Director Petra Collins is best known for her highly emotive, soft focus photo portraiture of women, which makes her an interesting, if unexpected choice to direct the video for “Bartier Cardi.” Sweetness and pastels don’t usually come to mind when one reflects on Cardi B’s meteoric rise to fame and turbulent time at the top (and Petra, for why the shot of Cardi on a wet, moving car’s hood?) All this aside, the clip does bring some quality stunting, including a stunning crystal harness from New York fetish designer Creepy Yeha, the collaring of 21 Savage, and a mini-soap opera with Offset in the back seat of a limo.
Let’s be real, this is not a rapper whose charisma is tough to capture on-screen — and there are few people besides Tiffany Pollard who GIFs better than our girl. Here’s some of our favorite “Bartier Cardi” gifs from the world wide web, all guaranteed to light up the DMs of your beloveds.
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When they’ve got to catch you on TV because they won’t see you in the streets
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When you’ve got too much funds
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Or when you secure the bag
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When she’s preaching to the choir
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For when he needs to shut up and listen
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For that friend who is always popping up in the most random spots
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When you gotta check out the merchandise
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When bae’s trying to be cute but he’s acting up
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… But you make up anyway
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Tfw you’re not surprised at all
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The actual money move
