Cardi B shares challenges of making music videos while following pandemic protocols on NBC talk show
Cardi B shared how challenging it’s been to film music videos with COVID-19 restrictions while appearing Thursday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
The 28-year-old rapper released her wildly popular WAP video in August and last week treated her fans to a music video for her new song Up.
‘Is it tough with the pandemic even to record a song, let alone do a video for it?,’ Jimmy, 46, asked the Grammy-winning rapper who appeared remotely on the NBC talk show .
Video challenges: Cardi B shared how challenging it’s been to film music videos with COVID-19 restrictions while appearing Thursday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
‘Videos, yes, of course. Because there’s certain things that you can’t do,’ said Cardi, whose given name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar.
‘I did this pyramid with some girls. And the pyramid, we have to do it less than 10 seconds because it was more than six people,’ Cardi shared.
‘And due to COVID, people can’t be touching. Even though you get tested before the music video three times. You get tested the beginning of the week, the day beofe, and the day of,’ she said.
Jimmy pointed out that there’s also licking in her Up music video.
Pandemic videos: The 28-year-old rapper released her wildly popular WAP video in August and last week treated her fans to a music video for her new song Up
‘Yeah, we had to, like, beg,’ Cardi said.
Jimmy found it odd that she couldn’t form a human pyramid, but she and women in her video could ‘French kiss each other’.
Cardi explained that it all was determined following the ‘craziest protocols’ for production.
Good question: ‘Is it tough with the pandemic even to record a song, let alone do a video for it?,’ Jimmy Fallon, 46, asked the Grammy-winning rapper who appeared remotely on the NBC talk show
Jimmy laughed while trying to figure out the pyramid and licking rules.
‘I’ll tell you, it’s the craziest thing. If you work in production, you understand it’s the craziest thing ever,’ Cardi said.
Cardi was on the talk show promoting Us, which is the second single from her upcoming second studio album.
Protocols followed: ‘Videos, yes, of course. Because there’s certain things that you can’t do,’ said Cardi, whose given name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar
She also was plugging her new Facebook Watch series called Cardi Tries in which she tries a bunch of new things, including farm life, ballet, stunt driving and sushi.
Jimmy also played a game called The Mimic Challenge with Cardi in which they took turns making sounds with an object, followed by the other trying to mimic the noise.
Cardi has two-year-old daughter Kulture with her rapper husband Offset, 29.
New series: The rapper also was plugging her new Facebook Watch series called Cardi Tries in which she tries a bunch of new things
Game time: Jimmy also played a game called The Mimic Challenge with Cardi in which they took turns making sounds with an object, followed by the other trying to mimic the noise