What WAP Really Means

Ever since it first premiered on VH1 I had been enthralled with the drama, the heartbreak, and the absolute, mostly unintended hilarity of the cast of Love and Hip Hop. Mona Scott Young had assembled a mix of hip hop hopefuls and has-beens to create either a jumping-off point for a comeback or a career graveyard. Someone who had taken full advantage of this platform, along with Remy Ma, is one Cardi B. The snaggletooth stripper was initially taken as a joke by fans and a good amount of her other cast members but mylanta, did she show everyone up. She is now one of the most successful alums of the show.

I am unashamed to call myself a fan of this underdog just as she is unashamed to admit that she has a ghostwriter, has had her fair amount of surgery, and most recently that she really, really, really, really likes sex.

Her new song "WAP" is a testament to really great sex and I first listened to it in absolute awe. Now every time I listen to it a huge smile crosses my face and an urge to read the lyrics in an English accent enters my mind. Everything I have previously mentioned pales in comparison to seeing someone else's face as they read the lyrics or hear the song for the first time. Ben Shapiro, for example, reading this song is absolute gold. Him stammering through the lyrics as he progressively turns redder and more frustrated.

As amazing as that video is to watch, with it's changing color schemes and sexy choreography, there's a lesson to be learned and it's a pretty simple one. People have sex. Dirty, nasty, eye twitching, toe-curling, big mac truck driving, sometimes hilarious sex. But why are so many people angry at this song? Ben Shapiro has actually gone as far as to request the two rappers get arrested. I've come to the conclusion that anyone who is mad at this song, which turns out to be a lot of people, is just a little bashful. Either that or the person listening to is not only uninterested in sex (which is valid) but is totally okay with shaming those who are, in which case, fuck them.

On a personal note, I'm not sure why anyone would have anything against the song. Sexual desire doesn't stop just because you have a child. If that were the case so many women would be miserable. The themes of this song are something that should be admitted, normalized, and embraced. Freaky consensual sex is amazing. Not to say that you should roll up to church blasting the sex-positive anthem (although, imagine your pastor's face!) but if you're one of those conservative people willing to take baby steps, maybe listen to the song with an understanding that majority of the women you see everyday want sex just as much as guys do.

WAP is sex-positive and confident, as well as inclusive. Something that someone like Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion know how to wear, especially now with word that the song is number 1 in the country according to Billboard and the first hip hop duet to do so. Cardi B let us know in a very excited Instagram post just as Meg let us know that she wants to be gobbled and swallowed.

Honestly, 2020 has been such a bummer for me personally, as well as the rest of the world that it's nice to have a simple song where the theme is something we can all agree with. We all want great sex and if you meet someone that says differently as I mentioned before, they're just a bit bashful.