Notable examples of inordinate male outrage hurled against “WAP” when it debuted over the summer include a viral video of conservative commentator Ben Shapiro reading the lyrics aloud, in which, as Dani Di Placido of Forbes put it, “Shapiro repeats the sexually explicit phrases with stilted, painful apprehension, as though the words themselves could summon a succubus with a swollen rear.” In addition to the awkward recitation of what turned out to be the most-Googled lyrics of the year, Shapiro also took to Twitter to air his “WAP” grievances, claiming his wife suggested vaginal wetness as described in the song could only occur as the result of infection in what has been called “perhaps the world’s most predictable self-own. This is how I want it or don’t want it.’”
“I feel like for a long time men felt like they owned sex and now women are saying, ‘Hey, this is for me. Released 7 August 2020 on Atlantic (catalog no. At long last, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion have teamed up on a track, WAP, released Thursday night along with a steamy music video. “Some people just don’t know what to do when a woman is in control and taking ownership of her own body,” the artist told GQ‘s Jonathan Heaf. Why? Because, as Megan Thee Stallion herself told GQ, the idea of women celebrating their sexuality and exercising agency over their own bodies “freaks men the hell out.” But despite the accolades, the unabashed ode to female sexuality still managed to piss off plenty of people this year, particularly male ones. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” has topped numerous year-end music lists, hailed as the best song of 2020 by the likes of Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and NPR.
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