"Outside" | ||||
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Single by Cardi B | ||||
from the album Am I the Drama? | ||||
Released | June 20, 2025 | |||
Recorded | 2024 | |||
Genre | Hip-hop | |||
Length | 3:26 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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"Outside" on YouTube |
"Outside" is a song by American rapper Cardi B. It was released on June 20, 2025, through Atlantic Records as the lead single from her second studio album, Am I the Drama? (2025). Her first solo single since "Enough (Miami)" in 2024, it is a hip-hop song written by Cardi B and various collaborators and produced by Charlie Heat, HeyMicki, and DJ SwanQo.
"Outside" debuted at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cardi B's thirteenth top-ten hit and her first since "Enough (Miami)" in 2024. It also marked the third top-ten single on Am I the Drama?, after "WAP" and "Up". The song peaked at number one on the Rhythmic Airplay and Rap Airplay charts, her ninth and eighth chart-topper on each respectively.
In early June, a leaked snippet of an unreleased track by Cardi B went viral in which she disses an unnamed man, speculated to be her estranged husband Offset. [1] In response to the track's virality, the rapper shared that she did not plan on releasing it as a single and wished to release her long-awaited second studio album all together instead, and was filming a music video "in a couple of weeks" for another song. [2] She later expressed that her label wanted her to release the song due to the positive reaction and that she "might drop it." [3]
On June 17, Cardi B announced the single named "Outside" would release in three days and posted its cover art depicting the aftermath of a summer block party in New York City, including an overflowing fire hydrant and dominoes, open lipstick, blunt wrappers, and red Solo cups spread across the sidewalk. [4] The song was officially released on June 20, 2025, marking her first solo single of the year and her first since "Enough (Miami)" in 2024. [5] [6] "Outside" appeared on the rapper's second studio album Am I the Drama? (2025). [7] [8]
According to Cardi B, she made the song "a few months ago when I was very, very angry. I had to change some bars because I was angry, honey," adding that she wouldn't have released it without the fan demand. [9] Over a sample of the classic Triggerman beat, Cardi B declares that she is ready to be back outside. [10] She seemingly takes aim at Offset, insulting him as "Good-for-nothing, low-down dirty dogs, I'm convinced / Next time you see your mama, tell her how she raised a bitch." She also hints at her new relationship with football player Stefon Diggs, saying "Favorite player from your favorite team, he in my DM, uh / I'm so small and tiny, he so big and tall / Might let him dunk this pussy like he dunk the ball." [11]
"Outside" was released on digital streaming platforms on June 20, 2025. [12] Cardi B debuted the song live two days prior at a Spotify event in Cannes, France. [13] It was sent to urban and rhythmic radio on June 23. [14] An a cappella version of "Outside" was released digitally on June 26. [15]
Billboard ranked "Outside" as the twelfth-best song on Am I the Drama?, praising the track's "fiery confidence and razor-sharp wit" and calling it the "right appetizer" for the album. [16]
In the United States, "Outside" debuted at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, marking Cardi B's thirteenth top-ten hit and her first since her last solo single "Enough (Miami)" in 2024. The song earned 15.6 million streams, 6 million in airplay audience and 14,000 sold in its debut week, and became her eighth number-one hit on the Digital Song Sales chart. [17] It reached number one on the Rhythmic Airplay chart on the August 16 dated ranking, becoming her ninth number-one on the chart and her first since "Up" in 2021. It also reached number one on the Rap Airplay chart in the same week, becoming her eighth number-one on the chart and her first since "Tomorrow 2" with GloRilla in 2022. With this, Cardi B became the woman with the second-most number ones on Rap Airplay, only one behind Nicki Minaj, and the artist with the sixth-most number-ones overall after Drake, Lil Wayne, Ye, Jay-Z, and Minaj. [18]
Credits were adapted from Tidal. [19]
Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [20] | 61 |
Germany Urban (Deutsche Urban Charts) [21] | 3 |
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [22] | 27 |
Lithuania (AGATA) [23] | 2 |
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [24] | 12 |
South Africa (TOSAC) [25] | 21 |
Suriname (Nationale Top 40) [26] | 29 |
UK Singles (OCC) [27] | 72 |
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [28] | 15 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [29] | 10 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [30] | 2 |
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ( Billboard ) [31] | 6 |
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [32] | 1 |
Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | June 20, 2025 |
| Atlantic | [12] | |
United States | June 23, 2025 | Original | [14] | ||
Various | June 26, 2025 | Acapella | [15] |