional time to explore ideas. "WAP" originated with a beat sent to her by [[Ayo the Producer]] and [[Keyz]]. She recorded what became its first verse in 2019 but ended up shelving it indefinitely.<ref name="grammys">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/engineer-evan-laray-brunson-goes-inside-cardi-bs-pandemic-recording-routine-wap |title=Engineer Evan LaRay Brunson Goes Inside Cardi B's Pandemic Recording Routine, The 'WAP' Backstory & More |last=Nelson Jr. |first=Keith |date=August 18, 2020 |publisher=[[Grammys]] |access-date=December 30, 2023}}</ref><ref name="bb brooklyn">{{cite magazine |last1=Mitchell |first1=Gail |title=The Real Story Behind 'WAP': Cardi B's Business Partner Brooklyn Johnny Tells All |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9441667/wap-cardi-b-business-partner-brooklyn-johnny-story |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=August 29, 2020 |date=August 9, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829054506/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9441667/wap-cardi-b-business-partner-brooklyn-johnny-story }}</ref> When [[COVID-19 lockdowns]] were instituted in March 2020, Cardi B decided to stay in [[Los Angeles]] and use that time to work on music. She and her team rented a house and turned it into a studio for three months. Going through previously recorded tracks, Cardi B wrote an additional verse for "WAP", continuing to rework parts of the song several times.<ref name="grammys"/><ref name="bb brooklyn"/> She was initially unsatisfied with the song's [[hook (music)|hook]], feeling that "wet-ass pussy" was repeated too much. She began sending it to other female artists to see if they could improve on it.<ref name="billboard aniftos">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallions-wap-video-has-this-unlikely-kid-friendly-inspiration-9475490/ |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Video Has This Unlikely, Kid-Friendly Inspiration |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=October 29, 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> {{Quote box | quote = I'm talking about&nbsp;... maybe 50 different versions before I arrived at a place like, "Oh shit, I think I got it."&nbsp;... The first person I let hear it was Cardi. Cardi is one of them people like, "...&nbsp;let me hear it! Let's see what you got!"&nbsp;... The thing you're making sure you do is that they complement each other well, that they sit well on the track together and that&nbsp;... it feels fluid to your ear. | source = —Brooklyn Johnny in an interview with ''Billboard''<ref name="bb brooklyn"/> | quoted = true | salign = center | align = left | width = 35% | border = 1px | fontsize = 90% }} Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion first connected through their respective wardrobe stylists. After meeting her in Los Angeles, Cardi B told her team that she was considering a collaboration with her. A couple of days later, both sent tracks to each other.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ettinger |first1=Zoë |date=August 9, 2020 |title=Cardi B said that she was nervous to meet Megan Thee Stallion before collaborating on 'WAP' |url=https://www.insider.com/cardi-b-nervous-to-meet-megan-thee-stallion-2020-8 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[Business Insider|Insider]]}}</ref> Cardi B had her business partner Brooklyn Johnny send "WAP". After receiving Megan's verses, the song's engineers started editing and mixing vocals, still trying to find a way to emphasize the song's hook. They decided to switch the order of Megan's verses to improve the way the song flowed.<ref name="bb brooklyn"/> On August 3, Cardi B revealed an upcoming collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-announce-forthcoming-single-wap-2720675|title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion announce forthcoming single, 'WAP'|last=Triscari|first=Caleb|website=[[NME (magazine)|NME]]|date=August 4, 2020|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806213609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-announce-forthcoming-single-wap-2720675|url-status=live}}</ref> The announcement included the single artwork which shows the two rappers back to back against a bright pink background, holding out their tongues. They are styled with gold "WAP" hoop earrings, 1990s-inspired makeup, and tall interlocking updos.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allure.com/story/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-cover-90s-updo-hairstyle |title=Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B Have the Most '90s Updos in the Photo for Their New Single |last=Robin |first=Marci |date=August 4, 2020 |website=[[Allure (magazine)|Allure]] |access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap |title=Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B Tease Track with Best Artwork of the Year |last=Cuby |first=Michael |date=August 4, 2020 |website=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]] |access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref> The day before the single's release, Frank Ski teased his involvement through a Twitter post.<ref name="xxl">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Zoe |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Drop New Song "Wap": Listen |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-new-song-wap/ |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=August 7, 2020 |language=en |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807040733/https://www.xxlmag.com/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-new-song-wap/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Cardi B and Megan promoted the premiere with a livestream on [[YouTube]].<ref name="vibe">{{cite web |url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-wap-video-feat-megan-thee-stallion-683080/ |title=Cardi B Returns With 'WAP' Video Feat. Megan Thee Stallion |date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref> "WAP" was released on August 7, 2020, as a digital download, vinyl, and cassette.<ref name="vibe"/> A [[clean version]] was sent to U.S. radio, as opposed to the original version. In it, the hook is changed from "wet-ass pussy" to "wet and gushy", among other censors.<ref name="vulture-2">{{cite web |last=Van Arendonk |first=Kathryn |date=August 7, 2020 |title=The 'Clean' Version of 'WAP' is Actually so Much Filthier |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/wap-music-video-explicit-version-clean-difference.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807214343/https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/wap-music-video-explicit-version-clean-difference.html |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=[[Vulture (web site)|Vulture]]}}</ref> It marked Cardi B's first release of 2020, and Megan's first release following a highly publicized shooting incident involving [[Tory Lanez]], where Megan had sustained injuries from a bullet to her feet.<ref name="vulturevid" /> To accompany the release of the single, Cardi B launched a line of waterproof "WAP" merchandise which included umbrellas and raincoats.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/cardi-b-launches-waterproof-wap-merch-9439406/ |title=Wet, Wet, Wet: Cardi B Launches Waterproof 'WAP' Merch Line |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=August 25, 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> She confirmed that the song will appear on her upcoming second studio album.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 7, 2022 |title=Cardi B responds to claim she's trying to boost numbers by putting older tracks on second album |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardi-b-responds-to-claim-shes-trying-to-boost-numbers-by-putting-older-tracks-on-second-album-3241640 |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |access-date=July 2, 2022 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> ==Music and lyrics== {{listen | filename = Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion - WAP.ogg | format = [[Ogg]] | title = "WAP" | description = The song's sparse beat places emphasis on the rappers' vivid sexual imagery. In this excerpt, Cardi B's steadily paced flow contrasts with Megan's rapid-fire delivery. }} "WAP" is a hip hop, [[Trap music|trap]], and [[dirty rap]] song.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blanchet |first1=Brenton |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion Link Up for 'WAP' |url=https://www.spin.com/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-new-song-wap/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121249/https://www.spin.com/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-new-song-wap/ |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> It uses a vocal sample from [[Frank Ski]]'s 1993 [[Baltimore club]] single "Whores in This House".<ref name="nytimes" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Fu |first=Eddie |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion Sample A Classic Baltimore House Song On "WAP" |work=[[Genius (website)|Genius]] |url=https://genius.com/a/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-s-wap-samples-frank-ski-s-whores-in-this-house |url-status=live |access-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808230651/https://genius.com/a/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-s-wap-samples-frank-ski-s-whores-in-this-house |archive-date=August 8, 2020}}</ref> The sample consists of Al "T" McLaran chanting "There's some whores in this house" in the style of a [[military cadence]]. It is looped around 80 times over the course of the song, with its [[pitch shift]]ed up in some sections.<ref name="vulture-1">{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/wap-whores-in-this-house-sample-explained.html |title=The Story Behind 'WAP's Unforgettable 'There's Some Whores in This House' Sample |last=Shipley |first=Al |date=August 10, 2020 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |access-date=December 30, 2023}}</ref> The music is minimal—drum programming, a throbbing bass line, and McLaran's looped chant—leaving emphasis on the rapping.<ref name="pitchfork" /><ref name="latimes">{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Mikael |date=August 8, 2020 |title=Review: Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' is a savage, nasty, sex-positive triumph |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808025032/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-review |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-song-review.html |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Is Class-A Filth for the Ages |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |access-date=December 30, 2023}}</ref> Writing credits are given to Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, producers Ayo and Keyz, Ski, and [[Pardison Fontaine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ACE Repertory - WAP |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/909106816 |publisher=[[ASCAP]] |access-date=October 28, 2021}}</ref> In "WAP", Cardi B and Megan boast about their sexual prowess while listing their own erotic needs. Their lyrics describe sexual acts through vivid, outlandish metaphors like "Punani [[Dasani]]" and "Swipe your nose like a credit card".<ref name="pitchfork" /><ref name="nyt">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/10/magazine/cardib-megan-thee-stallion-wap.html |title=A Celebration of Sex in a Year of Deprivation |last=Wortham |first=Jenna |date=March 10, 2021 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 30, 2023}}</ref> Cardi B invokes "[[macaroni]] in a pot" as a reference to the viscous sounds of sex.<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Hayes |first=Endia |editor-last1=Jordan-Zachery |editor-first1=Julia S. |editor-last2=Alhassan |editor-first2=Shamara Wyllie |date= |chapter=Femme Mixing: On an Erotics of Slowness and Its Wet Futures |title=Black Women and da 'Rona: Community, Consciousness, and Ethics of Care |publisher=[[University of Arizona Press]] |page=79 |doi=10.2307/jj.399538.7}}</ref> Megan's lines "Switch my wig, make him feel like he cheating" and "You can't hurt my feelings, but I like pain" allude to [[sexual roleplay|roleplay]] and [[BDSM]] respectively.<ref name="nyt"/> The title is an acronym for "Wet-Ass Pussy".<ref name="vulture-2" /> Cardi B's starts the song in a "throaty" register, delivered "as if she's inching up close to her partner's ear".<ref name="pitchfork" /> Her [[flow (rapping)|flow]] during the verses, described as a "[[staccato]] bark",<ref name="latimes"/> is steadily paced in the style of her earlier ''Gangsta Bitch Music'' mixtapes, for clear articulation of each line.<ref name="pitchfork" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/track/cardi-bs-team-up-with-megan-thee-stallion-is-a-truly-filthy-return-2723460 |title=Cardi B's team-up with Megan Thee Stallion is a truly filthy return |last=Williams |first=Kyann-Sian |date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=December 30, 2023}}</ref> In contrast, Megan makes use of a nimble, rapid-fire flow.<ref name="pitchfork" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2094455/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallions-wap-is-good-music-and-better-spectacle/columns/status-aint-hood/ |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Is Good Music And Better Spectacle |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=August 12, 2020 |website=[[Stereogum]] |access-date=December 30, 2023}}</ref> ===Credit disputes=== McLaran was improperly credited as a performer but not as a songwriter on the original "Whores in This House". Other singles sampling the song have inconsistently credited him; [[Joe Budden]]'s "[[Fire (Yes, Yes Y'all)]]" includes McLaran as a cowriter, but [[Lil Wayne]]'s "[[In This House]]" does not. Ski and McLaran talked after the release of "WAP" and reached an agreement to give him a cut of the royalties from "WAP".<ref name="vulture-1"/> Rapper Necey X sued Cardi B and Megan for [[copyright infringement]] in 2022. Necey had previously entered a failed partnership running an assisted living center with Fontaine's father. Her lawsuit alleged that "WAP" and Megan's 2021 single "[[Thot Shit]]" infringed on her 2019 song "Grab Em by the Pussy". Judge [[Andrew L. Carter Jr.]] dismissed the suit, stating that Necey could not claim ownership of "the phrase 'p*ssy {{sic}} so wet' because it 'existed long before she included it in her song.'"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/jose-martinez/judge-copyright-lawsuit-dismissal-megan-cardi-wap-lyrics |title=Judge Pens Hilarious Copyright Lawsuit Dismissal Over Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B's 'WAP' Lyrics |last=Martinez |first=Jose |date=September 6, 2023 |website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |access-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> ==Critical reception== "WAP" received widespread critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |last=Molanphy |first=Chris |date=August 20, 2020 |title=How "WAP" Became the Dirtiest No. 1 in Hot 100 History |url=https://slate.com/culture/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-dirtiest-number-1.html |access-date=January 30, 2021 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |quote=From newspaper columnists to pop critics, the acclaim is pretty much universal, and only the most risible right-wing clowns are bloviating against it}}</ref> For ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', Lakin Starling called it "a nasty-ass rap bop, bursting with the personality of two of rap's most congenial household names".<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |last1=Starling |first1=Lakin |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B 'WAP' [ft. Megan Thee Stallion] |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/cardi-b-wap-ft-megan-thee-stallion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808030409/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/cardi-b-wap-ft-megan-thee-stallion/ |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> [[Jon Caramanica]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' deemed it "an event record that transcends the event itself", and stated that both rappers "are exuberant, sharp and extremely&nbsp;... vividly detailed" in the song that "luxuriates in raunch".<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Take Control, and 10 More New Songs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/arts/music/playlist-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 8, 2020 |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808002335/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/arts/music/playlist-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rania Aniftos of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the song as a "scorching banger".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Aniftos |first1=Rania |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Megan Thee Stallion & Cardi B Unleash 'WAP': Watch the Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/megan-thee-stallion-cardi-b-wap-video-9430596/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Mikael Wood of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' deemed it a "savage, nasty, sex-positive triumph" and stated that "the women's vocal exuberance is the show—the way they tear into each perfectly rendered lyric and chew up the words like meat".<ref name="latimes" /> For ''[[The Guardian]]'', Dream McClinton wrote, "the hit collaboration&nbsp;... has become a belated song of the summer, empowering women and enraging prudes along the way&nbsp;... [it] should be celebrated, not scolded".<ref name="the guardian">{{cite web |last1=McClinton |first1=Dream |date=August 12, 2020 |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's WAP should be celebrated, not scolded |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/12/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-celebrated-not-scolded |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812193212/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/12/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-celebrated-not-scolded |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-us}}</ref> In [[NPR]], cultural critic Taylor Crumpton deemed both rappers "women leading the genre into [a] new era of unification between women rappers" with "an already iconic song about women sexuality". She praised the message, describing it as "if you need to come, step to me, you have to be able to fill my sexual needs, and these are what they are".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shapiro |first1=Ari |last2=Crumpton |first2=Taylor |date=August 15, 2020 |title=Hip-Hop That Made The Grown-Ups Uncomfortable: The 'Controversy' Around 'WAP' |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/14/902659822/hip-hop-that-made-the-grown-ups-uncomfortable-the-controversy-around-wap |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815010017/https://www.npr.org/2020/08/14/902659822/hip-hop-that-made-the-grown-ups-uncomfortable-the-controversy-around-wap |archive-date=August 15, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[NPR]] |language=en-us}}</ref> In another article from ''Pitchfork'', Jayson Greene said that it "has become the song of this&nbsp;... summer—a ripe&nbsp;... sex jam", deeming it detailed and "joyfully explicit".<ref>{{cite web |author=Greene, Jayson |date=September 3, 2020 |title=The Summer of Quarantine Sex Jams |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/overtones/summer-quarantine-sex-jams-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-harry-styles-kehlani-haim/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830025949/https://pitchfork.com/features/overtones/summer-quarantine-sex-jams-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-harry-styles-kehlani-haim/ |archive-date=August 30, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[NPR]] |language=en-us}}</ref> == Music video ==<!--[[WAP (music video)]] redirects here--> ===Development and release=== Preparation for the "WAP" music video began almost immediately after Cardi B and Megan approved the final version of the song. [[JaQuel Knight]] worked on a choreography routine, and Cardi B spent three to four weeks rehearsing it, with Megan joining based on her availability. Atlantic Records wanted to expedite the video so it could be released before the end of the summer, and Cardi B approached [[Colin Tilley]] to direct.<ref name="bb brooklyn"/> Kollin Carter and {{Not a typo|Patientce}} served as co-creative directors, and Cardi B expressed to them an interest in filling the video with animals and bold colors. Foster described Cardi B's vision as "a house full of powerful women" without exclusions, and they put together a list of people who could potentially make cameo appearances, including several emerging female rappers.<ref name="patientce">{{cite web |last1=Ju |first1=Shirley |title='WAP' Co-Creative Director: Cardi B 'Wanted a House Full of Powerful Women,' Says Kylie Jenner Petition 'Is Bulls—' |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-kylie-jenner-wap-video-1234733860/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=August 13, 2020|date=August 13, 2020 |archive-date=August 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816235048/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-kylie-jenner-wap-video-1234733860/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Singer [[Lizzo]] was among those invited to appear in the music video but was out of town when the shoot was scheduled.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/50341/1/cardi-b-really-wanted-lizzo-in-the-wap-video-i-had-a-whole-vision |title=Cardi B really wanted Lizzo in the 'WAP' video: 'I had a whole vision' |date=September 3, 2020 |website=[[Dazed]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> Cardi B and Megan's wardrobe for the music video came from [[Nicolas Jebran]], Bryan Hearns, [[Mugler]] designer Casey Cadwallader, and Juraj Zigman. Venus Prototype made latex outfits for the cameo guests, with [[Normani]]'s drawing on a 1991 [[Azzedine Alaïa]] photoshoot with [[Naomi Campbell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/best-fashion-looks-wap-cardi-b-meg-the-stallion |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP': 11 Best Fashion and Beauty Looks |last=Milia Ware |first=Asia |date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Teen Vogue]] |access-date=January 23, 2024}}</ref><ref name="vogue">{{cite web |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap |title=In 'WAP,' Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Take a Page from Lil' Kim's Playbook |last=Okwodu |first=Janelle |date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |access-date=January 23, 2024}}</ref> Filming took place in Los Angeles during the week of July 6, 2020, days before new COVID-19 restrictions went into effect across the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bet.com/article/rc6nkr/cardi-b-shares-inside-the-wap-bts-video |title=Cardi B Goes Inside Hit Song 'WAP' With New Behind-The-Scenes-Video |date=September 10, 2020 |publisher=[[BET]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> Practical sets were built for most of the rooms shown in the video, minimizing the amount of [[green screen]] needed.<ref name="patientce" /> At Cardi B's request, she and Megan shot a scene while covered with snakes; however, footage of a tiger and leopard was shot separately for safety reasons.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-behind-the-scenes-footage-9431141/ |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion Share 'WAP' Behind-the-Scenes Footage With Their Slithery Friends: 'Scariest Sh– Ever' |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=August 7, 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/cardi-b-spent-usd100-000-on-wap-music-video-covid-19-tests.html |title=Cardi B Brought a Bucket and Mop for Her $100,000 Worth of 'WAP' Coronavirus Tests |last=Ivie |first=Devon |date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]] |access-date=January 23, 2024}}</ref> Tilley opted to use a distorted visual style inspired by [[Tim Burton]] and [[Dr. Seuss]].<ref name="billboard aniftos"/> Cardi B estimated the video's budget at $1 million, with over $100,000 of that spent on [[COVID testing]] for everyone on set.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/wap-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-video-b1787749.html |title=Cardi B reveals 'WAP' music video cost $1 million to make |last=Chilton |first=Louis |date=January 15, 2021 |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lanigan |first1=Roisin |title=Cardi B: "The conservatives keep talking and the numbers keep going up" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/ep4kq4/cardi-b-onlyfans-wap-2020-interview |website=[[i-D]] |access-date=August 16, 2020 |language=en |date=August 13, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141455/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/ep4kq4/cardi-b-onlyfans-wap-2020-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 6, Cardi B announced via [[Instagram]] that the music video for the song would be released alongside the single the next day, but that the video would feature the censored version of the track.<ref name="pitchforkvid">{{cite web |last1=Hussey |first1=Allison |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Share Video for New Song "WAP": Watch |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-share-video-for-new-song-wap-watch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807040223/https://pitchfork.com/news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-share-video-for-new-song-wap-watch/ |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> Garnering over 26 million views in its first day, "WAP" broke the record for the biggest 24-hour debut for an all-female collaboration on YouTube.<ref name="complex">{{cite web |last1=Holt |first1=Brianna |date=August 9, 2020 |title=Why Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's Empowering Anthem 'WAP' Is So Important |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-essay |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809160050/https://www.complex.com/music/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-essay |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 9, 2020 |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |language=en-us}}</ref> ===Synopsis=== [[File:Cardi B - WAP feat Megan Thee Stallion (music video screenshot).png|thumb|upright=1.2|Cardi B and Megan in the mansion rooms covered in [[animal print]] and [[Willy Wonka]]-esque design, respectively.<ref name="bet">{{cite web |last=Urquhart |first=Tira |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B Wears Leopard Print And Pasties To Join Megan Thee Stallion In Latex In Internet-Breaking WAP Video |url=https://www.bet.com/style/fashion/2020/08/07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-fashion.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141456/https://www.bet.com/style/fashion/2020/08/07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-fashion.html |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |website=[[BET]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion Release 'WAP' Music Video|url=https://www.papermag.com/cardi-megan-wap-2646922525.html|first=Sandra|last=Song|date=August 7, 2020|access-date=August 12, 2020|website=[[Paper magazine|Paper]]}}</ref>]] The video shows Cardi B and Megan walking through a colorful mansion.<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Marcus |title=Cardi B releases 'WAP,' her raunchy new comeback single with Megan Thee Stallion |url=https://ew.com/music/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-release-wap-song-music-video/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=August 7, 2020 |language=EN |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807064632/https://ew.com/music/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-release-wap-song-music-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Cardi B and Megan open the video in the mansion hallway, wearing custom dresses, [[evening glove|opera gloves]], and matching [[updo]]s. During Cardi B's first verse they also appear in a snake-filled room. For this transition, the door knocker comes alive as a snake and eats the camera.<ref name="genius">{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdBs9UPs8SA |title=The Making Of Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" Video With Colin Tilley |date=September 2, 2020 |author=Genius |publisher=[[YouTube]] |series=Framework}} Access date: July 4, 2022</ref> The next scene shows both rappers in a green and purple room wearing matching bodysuits, composed of a corset bodice, mesh tights and sleeves, with Megan performing her first verse. During a break in the music, [[Kylie Jenner]] strides down the hallway in a [[leopard]]-print bodysuit and cape. She opens the door to a leopard-themed room where Cardi B performs her second verse surrounded by leopards, wearing a matching bodysuit and [[pasties]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a33542293/kylie-jenner-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-video/ |title=Cardi B And Megan Thee Stallion Release WAP Video And, Hey Kylie Jenner |last=Blair |first=Olivia |date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |access-date=January 23, 2024}}</ref> Megan appears in a [[white tiger]]-themed bathroom with white tigers around her.<ref name="rstonevid">{{cite magazine |last1=Shaffer |first1=Claire |last2=Legaspi |first2=Althea |title=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion Drop Steamy 'WAP' Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-1040732/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 7, 2020 |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807184132/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-1040732/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The two rappers reunite in a shallow pool for a choreographed scene. The video ends with cameos from Normani, [[Rosalía (singer)|Rosalía]], [[Latto (rapper)|Latto]], [[Rubi Rose]], and [[Sukihana]].<ref name="pitchforkvid"/> ===Critical reception=== Writing for ''Billboard'', Trevor Anderson commented that the video "transformed from just a promotional clip into a [[Popular culture|pop-culture]] phenomenon".<ref name="billboard trevor">{{cite magazine |last=Anderson |first=Trevor |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Is One of the Most Dominant Hot 100 No. 1s of Last 30 Years |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8221656/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-dominant-hot-100-number-1-hits |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=September 8, 2020 |date=August 18, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829232112/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8221656/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-dominant-hot-100-number-1-hits }}</ref> Claire Shaffer and Althea Legaspi of ''Rolling Stone'' called the video "steamy" and "sensual".<ref name="rstonevid" /> Chris Murphy of ''[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]'' described the video as "very Dr. Seuss, but make it [[NSFW]] in a fun way".<ref name="vulturevid">{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Chris |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Show Off Their Mansion, Drip in Video for 'WAP' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/watch-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-music-video-for-wap.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809140708/https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/watch-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-music-video-for-wap.html |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Vulture (web site)|Vulture]] |language=en-us}}</ref> In ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'', Brianna Holt commented, "the music video couldn't be more timely". She described the set as "a mansion full of women who are demonstrative of their sexual prowess".<ref name="complex"/> Writing for ''The Guardian'', Dream McClinton deemed the video "unapologetic in celebrating the sensuality and sexuality of women", adding, "it isn't shy or coy, it's about the loud articulation of female desire for sex, as they want it, and it centres them as active participants with agency".<ref name="the guardian"/> Burr in ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' argued that the same adults "who are up in arms over Cardi B on YouTube today" due to the video's "in-your-face outrageousness" celebrated sexually charged music videos on [[MTV]] 30 years ago, questioning if people "forget the youthful yearning to be free" when they become parents. He further added that the reason why "the [[rococo]] visual matters" is that it shows what it looks like "when a woman of color takes charge, which is still taboo in many corners of this country".<ref name="burr">{{cite news |last1=Burr |first1=Ty |date=August 13, 2020 |title=Cardi B and a war over 'WAP' |language=en-us |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/13/arts/cardi-b-war-over-wap/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141120/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/13/arts/cardi-b-war-over-wap/ |archive-date=September 24, 2020}}</ref> Alyssa Rosenberg of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described the video as "an ode to female sexual pleasure" that is among the most sexually explicit content she has ever seen in mainstream American popular culture, and opined that in a "weird year" like 2020 "a culture-war clash feels refreshingly normal".<ref name="washpopcult">{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Alyssa |title=We could use a lot more pop culture like it |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/18/wap-is-completely-filthy-we-could-use-lot-more-pop-culture-like-it/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 22, 2020 |language=en-us |date=August 18, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141057/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/18/wap-is-completely-filthy-we-could-use-lot-more-pop-culture-like-it/ }}</ref> Micha Frazer-Carroll of ''[[The Independent]]'' deemed the "[[Absurdist fiction|absurdist]]" video "ludicrously excessive but utterly hypnotic" that "feels as if it were taking place in an alternative universe".<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/wap-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-b1769487.html|title=That's a WAP: How the Cardi B anthem captured the spirit of 2020|first=Micha|last=Frazer-Carroll|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2021|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> In ''[[IndieWire]]'', Leonardo Adrian Garcia considered it "a mix of [[Hype Williams]] and Tim Burton by way of the strip club", further adding that "it's a video that demands one’s attention" and "deserves praise" despite the "lightning rod for very dumb controversy" that generated.<ref name="IndieWire">{{cite web |last1=Greene |first1=Steve |last2=Garcia |first2=Leonardo Adrian |date=December 15, 2020 |title=The Best Music Videos of 2020 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/best-music-videos-2020-1234604041/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref> Writing for ''Pitchfork'', Eric Torres called the music video "easily one of the best of the year", deeming it "a vibrant display of self-empowerment that could only come from two of rap's most brazenly sex-positive voices".<ref>{{cite web |author=Torres, Eric |title=The 7 Best Music Videos of August 2020 |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/7-best-music-videos-of-august-2020-cardi-b-fka-twigs-sufjan-stevens/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=September 3, 2020 |language=en-us |date=September 3, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141050/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/7-best-music-videos-of-august-2020-cardi-b-fka-twigs-sufjan-stevens/ }}</ref> In ''Complex'', Jessica McKinney stated that the video created "an inescapable pop culture moment" that "completely dominated the conversation" with "vivid imagery, glamorous costumes, trippy effects, and dynamic choreography", further adding that it "set the standard for quality videos in 2020, calling for other artists to put more thought and effort into their visuals as we move into the new year".<ref name="complex ranking"/> ===Other responses=== [[File:Kylie Jenner Vogue.png|thumb|upright|[[Kylie Jenner]] ''(pictured in 2020)'' appears in the music video.]]Fan reactions to Kylie Jenner's cameo in the video were negative.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |last=Bailey |first=Alyssa |title=Twitter Is Thrilled to See Normani (Not Kylie Jenner) in Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Music Video |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a33544593/cardi-b-wap-kylie-jenner-normani-twitter-reactions/ |website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |access-date=August 9, 2020 |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809210601/https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a33544593/cardi-b-wap-kylie-jenner-normani-twitter-reactions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Many social media users expressed displeasure with her appearance in a video whose cast mainly consisted of Black women, especially considering her history of alleged [[cultural appropriation]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Song |first1=Sandra |date=August 8, 2020 |title=There's a Petition to Remove Kylie Jenner From Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Video |url=https://www.papermag.com/wap-kylie-petition-2646923289.html |access-date=August 9, 2020 |website=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]] |language=en}}</ref> Cardi B later explained that she put Jenner in the video because Jenner was a close friend of hers, saying, "Not everything is about race."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Isobel |title=Cardi B responds after fans petition for Kylie Jenner to be removed from 'WAP' video |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/cardi-b-wap-video-kylie-jenner-petition-megan-thee-stallion-normani-a9662586.html |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |language=en |date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141107/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/cardi-b-wap-video-kylie-jenner-petition-megan-thee-stallion-normani-a9662586.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Foster was asked about a [[Change.org]] petition that called for Jenner to be removed from the music video, and she called it "bullshit".<ref name="patientce" /> ''[[Tiger King]]'' star and [[Big Cat Rescue]] CEO [[Carole Baskin]] spoke out against the use of [[big cats]] in the video. In a statement for ''Billboard'', she added that the video promotes wealthy individuals owning tigers as pets. "That makes every ignorant follower want to imitate by doing the same", said Baskin, adding that "they probably dealt with one of the big cat pimps, who makes a living from beating&nbsp;... cats to make them stand on cue in front of a green screen in a studio."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Iasimone |first1=Ashley |title=Carole Baskin Bashes Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'Lurid' Music Video for 'WAP' & 'Big Cat Pimps' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9431547/carole-baskin-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-video |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=9 August 2020 |date=8 August 2020 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809025249/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9431547/carole-baskin-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-video |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Coleman II |first1=C. Vernon |date=8 August 2020 |title=Tiger King Star Carole Baskin Says Cardi B's "Wap" Video Abused Big Cats |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/carole-baskin-cardi-b-wap-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809070817/https://www.xxlmag.com/carole-baskin-cardi-b-wap-video/ |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=9 August 2020 |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |language=en}}</ref> Cardi B responded in an interview with ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'', saying "I'm not gonna engage with Carole Baskin on that&nbsp;... Like, that's just ridiculous, you know?&nbsp;... Like, girl [[Disappearance of Don Lewis|you killed your goddamn husband]]."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lanigan |first1=Roisin |date=13 August 2020 |title=Cardi B: "The conservatives keep talking and the numbers keep going up" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/ep4kq4/cardi-b-onlyfans-wap-2020-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141512/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/ep4kq4/cardi-b-onlyfans-wap-2020-interview |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=13 August 2020 |website=[[Vice (website)|Vice]] |language=EN}}</ref> Representatives from [[PETA]] similarly took issue with the use of big cats in the video, saying in another statement to ''Billboard'', "if real animals were used instead of computer-generated imagery, the message sent is that animal exploitation is ''Okurrr''—and it isn't. If Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion really care about pussy liberation, they wouldn't use suffering big cats as props."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Sam |title=PETA respond to use of big cats in Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' video |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/peta-respond-to-use-of-big-cats-in-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-wap-video-2725258 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819213536/https://www.nme.com/news/music/peta-respond-to-use-of-big-cats-in-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-wap-video-2725258 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Commercial performance== ===North America=== "WAP" debuted at number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, garnering Cardi B her fourth chart-topper in the US, extending her record as the female rapper with the most number-one singles. It was Megan's second number-one single. Cardi B became the only female rapper to achieve Hot 100 number-one singles in two different decades (2010s and 2020s).<ref name="streaming">{{cite web|author=BW Staff|date=August 18, 2020|title=Cardi B Makes History with New Single, "WAP"|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Cardi-B-Makes-History-with-New-Single-WAP-20200817|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828083413/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Cardi-B-Makes-History-with-New-Single-WAP-20200817|archive-date=August 28, 2020|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=[[BroadwayWorld]]|language=en}}</ref> "WAP" became the first female rap collaboration to debut at number one on the Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Revealed: Billboard's 2020 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players — In A Year of Activism |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billboard-rb-hip-hop-power-players-list-2020-9481918/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |quote="WAP," the first female rap collaboration to debut atop the Hot 100}}. Access date: July 4, 2022</ref> The song was driven by 93&nbsp;million streams, 125,000 [[Music download|downloads]] and 11.6&nbsp;million radio airplay impressions. As the song topped the [[Digital Songs|Digital Song Sales]] and [[Streaming Songs]] charts, it became Cardi B's fourth chart-topper on the former, Cardi B's third on the latter, and Megan's second on both.<ref name="debut"/> The 93&nbsp;million streaming total became the largest number of first-week streams in ''Billboard'' history and of weekly streams in 2020. "WAP" generated the most weekly on-demand U.S. audio streams among songs by female artists, with 54.7&nbsp;million streams, during the best sales week for a song since [[Taylor Swift]]'s "[[Me!]]" featuring [[Brendon Urie]]. "WAP" became the first song to spend its first two weeks at number one on the Hot 100 since [[Ariana Grande]]'s "[[7 Rings]]". In between those chart-toppers, eight songs debuted at number one, each spending a single week at the summit. Of the 42 songs that have entered the chart at number one since the Hot 100 started in 1958, 19 including "WAP" remained on top in their second weeks. "WAP" also became the first song among female artists to lead the Hot 100 for multiple weeks since [[Mariah Carey]]'s "[[All I Want for Christmas Is You]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=August 24, 2020|title=Cardi B's 'WAP' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week; Drake, Morgan Wallen & Gabby Barrett Hit Top 10|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9439074/cardi-b-wap-billboard-hot-100-second-week-drake|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824182012/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9439074/cardi-b-wap-billboard-hot-100-second-week-drake|archive-date=August 24, 2020|access-date=August 24, 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> For the chart issue dated September 26, "WAP" achieved a fourth non-consecutive week atop the chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9452973/cardi-b-wap-number-one-fourth-week-hot-100|title=Cardi B's 'WAP' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Fourth Week, The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Makes History in Top Five|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 21, 2020|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921184506/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9452973/cardi-b-wap-number-one-fourth-week-hot-100|url-status=live}}</ref> "WAP" also reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] and [[Hot Rap Songs]] charts, marking Cardi B's fifth number-one entry on the former and fourth on the latter, and Megan's second on both.<ref name="debut">{{Cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=August 17, 2020|title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 With Record First-Week Streams|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9435213/cardi-bs-wap-debuts-no-1-hot-100|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817175513/http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9435213/cardi-bs-wap-debuts-no-1-hot-100|archive-date=August 17, 2020|access-date=August 17, 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> ''Billboard'' called the song "one of the most dominant Hot 100 number ones of the last 30 years".<ref name="billboard trevor"/> "WAP" debuted at number one on the [[Canadian Hot 100]], becoming Cardi B's second chart-topper and Megan's first. It spent four non-consecutive weeks atop the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2020-09-19|title=Canadian Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 15, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141218/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2020-09-19|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the most streamed song of 2020 in the U.S. by a female artist, with 732.7 million on-demand streams, ranking sixth among all.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9508037/mrc-data-2020-recap/|title=Lil Baby's 'My Turn' Is MRC Data's Top Album of 2020, Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Most-Streamed Song|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 31, 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> In the US, Cardi B has achieved three times the best-performing song of the year by a female artist—the only act to do so this century—with "WAP" (2020) joining "[[Bodak Yellow]]" (2017) and "[[I Like It (Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin song)|I Like It]]" (2018).<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardi B Becomes Only Female Artist To Have Three Top-Selling Songs Of The Year In Total Units In The US This Century |url=https://www.hip-hopvibe.com/2021/01/09/cardi-b-becomes-only-female-artist-to-have-three-top-selling-songs-of-the-year-in-total-units-in-the-us-this-century/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=Vibe Hip Hop|date=January 9, 2021 }}</ref> ===Europe and Oceania=== In Australia, "WAP" became the third hip hop song by female artists to top the [[ARIA Singles Chart]], and the first since 1992.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Brandle|first=Lars|date=August 24, 2020|title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Hits No. 1 In Australia|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9438835/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallions-wap-no-1-australia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824122451/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9438835/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallions-wap-no-1-australia|archive-date=August 24, 2020|access-date=August 24, 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> It spent six weeks atop the chart, becoming the longest-running number-one song by a female hip hop artist.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 26, 2020|title=Cardi B's WAP notches sixth week atop ARIA Singles Chart|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/cardi-bs-wap-notches-sixth-week-atop-aria-singles-chart|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=[[ARIA]]}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, "WAP" debuted at number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]]'s August 14 – 20, 2020, weekly chart. During its fourth consecutive week on the chart (September 4 – 10), the song reached number one―becoming both artists' first song to top the charts in Britain and the first female rap collaboration to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704182731/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/ |archive-date=July 4, 2020 |access-date=September 4, 2020 |website= |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |language=en}}</ref> The song spent three weeks at the top of the chart.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion hold at Number 1 for a second week on Official Singles Chart with WAP|first=George|last=Griffiths|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2021|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-hold-at-number-1-for-a-second-week-on-official-singles-chart-with-wap__30966/|url-status=live|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141159/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-hold-at-number-1-for-a-second-week-on-official-singles-chart-with-wap__30966/}}</ref> In Europe, the song reach the top ten in Danemark, in Hungary and in Portugal, top twenty in Belgium, in Netherlands and in Germany, top thirty in France and top forty in Italy.<ref>"Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion – Wap" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved October 27, 2020.</ref><ref> "Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion – Wap" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 11, 2020</ref><ref> "Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion – WAP" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved September 11, 2020</ref> The song became the first number-one single for both artists on the Republic of Ireland's [[Irish Singles Chart]], where it spent three weeks at the top.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 18, 2020|title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's WAP makes it three weeks at UK Number 1|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap-makes-it-three-weeks-at-uk-number-1__31010/|first=Helen|last=Ainsley|access-date=January 31, 2021|url-status=live|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141217/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap-makes-it-three-weeks-at-uk-number-1__31010/}}</ref> "WAP" debuted at number two on the [[Official New Zealand Music Chart]], peaking at the top of the chart the following week, becoming Cardi B's second chart-topper and Megan's first chart-topper. It remained atop the chart for six weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart 28 SEPTEMBER 2020|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4940|website=Official NZ Music Charts|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=January 31, 2021}}</ref> ===Worldwide=== The music video for "WAP" broke the record for the most views within 24 hours for a female collaboration, with over 26.5&nbsp;million views.<ref name="complex" /> Cardi B was ranked at number one on [[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]'s August 2020 Pop Star Power Ranking due to the success of "WAP".<ref>{{Cite web|author=Shaw, Lucas|date=September 9, 2020|title=Cardi B's Sexy 'WAP' Rides Controversy to the Top|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/pop-star-ranking/2020-september/cardi-b-s-sexy-wap-rides-controversy-to-the-top.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 10, 2020|website=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141128/https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/pop-star-ranking/2020-september/cardi-b-s-sexy-wap-rides-controversy-to-the-top.html}}</ref> The song charted at number one on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Billboard Global 200|Global 200]]—with 100.9 million global streams and 23,000 global downloads—and number three on its [[Billboard Global Excl. U.S.|Global Excl. U.S.]] during the inaugural week of both charts (September 4, 2020).<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |title=Cardi B's 'WAP' & Maluma's 'Hawai' Rule Inaugural Billboard Global 200 & Global Excl. U.S. Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9448316/cardi-b-wap-maluma-hawai-rule-first-billboard-global-charts |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=September 14, 2020 |language=en |date=September 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141125/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9448316/cardi-b-wap-maluma-hawai-rule-first-billboard-global-charts |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Curto |first1=Justin |date=September 14, 2020 |title=What Are Billboard's New Global Charts and How Do They Work? |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/billboard-global-charts-explained.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915081150/https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/billboard-global-charts-explained.html |archive-date=September 15, 2020 |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=[[Vulture (web site)|Vulture]] |language=en-us}}</ref> It topped the Global 200 chart for three non-consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' and BTS' 'Dynamite' Lead Latest Billboard Global Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9460438/cardi-b-wap-bts-dynamite-lead-latest-global-charts/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=October 5, 2020 |language=en |date=September 21, 2020 }}</ref> ==Live performances== The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] forestalled live performances of "WAP" after its release.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/cardi-b-wap-megan-thee-stallion-tours-festivals-coronavirus-9445460/ |title=Cardi B Wishes She Could Perform 'WAP' for Large Crowds: 'I Miss Shows and Festivals' |last=Peters |first=Mitchell |date=September 5, 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> It was first performed by Megan Thee Stallion as part of a [[Tidal (service)|Tidal Live]] stream on August 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/brianna-holt/megan-thee-stallion-live-stream-show-review |title=Megan Thee Stallion's 'First Day Back' Was a Triumph |last=Holt |first=Brianna |date=August 31, 2020 |website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |access-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion performed it together for the first time at the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]], airing on [[CBS]] on March 14, 2021.<ref name="mtv-news">{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/qk73c2/wap-grammys-megan-thee-stallion-cardi-b |title=Cardi B And Megan Thee Stallion's Grammys 'WAP' Debut Came With A Warning |date=March 14, 2021 |publisher=[[MTV News]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> Grammys host [[Trevor Noah]] prefaced the performance with, "If you have small children in the room, just tell them it's a song about giving a cat a bath".<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Lyndsey |date=March 15, 2021 |title=Grammys 2021 highs and lows: Semicensored 'WAP,' Silk Sonic's debut, Eddie Van Halen's snub and more |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/grammy-2021-highs-and-lows-a-semi-censored-wap-silk-sonics-debut-eddie-van-halens-snub-and-more-081428456.html |access-date=March 17, 2021 |website=[[Yahoo News|Yahoo!]]}}</ref> The show featured a large shoe whose [[stiletto heel]] functioned as a [[dance pole]], as well as a giant bed used as a platform by the rappers and their backup dancers.<ref name="mtv-news"/> The chorus—replaced in censored versions with "wet and gushy"—was changed to "wet, wet, wet".<ref name="yahoo"/> ''Billboard'' ranked it as the best performance of the ceremony, commenting that "this had to be one of the most insane television debut performances of all time."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/9540641/2021-grammys-performances-ranked/|title=All the 2021 Grammys Performances, Ranked|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Heran|last=Mamo|date=March 15, 2021|access-date=March 15, 2021}}</ref> Music critic Jon Caramanica called the performance "wildly and charmingly salacious, frisky and genuine in a way that the Grammys has rarely if ever made room for".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |last2=Caramanica |first2=Jon |last3=Coscarelli |first3=Joe |last4=Zoladz |first4=Lindsay |last5=Ganz |first5=Caryn |date=March 15, 2021 |title=The Best and Worst of the 2021 Grammy Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/arts/music/best-worst-grammys.html |access-date=March 17, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 2022, ''Rolling Stone'' listed it among the 25 "greatest Grammy performances of all time", the only female rap act on the list.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/25-classic-grammy-awards-performances-16078/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-up-wap-2021-1331452/|title=The 25 Greatest Grammy Performances of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 2, 2022|accessdate=April 2, 2022}}</ref> The [[Federal Communications Commission]] received a large number of viewer complaints about the broadcast (see {{Section link||Broadcast controversy}}). When Megan performed the song in her 2021 [[Lollapalooza]] set, a recording of [[ASL interpreter]] Kelly Kurdi went viral online. Kurdi's interpretation, originally created by dancer Raven Sutton, used expressive gestures to represent the song's lyrics about gagging and choking.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-08-03/megan-thee-stallion-wap-asl-interpreter-tiktok |title=ASL performer goes viral with 'WAP,' says concert interpreters 'shouldn't be shocking' |last=Carras |first=Christi |date=August 3, 2021 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref> Cardi B and Megan reunited during the former's set at the 2022 [[Wireless Festival]] in London, for their first live performance together since the Grammys.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-wireless-festival-1380374/ |title=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion Reunite Onstage to Bring 'WAP' to Wireless Festival |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=July 9, 2022 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> ==Impact== "WAP" became one of the most sexually explicit songs ever to top the U.S. chart,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ben |first=Sisario |author-link=Ben Sisario |date=August 17, 2020 |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's Raunchy 'WAP' Rockets to No. 1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/arts/music/cardi-b-wap-billboard.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141114/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/arts/music/cardi-b-wap-billboard.html |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 17, 2020 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dessem |first=Matthew |date=August 25, 2020 |title=The Dirtiest Hot 100 No. 1s of All Time Before "WAP" |url=https://slate.com/culture/2020/08/wap-dirtiest-songs-all-time-hot-100-number-1.html |access-date=January 31, 2021 |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> and the ensuing [[moral panic]] about its subject matter contributed to its popularity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genius.com/a/top-hip-hop-song-2020 |title=Looking Back At The Top Hip-Hop Song Of 2020 On Genius |last=Partridge |first=Ken |date=November 24, 2023 |publisher=[[Genius (company)|Genius]] |access-date=January 22, 2024}}</ref> In an article for ''[[The Independent]]'' about what the song's commercial achievement says about the changing shape of the music industry, Micha Frazer-Carroll stated that "the undeniable smash of the year captured the spirit of 2020".<ref name="independent" /> Nick Levine of the [[BBC]] stated that the song's success as a "celebration of female sexual agency" creates space for many more female artists "to write unselfconsciously about what they want".<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=November 19, 2020 |title=The best albums and songs of 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201119-the-best-albums-and-songs-of-2020 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> In ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', Neil Shah considered the song "a big moment for female rappers" and "a historic sign that women artists are making their mark on hip-hop like never before".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Neil |date=August 17, 2020 |title=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion Top the Charts in Big Moment for Female Rappers |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-top-the-charts-in-big-moment-for-female-rappers-11597700847 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141114/https://www.wsj.com/articles/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-top-the-charts-in-big-moment-for-female-rappers-11597700847 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 17, 2020 |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> ''Complex'' called the song "the epitome of female empowerment." in which the women featured are "unapologetically themselves."<ref name=":3" /> Carl Lamarre of ''Billboard'' stated that the song's success has "a deeper significance", describing it as "a clever [[Trojan horse]] for the myriad ways Cardi B influences the culture with every move she makes".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lamarre |first=Carl |date=December 2, 2020 |title=Billboard Woman of the Year Cardi B: 'I Like Justice. But I Also Like Popping My P*ssy' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/women-in-music/9492018/cardi-b-woman-of-the-year-billboard-cover-story-interview-2020/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 31, 2021}}</ref> ''Complex'' staff named it the song "that had the most pure impact" in 2020, with it being an "empowering anthem" largely because is "a record-breaking song performed by two Black women".<ref name="complex annual" /> ''Rolling Stone'' staff commented that the public outrage from conservative figures contributed to the song's "pop-cultural impact".<ref name="rollingstonebestcollab" /> The song was particularly popular on [[TikTok]], where it was treated as light-hearted [[blue humor]] instead of a battleground for a culture war. Teenagers and young adults played "WAP" for their parents and recorded their reactions to post online. A viral dance for the song, choreographed by Brian Esperon, involved high kicks and spins before dry humping the ground.<ref name="nyt"/><ref name="nyt tiktok">{{cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=August 31, 2020 |title=A Song Titillates In a TikTok World |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/arts/music/wap-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-ppcocaine.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=C1 |access-date=January 22, 2024}}</ref> Several people injured themselves while attempting the difficult dance moves, prompting Cardi B to issue a warning.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/09/viral-tiktok-challenges-putting-aspiring-dancers-at-risk-of-injury |title=Viral TikTok challenges putting aspiring dancers 'at risk of injury' |last=MacSwan |first=Anna |date=July 9, 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/08/24/cardi-b-wap-dance-injuries-moos-vpx.cnn |title=Even Cardi B struggled to master this routine to 'WAP' |last=Moos |first=Joanne |author-link=Jeanne Moos |date=August 24, 2020 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> A remix set to the 1986 musical ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''{{'}}s main theme was shared on TikTok, where [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], the musical's composer, posted a video playing the piano to it.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dawson |first1=Brit |title=4 thoughts on Andrew Lloyd-Webber's bizarre, operatic 'WAP' remix |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/50313/1/4-thoughts-on-andrew-lloyd-webber-operatic-wap-remix-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion |website=[[Dazed]] |access-date=September 4, 2020 |language=en |date=September 1, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141146/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/50313/1/4-thoughts-on-andrew-lloyd-webber-operatic-wap-remix-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion |url-status=live }}</ref> Within a month of "WAP"'s release, it had been used in over a million TikToks, and it ended the year as one of the app's most popular audio tags.<ref name="nyt"/><ref name="nyt tiktok"/> In an interview with ''[[Far Out (website)|Far Out]]'', rapper [[CeeLo Green]] characterized the song as "salacious gesturing to kinda get into position", facing public backlash and later issuing an apology for his comments.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-14 |title=Wait, What: The Week in 'WAP' |url=https://www.gq.com/story/the-week-in-wap |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=[[GQ]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Snoop Dogg]] discussed the song in an interview where he remarked, "That should be a possession that no one gets to know about until they know about it."<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2020-12-14 |title=Snoop Dogg responds to backlash over his criticism of 'WAP' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/snoop-dogg-responds-to-backlash-over-his-criticism-of-wap-2838351 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> Cardi B's husband [[Offset (rapper)|Offset]] responded that he and Snoop both talk about similar subjects in their work,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/offset-defends-cardi-b-wap-snoop-dogg-criticism-9498882/ |title=Offset Responds After Snoop Dogg Criticizes Cardi B's 'WAP': 'We Should Uplift Our Women' |last=Chan |first=Anna |date=December 13, 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> and Snoop walked back his comments after public backlash, expressing support for both Cardi B and Megan.<ref name="nme"/> Musicians [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Azealia Banks]], [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]], [[Debbie Harry]], [[JoJo (singer)|JoJo]], and [[Remy Ma]] spoke in support of the song.<ref name="the guardian"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/blondie-garbage-uk-tour-2021-tickets-interview-debbie-harry-wap-2791179 |title=Blondie''s Debbie Harry on their 2021 UK tour with Garbage and how she wishes she'd written 'WAP' |last=Ryan |first=Gary |date=October 20, 2020 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=January 22, 2024}}</ref> On October 22, 2022, [[Madonna]] marked the 30th anniversary of the publication of her [[coffee table book]] ''[[Sex (book)|Sex]]'', contemplating its impact on modern pop culture. In an [[Instagram story]], Madonna claimed that she paved the way for "WAP" (as well as [[Kim Kardashian]]'s 2014 ''[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]'' cover and [[Miley Cyrus]]' "[[Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song)|Wrecking Ball]]" music video), concluding it with {{sic|"You're welcome bitches …….🤡"}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/madonna-takes-sex-victory-lap-disses-cardi-b-in-the-process |title=Madonna Takes ''Sex'' Victory Lap, Disses Cardi B in the Process |date=October 23, 2022 |access-date=October 23, 2022 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |first=Jordan |last=Hoffman}}</ref> Cardi B took offense and [[tweeted]] a day later that "these icons really become disappointments once [you] make it in the industry."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/madonna-reflects-on-sex-book-reaction-30-years-on-now-cardi-b-can-sing-about-her-wap-3334139 |title=Cardi B responds to Madonna saying her work paved the way for 'WAP' |website=[[NME]] |date=October 23, 2022 |access-date=October 23, 2022 |first=Charlotte |last=Krol}}</ref> However, later that day she deleted the tweets, and claimed she had talked to Madonna and that it had been "beautiful".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/cardi-b-says-she-had-beautiful-talk-with-madonna-following-social-media-shade-193160 |title=Cardi B Says She Had 'Beautiful' Talk With Madonna Following Social Media Shade |website=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |date=October 23, 2022 |access-date=October 23, 2022 |first=Tionah |last=Lee}}</ref> ===Political reaction=== "WAP" was criticized by many [[Social conservatism in the United States|social conservatives in the United States]], who claimed that the song was offensive and prurient and that it would cause harm to American culture and society. James P. Bradley, a health industry executive and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician, wrote, "Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion are what happens when children are raised without God and without a strong father figure", adding that the song made him want to "pour [[holy water]]" in his ears.<ref name="dykhook">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=August |date=August 7, 2020 |title=California congressional candidate slams Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-congressional-candidate-james-bradley |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807221342/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-congressional-candidate-james-bradley |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> DeAnna Lorraine, also a California Republican, said the song set "the entire female gender back by 100 years" and that rappers were "completely wrong" if they thought the song does "anything to empower women."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Holt |first=Brianna |date=August 2020 |title=Why Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's Empowering Anthem "WAP" Is So Important |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-essay |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref> [[Angela Stanton-King]], the Republican candidate in [[Georgia's 5th congressional district]], suggested that the song supported [[organ harvesting]] from aborted fetal tissue.<ref name="complex"/> Defenders of the song claimed that critics mischaracterized the artists. August Brown of the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that, contrary to Bradley's comments, Megan "did indeed have a strong father figure" and Cardi B "is no stranger to faith".<ref name="dykhook" /> Social media users accused Lorraine of hypocrisy for using the language of women's advocacy to denigrate a song created by two women.<ref name="complexrepub">{{cite web |last1=Mahadevan |first1=Tara C. |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Fans Drag GOP Politicians for Criticizing "WAP" |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-fans-drag-gop-politicians-criticizing-wap |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141017/https://www.complex.com/music/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-fans-drag-gop-politicians-criticizing-wap |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |website=[[Complex (website)|Complex]] |language=en}}</ref> Megan Thee Stallion responded personally to Lorraine's comments in an interview with ''[[GQ]]'', mocking Lorraine for having "literally had to go listen to this song in its entirety". She went on to say that critics of the song, including Lorraine, must not have "WAP" themselves.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Davis|first=Allison P.|date=December 1, 2021|title=The Year of Thee Stallion: Inside the Exuberant and Empowering Rise of Megan Thee Stallion—the Irreverent and Magnetic Rap Sensation Who's Here to Stay|url=https://www.gq.com/story/megan-thee-stallion-rapper-of-the-year-2020|magazine=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]|page=74}}</ref> [[File:Ben Shapiro (49290901162) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ben Shapiro]] ''(pictured in 2019)'' was widely mocked for his sarcastic reading of the lyrics to "WAP".<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |last1=Mamo |first1=Heran |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Ben Shapiro Reads the Censored Lyrics to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' & He Can't Handle It |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ben-shapiro-reads-censored-wap-lyrics-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-9432034/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US |access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref>]] Conservative political commentator [[Ben Shapiro]] criticized the song's message in a widely seen video in which he recited the song's lyrics, many of which he self-censored with euphemisms such as "wet-ass p-word". He sarcastically stated that "this is what [[feminism]] fought for".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Colburn |first1=Randall |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Watch, if you dare, Ben Shapiro drain every drop of sexuality out of "WAP" |url=https://news.avclub.com/watch-if-you-dare-ben-shapiro-drain-every-drop-of-sex-1844678800 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903202909/https://news.avclub.com/watch-if-you-dare-ben-shapiro-drain-every-drop-of-sex-1844678800 |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |language=en-us}}</ref> Shapiro's video was mocked by multiple news outlets and fans of the song.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Stern |first1=Marlow |date=August 14, 2020 |title=Desus & Mero Clown on Ben Shapiro Over 'WAP' Criticism |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/desus-and-mero-clown-on-ben-shapiro-over-wap-criticism |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814191818/https://www.thedailybeast.com/desus-and-mero-clown-on-ben-shapiro-over-wap-criticism |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |language=en}}</ref> Shapiro's comments, particularly his remarks on [[vaginal lubrication]], were condemned as medically inaccurate by prominent [[gynecologist]]s; many social media users also mocked the comment as a "[[Owned (slang)|self-own]]", implying that Shapiro was unfamiliar with vaginal lubrication due to an inability to sexually satisfy his wife.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Handler |first1=Rachel |date=August 11, 2020 |title=We Asked a Gyno About "WAP" |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/we-asked-a-gyno-about-wap.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141028/https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/we-asked-a-gyno-about-wap.html |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[Vulture (web site)|Vulture]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=The Mass Humiliation Of Ben Shapiro |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2020/08/11/the-importance-of-humiliating-ben-shapiro/ |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=[[Forbes]] |language=en}}</ref> Arwa Mahdawi in ''The Guardian'' opined that Shapiro's reaction was proof that "women taking charge of their sexuality&nbsp;... drives conservatives up the wall", and remarked that Shapiro "doesn't seem particularly well acquainted with female anatomy".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mahdawi |first1=Arwa |date=August 15, 2020 |title=The WAP uproar shows conservatives are fine with female sexuality – as long as men control it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/15/cardi-b-megan-thee-stalion-wap-conservatives-female-sexuality |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824132017/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/15/cardi-b-megan-thee-stalion-wap-conservatives-female-sexuality |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |access-date=August 23, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> After Cardi B encouraged [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Representative for New York, to run for President, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted "Women Against Patriarchy (WAP) 2020".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/politics/cardi-b-aoc-endorsement-trnd/index.html |title=Cardi B wants AOC to run for president. She didn't say no |last=Elassar |first=Alaa |date=August 16, 2020 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> [[Ryan Clancy]], a county supervisor in Wisconsin, issued an apology after promoting the [[Weatherization Assistance Program]] with a "WAP" meme that read "There's some holes in this house!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/milwaukee-official-apologises-for-using-wap-to-promote-weatherization-assistance-program-2806684 |title=Milwaukee official apologises for using 'WAP' to promote 'Weatherization Assistance Program' |last=Richards |first=Will |date=November 1, 2020 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=January 19, 2024}}</ref> When Democratic candidate [[Joe Biden]] won the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], supporters took to singing "WAP" in front of the [[White House]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/cardi-b-woman-of-the-year-billboard-cover-story-interview-2020-9492018/ |title=Billboard Woman of the Year Cardi B: 'I Like Justice. But I Also Like Popping My P*ssy' |last=Lamarre |first=Carl |date=December 2, 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 22, 2024}}</ref> During the [[ShutItAllDown]] demonstrations in Namibia, participants chanted the lyrics to "WAP", turning it into a protest anthem.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Currier |first1=Ashley |last2=Winchester |first2=Erin |last3=Chien |first3=Emily |year=2021 |title=#MeToo Activism in Namibia: Sex-Positive Feminism and State Cooperation in the Fight to Stop Rape |journal=[[Feminist Formations]] |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=271–280|doi=10.1353/ff.2021.0049 |s2cid=245507131 }}</ref> ===Broadcast controversy=== [[File:Glenn Grothman 117th Congress portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Wisconsin Representative [[Glenn Grothman]] ''(pictured in 2020)'' criticized the [[Federal Communications Commission]] for enabling "the moral decline of America".<ref name="billboard mamo 2"/>]] When Cardi B and Megan performed "WAP" at the Grammys, the Federal Communications Commission received over 1,000 complaints about the broadcast.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-performance-grammys-fcc-complaints-1155254/ |title=The FCC Received Over 1,000 Complaints for Grammys 'WAP' Performance |last=Shaffer |first=Claire |date=April 13, 2021 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> California Republican gubernatorial candidate [[Errol Webber]] objected to the performance, tweeting that Cardi B "chooses to do wrong by girating {{sic}} and scissoring her WAP on national TV... in view of other people's kids."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/cardi-b-snaps-back-california-republican-grammy-wap-performance-9543368/ |title=Cardi B Snaps Back at California Republican's Criticism of Grammys 'WAP' Performance: 'The Grammies Are PG' |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=March 19, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> Conservative commentators [[Tucker Carlson]] and [[Candace Owens]] discussed the broadcast on ''[[Tucker Carlson Tonight]]'', where Owens remarked, "We are weakening America… We are setting the stage, and it feels like…we are about to see the end of an empire."<ref name="billboard mamo 1">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/cardi-b-candace-owens-2021-grammys-wap-performance-fox-news-9541823/ |title=Cardi B Is Loving Candace Owens' Fox News Rant Over 'WAP' Grammy Performance |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=March 16, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> Cardi B facetiously celebrated appearing on [[Fox News]], which escalated into an online dispute with Owens.<ref name="billboard mamo 1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/cardi-b-thanks-fox-1576648 |title=Cardi B Thanks Candace Owens for Complaining About 'WAP' on Fox News |last=Jackson |first=Jon |date=March 16, 2021 |website=[[Newsweek]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> The following month, Wisconsin Representative [[Glenn Grothman]] raised the subject on the floor of the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], accusing the FCC of "utter complacency".<ref name="billboard mamo 2">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-blasts-congressman-wap-grammys-performance-complaint-9561262/ |title=Cardi B Blasts GOP Lawmaker For Complaining About Her Grammys Performance: 'This Gets Me So Mad' |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=April 22, 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> Cardi B responded on social media, characterizing Grothman's speech as [[grandstanding]] and suggesting that justice would not be served in the police shooting of [[Jacob Blake]] due to inattention from politicians. [[Tony Evers]], the Democratic [[governor of Wisconsin]], commented during a news conference, "It just seems troubling that we're arguing about things like that… It just seems like there's a lot more important things to worry about."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/22/cardi-b-glenn-grothman-clash-over-wap-performance/7335951002/ |title=Cardi B, Glenn Grothman clash over 'WAP' performance |last=Beck |first=Molly |date=April 22, 2021 |website=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> Cardi B touches on the controversy in "[[Rumors (Lizzo song)|Rumors]]", a 2021 collaboration with Lizzo where she raps "Last time I got freaky, the FCC sued me / But I'mma keep doing what I wanna do".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-recalls-wap-backlash-1235363724/ |title=Cardi B Recalls 'WAP' Backlash, Getting 'Almost Sued' by FCC |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=June 28, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 22, 2024}}</ref> ===Cover versions=== {{multiple image | align = right | image1 = Safaree Icebox 2019 (cropped).jpg | image2 = Plies (rapper).jpg | footer = Rappers [[Safaree]] ''(left, pictured in 2019)'' and [[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] ''(right, pictured in 2007)'' released remixes of "WAP". Safaree's remix was panned,<ref name="BET Safaree" /> while Plies' was positively received.<ref name="Plies" /> | total_width = 320 }} On August 10, 2020, rapper [[Safaree Samuels|Safaree]] released a remix of "WAP" called "B.A.D" (an acronym for "Big Ass Dick"). The cover art features Cardi B and Megan on both ends, with a woman (assumed to be his wife [[Erica Mena]]) performing simulated oral sex on him in the center. The remix was widely panned by fans on social media, many of whom found the remix to be poorly timed, considering how soon after the song's original release it came.<ref name="BET Safaree">{{cite web |title=Black Twitter Has Questions About Safaree's Remix To Cardi B And Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Collab |url=https://www.bet.com/music/2020/08/11/safaree-bad-cardi-b-wap-remix.html |website=[[BET]] |access-date=August 21, 2020|date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141129/https://www.bet.com/music/2020/08/11/safaree-bad-cardi-b-wap-remix.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The same day, dancehall singer [[Vybz Kartel]] released a [[Freestyle rap|freestyle]] remix while in prison, which was met with enthusiasm by Cardi B.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Darville |first1=Jordan |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Vybz Kartel shares remix of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" |url=https://www.thefader.com/2020/08/10/vybz-kartel-shares-remix-of-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141130/https://www.thefader.com/2020/08/10/vybz-kartel-shares-remix-of-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 21, 2020 |website=[[The Fader]] |language=en}}</ref> Rapper [[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] released a "P-Mix" to the song on August 14,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saint-Vil |first1=Sweenie |date=August 13, 2020 |title=Plies teases "WAP" remix on social media |url=https://www.revolt.tv/news/2020/8/13/21368199/plies-teases-wap-remix-social-media |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141130/https://www.revolt.tv/news/2020/8/13/21368199/plies-teases-wap-remix-social-media |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 21, 2020 |website=[[Revolt.tv|Revolt]] |language=en}}</ref> to positive reception.<ref name="Plies">{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=Alexander |title=Plies Finds Himself Trending After Cardi B Promotes His "WAP" Remix |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/plies-finds-himself-trending-after-cardi-b-promotes-his-wap-remix-news.116032.html#title-comment-desktop |website=[[HotNewHipHop]] |access-date=August 21, 2020 |language=en |date=August 13, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141136/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/plies-finds-himself-trending-after-cardi-b-promotes-his-wap-remix-news.116032.html#title-comment-desktop |url-status=live }}</ref> "WAP" has been reinterpreted in many styles, ranging from [[noise rock]] to an arrangement played on hollowed-out melons.<ref name="nme williams"/> Country singer [[Margo Price]] performed an acoustic rendition on ''[[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Trevor Noah]]'', as part of a segment on double standards about sex in music.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Aniftos |first1=Rania |title=Margo Price Breaks Down the Double Standard in Music by Covering Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9434800/margo-price-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-cover |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=August 16, 2020 |language=en |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141138/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9434800/margo-price-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-cover |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s Claire Shaffer said of the cover, "Price puts her genuine all into the song, and it comes out sounding like a legitimate country ode to 'wet ass pussy.{{'"}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Shaffer |first1=Claire |title=Margo Price Covers Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' on 'Daily Show' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/margo-price-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-the-daily-show-1044555/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 16, 2020 |language=en |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141141/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/margo-price-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-the-daily-show-1044555/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rapper [[Qveen Herby]] released a [[baroque pop]] cover version of the song as a promotional single on August 20.<ref name="nme williams">{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Kyann-Sian |title=The weirdest covers of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/blogs/wap-megan-thee-stallion-cardi-b-covers-biffy-clyro-2747649 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=September 26, 2020 |language=en |date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> YouTube parody artist Lardi B posted a food-based parody of the song, changing the acronym from "Wet-Ass Pussy" to "Wings and Pizza", on August 14.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morillo |first1=Alexis |title=A Kid-Friendly Version Of 'WAP' Exists And It Raps About Wings And Pizza |url=https://www.delish.com/food-news/a34149377/youtuber-wap-parody-wings-pizza/ |website=[[Delish]] |access-date=September 26, 2020 |date=September 24, 2020}}</ref> Drag queens [[Lady Bunny]] and Flotilla DeBarge released a parody of the song, entitled "DAP" (or "Dry-Ass Pussy"), on August 28.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Michael |title=New York City Legends Lady Bunny & Flotilla DeBarge Present Their Take On 'WAP' |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/new-york-city-legends-lady-bunny-flotilla-debarge-present-their-take-on-wap/ |website=[[Instinct (magazine)|Instinct Magazine]] |access-date=September 26, 2020 |language=en |date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> UK rock band [[Biffy Clyro]] performed a cover of the song for [[BBC Radio 1]]'s [[Live Lounge]] on September 3, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |title=Watch Biffy Clyro cover Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-biffy-clyro-cover-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap-2744393 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=September 4, 2020 |date=September 3, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141147/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-biffy-clyro-cover-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap-2744393 |url-status=live }}</ref> Before the Christmas season, students from the [[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]] created a "WAmP: Wear A mask Please" parody, encouraging the [[face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|wearing of masks]] to reduce COVID transmission.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/cardi-b-approves-johns-hopkins-mask-wap-parody-9503398/ |title=Cardi B Gives Thumbs-Up to Johns Hopkins Pro-Masking 'WAP' Parody |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=December 21, 2020 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> The 2023 film ''[[Joy Ride (2023 film)|Joy Ride]]'' includes a cover of the song by actors [[Ashley Park (actress)|Ashley Park]], [[Sherry Cola]], [[Stephanie Hsu]], and [[Sabrina Wu]]. In the scene, their characters create a distraction by pretending to be a newly formed [[K-pop]] group called Brownie Tuesday. They perform "WAP" as a large production number, which ends as Hsu's character accidentally exposes her genitals.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/6292093/joy-ride-comedy-raunch/ |title=How ''Joy Ride'' Pulls Off a Delightfully Messy Mix of Raunch and Heart |last=Zornosa |first=Laura |date=July 6, 2023 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> ==Accolades== ===Rankings=== "*" indicates an unordered list. {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Selected critical rankings for "WAP" ! Publication ! class="unsortable" | Accolade !Rank ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| [[BBC]] | The Best Singles of 2020 | 1 | <ref name="bbc ranking">{{cite web |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=December 22, 2020 |title=The best albums and songs of 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55336503 |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=3| ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' |The Best Songs of 2020 |5 |<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=December 8, 2020 |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2020: Staff List |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-songs-2020-top-100-9494940/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |The 20 Best Rap Songs of 2020 |2 |<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2020 |title=The 20 Best Rap Songs of 2020: Staff Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-rap-songs-2020-top-20-9495070/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[Billboard (website)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |The 25 Best Music Videos of 2020 |3 |<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=December 9, 2020 |title=The 25 Best Music Videos of 2020: Staff Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-music-videos-2020-top-25-9494943/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' |The Best Songs of 2020 |5 |<ref name="complex annual">{{cite web |last1=McKinney |first1=Jessica |last2=Gee |first2=Andre |last3=Skelton |first3=Eric |last4=Schube |first4=Will |author5=Khal |last6=Aramesh |first6=Waiss |last7=Cardoso |first7=Deborah |date=December 16, 2020 |title=The Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://www.complex.com/music/best-songs-2020/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[Complex (website)|Complex]]}}</ref> |- |The Best Music Videos of 2020 |1 |<ref name="complex ranking">{{cite web |last1=McKinney |first1=Jessica |last2=Gee |first2=Andre |last3=Skelton |first3=Eric |last4=Schube |first4=Will |last5=Wells |first5=Eric |date=December 23, 2020 |title=The Best Music Videos of 2020 |url=https://www.complex.com/music/best-music-videos-2020/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[Complex (website)|Complex]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' |The 50 Best Songs of 2020 |{{n/a|*}} |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=August |last2=Exposito |first2=Suzy |last3=Roberts |first3=Randall |last4=Wood |first4=Mikael |date=December 9, 2020 |title=The 50 Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-12-09/the-50-best-songs-of-2020 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{sort|New York Times|''[[The New York Times]]''}} {{small|([[Jon Caramanica]])}} |Best Songs of 2020 |7 |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |last2=Caramanica |first2=Jon |last3=Zoladz |first3=Lindsay |date=December 7, 2020 |title=Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/music/best-songs.html |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''[[NME]]'' |The 50 best songs of 2020 |1 |<ref>{{cite web |date=December 8, 2020 |title=The 50 best songs of 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/features/nme-best-songs-of-the-year-2020-2833773 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[New Musical Express|NME]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' |The 100 Best Songs of 2020 |1 |<ref name="pitchfork yir"/> |- |The 36 Best Rap Songs of 2020 |{{n/a|*}} |<ref>{{cite web |date=December 14, 2020 |title=The 36 Best Rap Songs of 2020 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-rap-songs-2020/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=3| ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |The 50 Best Songs of 2020 |1 |<ref name="rolling stone yir"/> |- | The Best Pop Collaborations of 2020 |{{n/a|*}} |<ref name="rollingstonebestcollab">{{Cite magazine |date=December 15, 2020 |title=Year in Review: The Best Pop Collaborations of 2020 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-song-collaborations-2020-1103729/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | The 100 Greatest Music Videos |93 |<ref name="greatest100">{{Cite magazine |date=July 30, 2021 |title=The 100 Greatest Music Videos |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-music-videos-1194411/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' |The 10 Best Songs of 2020 |2 |<ref name="time">{{Cite magazine |title=The 10 Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://time.com/5914984/best-songs-2020/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |language=en}}</ref> |} ===Industry awards=== "WAP" notably was not submitted for [[Grammy]] consideration. In January 2023, Cardi B said on ''[[Jason Lee (host)#The Jason Lee Show|The Jason Lee Show]]'' that the reason was the potential reaction of the internet in case of her victory: "I was afraid that if I win or if I… You know what's so crazy? The internet got me even afraid of winning."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/cardi-b-didnt-submit-wap-grammy-consideration-internet-backlash-1235201379/|title=Cardi B Says She Didn't Submit 'WAP' For Grammy Consideration Because of the Internet: 'That Is Insane'|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|date=January 19, 2023|access-date=March 15, 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Awards and nominations for "WAP" ! Year ! Organization ! Award ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | rowspan="16" |2020 | rowspan=2| [[American Music Awards of 2020|American Music Awards]] | [[American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Song|Favorite Song – Rap/Hip-Hop]] | {{won}} | rowspan=2| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/awards/american-music-awards-2020-nominations-list/|title=Roddy Ricch and the Weeknd lead American Music Awards nominations|first=Rachel|last=Yang|date=October 26, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2021|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> |- | [[American Music Award for Collaboration of the Year|Collaboration of the Year]] | {{Nom}} |- | [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Charts Awards]] | ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart Number One Awards | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart dated 17 August 2020|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2020-08-17|website=[[ARIA Charts]]|date=August 17, 2020|access-date=August 17, 2020|language=pt}}</ref> |- | [[HipHopDX|HipHopDX Awards]] | Best Hip-Hop Music Video of 2020 | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web |date=December 14, 2020 |title=2020 HipHopDX Award Winners |url=https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.4587/title.hip-hop-awards-2020 |website=[[HipHopDX]]}}</ref> |- | [[MTV Video Music Awards]] | [[MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer|Song of Summer]] |{{Nom}} |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vote Now – Nominees for 2020 MTV Video Music Awards|url=http://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718235127/http://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/|archive-date=July 18, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2020|website=[[MTV]]}}</ref> <!--Results of 2020 MTV VMA were published and nominees can no longer be voted, so the url status should be dead.--> |- |rowspan=2| [[MTV Europe Music Awards]] | [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video|Best Video]] | {{nom}} |rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9460815/2020-mtv-ema-nominations|title=2020 MTV EMA Nominations|first=Paul|last=Grein|date=October 6, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" |[[National Music Publishers' Association|NMPA Awards]] | Gold Single | {{won}} | rowspan= "2" |<ref name="nmpa.org">{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum Program - National Music Publishers' Association |url=https://www.nmpa.org/gold-platinum-program/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |publisher=[[National Music Publishers' Association]]}}</ref> |- | 3x Multi-Platinum Single | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2" |[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts Awards]] | Official Charts Awards for Official Singles Chart Top 100 Number One|Official Singles Chart Top 100 Number One | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart dated 4 September, 2020 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20200911/7501/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website= |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> |- | Official Charts Award for Official Singles Top 40 Number One|Official Singles Top 40 Number One | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart dated 4 September, 2020 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/uk-top-40-singles-chart/20200911/750140/ |access-date=September 4, 2020 |website= |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |[[People's Choice Awards]] | Song of 2020 | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1193078/2020-peoples-choice-awards-complete-list-of-nominees|title=2020 People's Choice Awards: Complete List of Nominees|first=Vanessa|last=Jackson|date=November 15, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2020|website=[[E! Online]]}}</ref> |- | Music Video of 2020 | {{nom}} |- | Collaboration of 2020 | {{won}} |- | [[MTV (Brazilian TV channel)|Prêmio POP Mais]] | Hit Internacional | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web|title=Confira Os Vencedores Do Prêmio POP Mais 2020|url=https://portalpopmais.com.br/vencedores-premio-pop-mais-2020/|website=[[Portal Pop Mais Brazil]]|date=December 13, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2021|language=pt}}</ref> |- | [[Soul Train Music Awards]] | [[Soul Train Music Award for Rhythm & Bars Award|Rhythm & Bars Award]] | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9481713/2020-soul-train-awards-nominations|title=2020 Soul Train Awards Nominations|first=Paul|last=Grein|date=November 11, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | rowspan="26" |2021 | rowspan="2" |[[Gold Derby|Gold Derby Music Awards]] | Best Music Video | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Gold Derby Music Awards nominations: Lady Gaga leads with 8, followed by The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Fiona Apple |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2020/2021-gold-derby-music-awards-nominations-lady-gaga-gdmas/ |website=[[Gold Derby]] |date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Taylor Swift sweeps 2021 Gold Derby Music Awards winners list, but Blackpink, The Weeknd and Lady Gaga also prevail |url=https://www.goldderby.com/feature/taylor-swift-2021-gold-derby-music-awards-winners-1204081272/ |website=[[Gold Derby]] |date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | Record of the Year | {{nom}} |- | [[Gaffa (magazine)#GAFFA Awards|''GAFFA'' Awards (Denmark)]] | Best Foreign Song | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=GAFFA-Prisen – og vinderne er… |url=https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/147979/gaffa-prisen-og-vinderne-er |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=[[Gaffa (magazine)|Gaffa]] |language=Danish}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |[[2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards|iHeartRadio Music Awards]] | [[IHeartRadio Music Award for Best Music Video|Best Music Video]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite web|last=Fields|first=Taylor|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-04-07-2021-iheartradio-music-awards-see-the-full-list-of-nominees/|title=2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List of Nominees|date=April 7, 2021|publisher=[[iHeartRadio]]|access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref> |- | TikTok Bop of the Year | {{nom}} |- | [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards]] | Winning Songs | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards |url=https://www.ascap.com/news-events/awards/2021/rs-awards |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]]}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts Awards]] | UK Specialist Number One Award for Streaming Chart Number One|UK Specialist Number One Award for Streaming Number One | {{won}} | <ref name="UK Specialist Number One Awards">{{cite web |title=UK Specialist Number One Awards |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/new-official-chart-award-launched-to-celebrate-number-1-success-in-uks-genre-and-specialist-charts-including-vinyl-afrobeats-and-classical__32320/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> |- | UK Specialist Number One Award for Audio Streaming Chart Number One|UK Specialist Number One Award for Audio Streaming Number One | {{won}} | <ref name="UK Specialist Number One Awards"/> |- | UK Specialist Number One Award for Hip-Hop/R&B Chart Number One|UK Specialist Number One Award for Hip-Hop/R&B Number One | {{won}} | <ref name="UK Specialist Number One Awards"/> |- | UK Specialist Number One Award for Official Irish Singles Chart Number One|UK Specialist Number One Award for Official Irish Singles Number One | {{won}} | <ref name="UK Specialist Number One Awards"/> |- | rowspan="3" |[[Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards]] | [[Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Song|Top Rap Song]] | {{nom}} | rowspan=3| <ref>{{cite magazine |title=2021 Billboard Music Awards Nominations |url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/awards/9565011/billboard-music-awards-2021-finalists-full-list |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}} Access date: July 4, 2022</ref> |- | [[Billboard Music Award for Top Selling Song|Top Selling Song]] | {{nom}} |- | Billboard Music Award for Top Streaming Song|Top Streaming Song | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="4" |[[MTV Video Music Awards]] | [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] | {{nom}} | rowspan= "4" |<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Justin Bieber & Megan Thee Stallion Lead 2021 MTV VMA Nominations |url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/awards/9613274/2021-mtv-vma-nominations-list |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}} Access date: July 4, 2022</ref> |- | [[MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] | {{nom}} |- | [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]] | {{nom}} |- | [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video|Best Hip-Hop]] | {{nom}} |- | [[National Music Publishers' Association|NMPA Awards]] | 5x Multi-Platinum Single | {{won}} | <ref name="nmpa.org"/> |- | rowspan="4" |[[BET Awards]] | Song of the Year | {{won}} | rowspan=4| <ref>{{cite magazine |title=2021 BET Awards Nominations |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9579031/megan-thee-stallion-dababy-lead-2021-bet-awards-nominations-full-list/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}} Access Date: July 4, 2022</ref> |- | Best Hip Hop Video | {{won}} |- | Best Collaboration | {{won}} |- | Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award | {{nom}} |- | [[BMI Film & TV Awards|BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards]] | Most Performed R&B/Hip-Hop Song | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |date=September 20, 2021 |title=2021 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Winners |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2021-bmi-rb-hip-hop-awards |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=BMI}}</ref> |- | rowspan=3 | [[BET Hip Hop Awards]] | Song of the Year | {{won}} | rowspan=3 | <ref>{{cite web |title=2021 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominees Announced: Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Drake |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2021-bet-hip-hop-awards-nominees/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]}}</ref> |- | Best Hip-Hop Video | {{won}} |- | Best Collaboration | {{won}} |} ==Personnel== Credits adapted from Tidal.<ref>{{cite web |title=WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) / Cardi B |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/151171706 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141148/https://listen.tidal.com/album/151171706 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=September 7, 2020 |website= |publisher=[[Tidal (streaming service)|Tidal]] |language=en}}</ref> * [[Cardi B]] – vocals, songwriting * [[Megan Thee Stallion]] – vocals, songwriting * [[Ayo the Producer]] – production, songwriting * [[Keyz (producer)|Keyz]] – production, songwriting * [[Pardison Fontaine]] – songwriting * [[Frank Ski]] – songwriting * Evan LaRay – engineering * Shawn "Source" Jarrett – engineering * Leslie Braithwaite – mixing * Colin Leonard – mastering ==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for "WAP" ! scope="col"| Chart (2020–2021) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardargentinahot100|17|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=September 16, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=August 26, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Australia Urban ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/urban-singles-chart|title=ARIA Urban Singles Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=August 23, 2020}}</ref> | 1 |- {{single chart|Austria|8|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 9, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|14|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 11, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|41|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 11, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Brazil ([[União Brasileira de Compositores|UBC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubc.org.br/publicacoes/ranking|title=Top 10 Streaming (13/09 - 19/09)|publisher=[[União Brasileira de Compositores]]|access-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref> | 9 |- {{single chart|Canada|1|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=August 18, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Czechdigital|10|year=2020|week=37|rowheader=true|access-date=September 14, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Denmark|7|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=October 7, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Estonia ([[Eesti Tipp-40]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ekspress.delfi.ee/areen/eesti-tipp-40-muusikas-tenet-rundab-nuud-ka-muusikaedetabeleid?id=90976571|title=EESTI TIPP-40 MUUSIKAS "Tenet" ründab nüüd ka muusikaedetabeleid|website=[[Eesti Ekspress]]|language=et|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141156/https://ekspress.delfi.ee/areen/eesti-tipp-40-muusikas-tenet-rundab-nuud-ka-muusikaedetabeleid?id=90976571|url-status=live}}</ref> | 2 |- ! scope="row"| [[Euro Digital Song Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cardi-b/chart-history/ids/|title=Cardi B – Chart history (Euro Digital Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917002620/https://www.billboard.com/music/cardi-b/chart-history/IDS|url-status=live}}</ref> | 9 |- ! scope="row"| Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/cardi+b/wap+%28feat.+megan+thee+stallion%29/|title=Cardi B Wap (Feat. Megan Thee Stallion)|publisher=[[Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland]]|language=fi|access-date=August 30, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141150/https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/cardi+b/wap+%28feat.+megan+thee+stallion%29/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 4 |- {{single chart|France|30|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=Wap|rowheader=true|access-date=October 27, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Germany|12|songid=2049065|artist=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion|song=Wap|rowheader=true|access-date=September 11, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|1|artist=Cardi B|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=October 22, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Greece International ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Weeks: 36/2020|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]|access-date=September 14, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914135907/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|archive-date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> | 1 |- {{single chart|Hungarysingle|8|year=2020|week=39|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=October 1, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Hungarystream|2|year=2020|week=36|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=September 11, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Iceland ([[Music of Iceland|Plötutíðindi]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Lög|trans-title=The Music – Songs|language=is|publisher=[[Music of Iceland|Plötutíðindi]]|access-date=July 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001055959/http://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/|archive-date=October 1, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 11 |- {{single chart|Ireland4|1|date=20200828|rowheader=true|access-date=August 28, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Italy|34|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=October 7, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2020&month=09&day=21|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas|language=ja|work=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=September 7, 2020|access-date=September 16, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141151/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2020&month=09&day=21|url-status=live}}</ref> | 10 |- ! scope="row"| Lebanon ([[The Official Lebanese Top 20|Lebanese Top 20]])<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.olt20.com/Cardi_B#fragment-2&panel1-4|title=The Official Lebanese Top 20 – Cardi B|publisher=[[The Official Lebanese Top 20]]|date=2020-10-04|access-date=12 September 2023}}</ref> | 19 |- ! scope="row"| Lithuania ([[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi-2020w38/|title=Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)|language=lt|publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]]|date=September 18, 2020|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200918085545/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi-2020w38/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 1 |- ! scope="row"| Malaysia ([[Recording Industry Association of Malaysia|RIM]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/RecordingIndustryMalaysia/photos/pcb.204519562908755.-2207520000../3868850869808921/?type=3&theater|title=Top 20 Most Streamed International & Domestic Singles In Malaysia|work=[[Recording Industry Association of Malaysia]]|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Malaysia|access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref> | 8 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40|Dutch Top 40 Tipparade]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/2020/week-39|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 39, 2020|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|language=nl|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref> |1 |- {{single chart|Dutch100|16|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 18, 2020}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 19, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Norway|2|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 19, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Portugal|5|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 18, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Romania ([[Romanian record charts|Airplay 100]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.unsitedemuzica.ro/topuri/Top-Airplay-100-Jerusalema-face-valuri-si-in-plina-toamna-p11091|title=Top Airplay 100 - Jerusalema face valuri şi în plină toamnă!|trans-title=Top Airplay 100 – Jerusalema makes waves even in full autumn!|author=Arvunescu, Victor|date=October 12, 2020|access-date=October 12, 2020|language=ro|publisher=Un site de muzică}}</ref> | 47 |- {{single chart|Scotland|8|date=20200814|rowheader=true|access-date=August 14, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Singapore ([[Recording Industry Association (Singapore)|RIAS]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rias.org.sg/rias-top-charts/|title=RIAS International Top Charts Week 38|publisher=Recording Industry Association (Singapore)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922085216/https://www.rias.org.sg/rias-top-charts/|archive-date=September 22, 2020}}</ref> | 4 |- {{single chart|Slovakdigital|5|year=2020|week=37|rowheader=true|access-date=September 14, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| South Korea ([[Gaon Digital Chart|Gaon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL|title=2020년 38주차 Digital Chart|trans-title=Digital Chart - Week 38 of 2020|work=[[Gaon Music Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=September 25, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925161451/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=38&hitYear=2020&termGbn=week|url-status=live}}</ref> | 121 |- ! scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2020/36|title=Top 100 Canciones: Semana 36|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141153/https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2020/36|url-status=live}}</ref> | 63 |- {{single chart|Sweden|6|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 19, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2020}} |- {{single chart|UK|1|date=20200904|rowheader=true|access-date=September 4, 2020}} |- {{single chart|UKrandb|1|date=20200821|rowheader=true|access-date=August 21, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=August 18, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=August 17, 2020}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphopairplay|3|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=May 12, 2022}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|1|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=September 21, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| U.S. [[Rolling Stone Top 100|''Rolling Stone'' Top 100]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2020-08-13|title=Top 100 Songs, August 7, 2020 - August 13, 2020|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=August 22, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141154/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2020-08-13/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 1 |} {{col-2}} ===Monthly charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Brazil ([[Pro-Música Brasil|Top 50 Streaming]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pro-musicabr.org.br/home/top-50-streaming/?top50sPeriodo=09/2020|title=Top 50 Streaming Monthly (September)|publisher=[[Pro-Música Brasil]]|access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref> | 16 |} ===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+2020 year-end chart performance for "WAP" ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2020/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2020|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> | 19 |- ! scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3010525/|title=Ö3 Austria Top40 Jahrescharts 2020|date=November 8, 2019 |publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40|access-date=December 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231060201/https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3010525/|archive-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref> | 53 |- ! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2020|title=Jaaroverzichten 2020|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=December 18, 2020}}</ref> | 96 |- ! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> | 37 |- ! scope="row"| Denmark (Tracklisten)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/top2020.asp?list=Track%20100|title=Track Top-100 2020|publisher=[[Hitlisten]]|access-date=January 13, 2021}}</ref> | 89 |- ! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2020|title=Top de l'année Top Singles 2020|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=February 9, 2021}}</ref> | 168 |- ! scope="row"| Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.de/charts/lod2k0/top-100-jahrescharts-2020|title=Top 100 Jahrescharts 2020|publisher=mtv.de|work=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=December 9, 2020}}</ref> | 96 |- ! scope="row"| Hungary (Single Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2020|title=Single Top 100 - eladási darabszám alapján - 2020|access-date=February 27, 2021|publisher=[[Mahasz]]}}</ref> | 76 |- ! scope="row"| Hungary (Stream Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/stream_db/2020|title=Stream Top 100 - darabszám alapján - 2020|access-date=March 2, 2022|publisher=[[Mahasz]]}}</ref> | 32 |- ! scope="row"| Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/irelands-official-top-50-biggest-songs-of-2020__29419/|title=Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest songs of 2020|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=White|first=Jack|date=January 10, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2021}}</ref> | 16 |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/index_chart?chart=4974|title=Top Selling Singles of 2020|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=December 5, 2020}}</ref> | 28 |- ! scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2020&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 2020|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref> | 77 |- ! scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2020|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2020|website=[[hitparade.ch]]|access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> | 60 |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20201231/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2020|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref> | 23 |- ! scope="row"| U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-100-songs|title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> | 24 |- ! scope="row"| U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> | 10 |- ! scope="row"| U.S. Rhythmic (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/rhythmic-songs|title=Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> | 31 |- ! scope="row"| U.S. ''Rolling Stone'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/year-end/|title=Top 100 Songs of 2020|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=January 6, 2021|archive-date=March 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307013530/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/year-end/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 7 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+2021 year-end chart performance for "WAP" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2021|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=January 11, 2022}}</ref> | 49 |- ! scope="row"| [[Billboard Year-End Global 200 singles of 2021|Global 200]] (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/billboard-global-200/|title=Billboard Global 200 – Year-End 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> | 42 |- ! scope="row"| U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs/|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> | 42 |} {{col-end}} ==Certifications and sales== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "WAP"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|title=Wap|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=February 3, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=April 5, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|access-date=December 5, 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP|award=Diamond|number=2|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=August 9, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP|award=Platinum|number=7|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=February 27, 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|id=11263|access-date=May 3, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP feat. Megan Thee Stallion|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=May 9, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Cardi B feat. Meghan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=December 2, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|title=WAP|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|certweek=24|id=8588|access-date=June 21, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2020|relmonth=12|id=4940|access-date=December 25, 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=single|artist=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|access-date=November 27, 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|certmonth=3|access-date=August 11, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|id=file_2023-01-30-17-47-02.pdf|access-date=February 7, 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Cardi B / Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|id=cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap|access-date=March 10, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|artist=Cardi B ft Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|id=16670-5368-1|access-date=November 10, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|number=8|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=September 8, 2023}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}} ==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Release dates and formats for "WAP" |- ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row"| Various | August 6, 2020 | {{hlist|[[Single (music)#7-inch format|7-inch vinyl]]|[[cassette tape]]}} | [[Warner Music Group|Warner]] | <ref>{{cite web |title=WAP Limited Edition Signed Vinyl (Pink) + Digital Single |url=https://wapstore.cardib.com/products/wap-limited-edition-signed-vinyl-pink-digital-single |website=Cardi B |access-date=August 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815082254/https://wapstore.cardib.com/products/wap-limited-edition-signed-vinyl-pink-digital-single |archive-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=[PRE-ORDER] WAP Limited Edition Signed Cassette + Digital Single |url=https://store.warnermusic.ca/collections/cardi-b/products/wap-limited-edition-signed-cassette-digital-single |website=[[Warner Music Canada]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815082022/https://store.warnermusic.ca/collections/cardi-b/products/wap-limited-edition-signed-cassette-digital-single |archive-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| August 7, 2020 |{{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]}} | [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] | <ref name="apple">{{Cite web|title=WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) - Single by Cardi B|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/wap-feat-megan-thee-stallion-single/1526746980|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=August 7, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807132904/https://music.apple.com/us/album/wap-feat-megan-thee-stallion-single/1526746980|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Italy | Radio [[airplay]] | [[Warner Music Group|Warner]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://radiodate.it/radio-date/cardi-b-feat-megan-thee-stallon-wap-210920-07-08-2020-radiodate/|title=CARDI B "WAP" {{!}} (Radio Date: August 7, 2020)|website=radiodate.it|access-date=August 7, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141221/http://radiodate.it/radio-date/cardi-b-feat-megan-thee-stallon-wap-210920-07-08-2020-radiodate/|url-status=live}}</ref> |} ==See also== {{Div col}} * [[List of Billboard Digital Song Sales number ones of 2020|List of ''Billboard'' Digital Song Sales number ones of 2020]] * [[List of Billboard Global 200 number ones of 2020|List of ''Billboard'' Global 200 number ones of 2020]] * [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2020|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number ones of 2020]] * [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2020s|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2020s]] * [[List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2020|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2020]] * [[List of Billboard Streaming Songs number ones of 2020|List of ''Billboard'' Streaming Songs number ones of 2020]] * [[List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2020]] * [[List of number-one singles of 2020 (Australia)]] * [[List of number-one singles of 2020 (Ireland)]] * [[List of top 10 singles in 2020 (Ireland)]] * [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s]] * [[List of UK top-ten singles in 2020]] {{div col end}} ==References== <!--Please add authors from news sources--> {{reflist|3}} {{Cardi B}} {{Megan Thee Stallion}} {{BET Award for Video of the Year}} {{Pitchfork}} {{authority control}} [[Category:2020 singles]] [[Category:2020 songs]] [[Category:Atlantic Records singles]] [[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]] [[Category:Billboard Global 200 number-one singles]] [[Category:Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles]] [[Category:Cardi B songs]] [[Category:Dirty rap songs]] [[Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles]] [[Category:Megan Thee Stallion songs]] [[Category:Music video controversies]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Greece]] [[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]] [[Category:Obscenity controversies in music]] [[Category:Sex-positive feminism]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Ayo the Producer]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Keyz (producer)]] [[Category:Songs involved in plagiarism controversies]] [[Category:Songs with feminist themes]] [[Category:Songs written by Cardi B]] [[Category:Songs written by Megan Thee Stallion]] [[Category:Songs written by Pardison Fontaine]] [[Category:Songs written by Keyz (producer)]] [[Category:Songs written by Ayo the Producer]] [[Category:Songs written by Frank Ski]] [[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]'