Offset teased his upcoming solo album by slipping in some graphic footage of Cardi B giving birth, and people aren’t holding back thoughts.
On top of making this face every time the camera cut to him during Cardi’s performance, doddering up to stand next to her onstage as she accepted her Best Rap Album win, and inserting himself into every photograph taken of Cardi, the Migos rapper’s promo was…a lot.
The 45-second video intercuts clips of the rapper in the studio with clips his three children from previous marriages. Edited in towards the end is graphic footage of Cardi giving birth back in July.
Doctors surround Cardi, in obvious labor pain in the delivery room.
The trailer ends with a zoom on Offset’s shocked face before revealing the album’s release date, February 22nd.
The clip keeps with the family theme of the promo, but many on Twitter wondered how necessary it was.
Offset really used a video of Cardi B giving birth as the trailer for his album ? pic.twitter.com/jzE4mIx1fU
— Trashvis (@Trashvis) February 11, 2019
This is actually an invasion of privacy
— Ivo (@Youthro) February 11, 2019
No wonder he wanted to get back with her so bad. Mans had a whole promo lined up ?
— it be like that (@thinley_w) February 11, 2019
— Stay Woke ? (@yungjizzle98) February 11, 2019
— free yung savage (@runaway_void) February 11, 2019
Who thought that this was a good idea?
— Ladybuglizzie (@sagevalentine) February 11, 2019
Offset using a clip from cardi’s labor/birth as a promo for his album is …. very weird. pic.twitter.com/zkeMjMV68x
— Uncultured Swine Blocker (@MakeupWhoreder) February 11, 2019
Offset lookin around that room to see which nurse he gonna cheat on cardi with. A legend
— Hispanic @ the disco (@im_legal27) February 11, 2019
when cardi b said invasion of privacy, offset took it literally pic.twitter.com/nniNkdlrDj
— R1+ O (@r1finesse_) February 11, 2019
No matter what you thought of the promo, you undoubtedly came away from it with the same expression as everyone else—Offset’s.
h/t BuzzFeed