--- title: Cardi B Compares Taylor Swift Single to Hurricane Irma description: Cardi B revealed that she's coming for Taylor Swift spot on the Billboard 100; her hit 'Bodak Yellow' is currently second to 'LWYMMD.' canonical: https://time.com/4948869/cardi-b-taylor-swift-hurricane-irma/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-19T22:11:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:24.810Z og:title: Cardi B Compares Taylor Swift's New Single to Hurricane Irma og:description: It 'came out of nowhere' og:url: https://time.com/4948869/cardi-b-taylor-swift-hurricane-irma/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37edcbfcdc6a5b8b/6988de76cf40a81343c4972c/cardi-b-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings in New York City - September 14, 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cardi B Compares Taylor Swift's New Single to Hurricane Irma twitter:description: It 'came out of nowhere' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37edcbfcdc6a5b8b/6988de76cf40a81343c4972c/cardi-b-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cardi B Compares Taylor Swift's New Single to Hurricane Irma: It 'Came Out of Nowhere'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 19, 2017 10:11 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 14: Cardi B attends the 2017 Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street in Tribeca on September 14, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/GC Images) NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 14: Cardi B attends the 2017 Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street in Tribeca on September 14, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/GC Images)Gotham—GC Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 19, 2017 10:11 PM UTC Better watch out, [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/3578249/taylor-swift-interview/) — Cardi B’s making money moves and if she has her way, she’ll be taking the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. During an appearance on [_The Breakfast Club_](http://time.com/4297996/hillary-clinton-hot-sauce/) on Friday, the viral rapper of the moment shared how she almost scored the #1 spot on the chart until Taylor Swift dropped her first single [“Look What You Made Me Do.”](http://time.com/4918411/taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do-music-video-references/) “I almost had it, but then that damn Taylor Swift came out of nowhere like a Hurricane Irma or something,” she said jokingly before giving her props. “That record, you know what? She did her thing.” Bodak Yellow, which currently holds the second spot overall, reached #1 for streaming on Monday. This is [the first time in three years that two women have topped the Billboard Hot 100.](http://time.com/4936654/billboard-women-taylor-swift-cardi-b/) Watch the full interview below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4948869/cardi-b-taylor-swift-hurricane-irma/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4948869/cardi-b-taylor-swift-hurricane-irma/"},"headline":"Cardi B Compares Taylor Swift's New Single to Hurricane Irma: It 'Came Out of Nowhere'","datePublished":"2017-09-19T22:11:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:24.810Z","description":"'Bodak Yellow' is second only to 'Look What You Made Me Do'","url":"https://time.com/4948869/cardi-b-taylor-swift-hurricane-irma/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","viral","Taylor Swift","Cardi B"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37edcbfcdc6a5b8b/6988de76cf40a81343c4972c/cardi-b-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37edcbfcdc6a5b8b/6988de76cf40a81343c4972c/cardi-b-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - September 14, 2017","caption":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - September 14, 2017","creditText":"Gotham—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4948869/cardi-b-taylor-swift-hurricane-irma/","name":"Cardi B Compares Taylor Swift's New Single to Hurricane Irma: It 'Came Out of Nowhere'"}}]}] ```