I was heading to my 4 p.m. class when I heard the line was already long gone. The doors opened at 7 pm and the eager and dedicated Cardi B fans were not wasting any time. By 8 pm, I had finally arrived at the Mullins Center only to be shocked by the massive line swerving around the venue.
I found my place in line and began my hour or so wait to get inside. This wait was filled with sirens and tears as multiple people were taken away in ambulances. To no surprise, the line was trashed with empty nips and water bottles, there was alcohol everywhere.
When I finally arrived at the venue, I headed to the bowl to find seats with my friends and to no surprise, there were none in sight. Standing in the stairway, we watched and danced to Party Favor, the surprise opening DJ. His music was straight out of a high school party; the best throwback jams, the best rap, and hip-hop and just overall very fun pump up songs. By the end of his set, everybody was ready to party with Cardi.
Cardi finally came on blasting “Get Up 10.” By mid-song, she finally made her way onto center stage killing it in a red striped ensemble. Her set list was minimal, to say the least, taking the stage for around 30 minutes. As she began to play “Motorsport” by Migos, she asked her DJ to rap the male parts of the song.
As he began, you could hear the rasp of his voice which he was clearly was struggling to make any sound at all. Cardi threw her head back, clearly annoyed with his lack of voice. She closed with the iconic song “Bodak Yellow” which had the entire stadium screaming and dancing. She then abruptly said goodbye and left fans shocked by her speedy show.
I personally didn’t expect much of a lengthy set from the pregnant star. She killed it just as one would expect and she did it in heels and while pregnant! Is there an award for that? I can barely walk in heels and here she is twerking, dancing and running all around! Literally how?!
I do feel for all my hardcore Cardi fans who waited in the rain for hours to get tickets and then hours again to get the best seats for the show itself. They put in a lot of work for only 30 minutes of performance!
I think that most everyone left the concert thanking Tinder for making their Wednesday night a little more eventful, even if the concert wasn’t exactly what they thought it would be! Although, I do think everyone left extremely disappointed to see rain pouring through the streets. It was a very fast, wet walk home.
Maybe one day Tinder will do something like this again and bring back another star to the zoo for free on a Wednesday night!
