VMAs 2023_ Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion REUNITE for 'Bongos' Performance
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00:00 ♪ Back shots sound like bongos ♪
00:02 ♪ I ain't scared to admit I'm a freak ♪
00:03 ♪ At least I'm getting my money ♪
00:05 - Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion
00:07 reuniting on the VMAs stage for another collab.
00:11 - Oh yes, honey.
00:12 - The rappers give their debut performance
00:14 of their newest single, "Bongos".
00:17 ♪ Flexing, I can make gala in the robe ♪
00:18 ♪ I can body every look and I can body every pose ♪
00:21 ♪ Neck full of diamonds, yeah, I'm forever froze ♪
00:23 ♪ Will Cardi ever fall up ♪
00:24 - We really out here doing the damn thing.
00:25 - Yeah, Cardi and Megan don't hold back with the choreo.
00:28 (upbeat music)
00:31 - Noticeably showing some love in the crowd,
00:36 Cardi's hubby offset.
00:38 - My beautiful lady, she looks so beautiful tonight,
00:40 if I must say.
00:41 ♪ I can body every look and I can body every pose ♪
00:43 ♪ Neck full of diamonds, yeah, I'm forever froze ♪
00:45 ♪ Will Cardi ever fall up ♪
00:46 ♪ You never know ♪
00:47 - I've seen her doing her thing,
00:48 she worked very hard on that video.
00:50 I'm so proud of her.
00:51 She did a great job, choreo was immaculate.
00:54 - "Bongos" is Cardi and Meg's first collab
00:56 since their 2020 hit "WAP".
00:58 ♪ Now from the top, make it drop ♪
01:00 ♪ That's some wet and cushy ♪
01:02 ♪ Now get a bucky and a mop ♪
01:04 ♪ That's some wet and cushy ♪
01:06 - The summer anthem earned the duo five nominations
01:08 at the 2021 VMAs.
01:10 And after partnering up for the second time with "Bongos",
01:13 the two didn't disappoint.
01:15 - When we collab, it's like more than a collab
01:17 because it's really like hard work.
01:19 Like first, it's like making sure
01:21 that the records just go together.
01:23 Then after the record's finished,
01:25 that's when the hard work work in, put in.
01:27 And we be putting our (beep) sweats (beep)
01:30 that we be sweating.
01:31 - Our sweat. - We be going to work.
01:33 - Our tears, our muscles, the whole body go into the song.
01:37 - Everything.
01:38 ♪ Thick girls in a black truck packed in ♪
01:40 ♪ Eat whoever in my way, Ms. Pac-Man ♪
01:42 ♪ Herdmans made a real big purchase ♪
01:44 ♪ Purse so big, had to treat it like a purse then ♪
01:49 (whooshing)
01:51 [BLANK_AUDIO]