Cardi B followers will not have to attend for much longer for her long-awaited sophomore album.

On Monday, June 23, the “WAP” rapper and mom of two shared that her second LP, titled “Am I the Drama?” is about to be launched on September 19, 2025, and followers cannot comprise their pleasure.

Earlier than saying the discharge date of her second album, which comes seven years after her first undertaking, “Invasion of Privateness,” Cardi B teased her followers on Instagram with a cryptic video.

“Seven years and the time has come. Seven years of affection, gentle, and loss,” she mentioned within the video. “Seven years I gave them grace, however now I give them hell.”

The “Bodak Yellow” rapper continued, “I realized energy’s not giving, it is taking. I am shedding feathers and no extra tears.”

“I am not again,” she added, “I am past. I am not your villain, I am your karma. The time is right here. The time is now.”

Followers instantly flocked to Cardi B’s Instagram remark part to share their pleasure about her new undertaking.

“They’re shaking, I concern!” a consumer wrote. “Y’all thought she was shelved! She’s again!! Oh, she’s TAKING IT! Maintain your foot on their necks!! Please embody ‘WAP,’ ‘UP’ & ‘Bongos’ as bonuses so it sells even increased!! It is preordered!!”

One other commenter posted, “We used to wish for instances like this.”

WNBA star Angel Reese additionally weighed in on the dialogue, writing, “Thank yaaaaa! Cannot waittt.”

The announcement follows feedback Cardi B made in Might 2025, when she expressed frustration with artists who had been gradual to ship of their featured vocals for the 23-track album.

“I actually need these f-cking options,” she mentioned on-line. “And it is like I am probably not making an attempt to press or go loopy on these artists as a result of I really like them down.”

She added, “But it surely’s like, come on now! I want that! I want that proper now! Helloooo! Y’all do not wish to miss this chance. I will sing this sh-t myself! However I actually need y’all, and I want y’all to rush up, and I really like y’all. I really feel like no person wish to miss being on this album.”

In a earlier interview, coated by The Blast, Cardi B teased the undertaking’s title, saying it represents her effectively as a result of she’s a “messy queen.”

“I really feel prefer it’s surprising, and I really feel prefer it’s one thing that is probably not out proper now,” she continued. “It is gonna be issues that folks do count on me and a number of issues folks do not count on from me.”

On Friday, June 20, Cardi B launched a brand new track, “Outdoors,” after performing it two days earlier than in the course of the Cannes Lions Spotify occasion.

In keeping with PEOPLE, Cardi B informed her social media followers that she launched the track largely as a consequence of their persistence earlier than sharing what impressed the snappy observe.

“I made this track a couple of months in the past after I was very, very offended. I needed to change some bars as a result of I used to be offended, honey,” she mentioned.