Cardi B's breakout hit "Bodak Yellow" is officially the number one song in the country. The rap track—whose most quotable lyric is arguably the shoutout to Christian Louboutin's scarlet soles: "These expensive, these is red bottoms, these is bloody shoes"—has swept the nation, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for the second week in a row. It was only a matter of time before the footwear designer heard it himself, and he has.
A friend recently played the song and the video for Louboutin and pointed out the lyrics, he told the New York Times. He's still new to Cardi, though, and struggled to remember who she was in his interview. "She's a rapper? This 'Yellow' song?" he asked NYT. "I don't know much more than that, to be honest."
Hey, it's a start.
Cardi (born Belcalis Almanzar) got her first pair of red bottoms from a fan during her days as a stripper. Now, the rapper apparently owns over 90 pairs. "She usually buys a pair or two every couple of weeks," her stylist recently told Billboard.
Her connection to the shoe relates to Louboutin's early design days, too. "The first shoes I ever designed were for showgirls, people on stage. Showgirls have a kind of attitude — they're driving forces," he told the Times, recalling his internship under Folies Bergère.
Though the designer doesn't consider himself a "big rap person," he's still open to meeting Cardi if she's ever in town. "Why not?" he said.
Not that's a collab we're dying to see.
