Watch how explicit Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion were able to make "WAP" at the Grammys
Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B performing at the 2021 Grammys Screenshot: Paramount+
The biggest song of last year was also arguably the raunchiest. In addition to being a total bop, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” was a cultural lightning rod, garnering criticism from the kind of people who would’ve been absolutely appalled by Elvis shaking his hips on The Ed Sullivan Show, only somehow even more culturally clueless. So it was interesting to see how the song got re-tooled for its live performance on the 2021 Grammys, where everything that makes the song dirty and fun would potentially get censored by stern grumps desperately wondering if someone won’t please think of the children.