--- title: Cardi B and Bruno Mars Bring the Finesse in Music Video description: The Bronx rapper adds her voice — and dance moves — to a bright new remix and video for the Mars song off of his album '24K Magic.' canonical: https://time.com/5087739/cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-04T16:50:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:23.173Z og:title: Cardi B and Bruno Mars Made the Most '90s Music Video og:description: The Bronx rapper adds her voice to Mars's '24K Magic' tune on a bright new video og:url: https://time.com/5087739/cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cardi B and Bruno Mars Made the Most '90s Music Video twitter:description: The Bronx rapper adds her voice to Mars's '24K Magic' tune on a bright new video twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Cardi B and Bruno Mars Made the Splashiest '90s Music Video > Sponsored content. 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MONEY VIDEO_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 4, 2018 4:50 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 4, 2018 4:50 PM UTC Bruno Mars and [Cardi B](http://time.com/4960015/cardi-b-bodak-yellow-what-to-know/) both finished 2017 strong, Cardi with three songs propelling her to [record-setting chart success](http://people.com/music/cardi-b-first-three-songs-hot-100-hits-top-10-history-bra-video/), and Mars sitting pretty with a slew of [major Grammy nominations](https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/60th-grammy-awards-full-nominees-list). So it looks like they decided to bring the momentum with them straight into 2018, dropping a remix and video to Mars’s song “Finesse” off of his third album, the [blockbuster _24K Magic_](http://time.com/4522435/bruno-mars-24k-magic/). It’s a 90s-inspired jam with a visual that pays spot-on homage to _In Living Color_, the popular sketch comedy show featuring the Wayans family, Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx and even [Jennifer Lopez](http://time.com/5018293/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-33/item/amor-amor-amor-jennifer-lopez-feat-wisin/) back in the day. Mars and Cardi teased the joint release on Wednesday on Twitter, with Mars [saying](https://twitter.com/BrunoMars/status/948775707710124033) the video was dedicated to one of his “favorite T.V. shows of all time.” They’re faithful to the spirit of the original show throughout the video, from the fashion to the throwback setting and Mars’s sharp group choreography, while Cardi brings the tune right into 2018 with a saucy rap intro. “Bossed up and I changed the game (you see me),” she reminds us off the top, all confidence as ever. And if you’re in need of even more 90’s-inflected tunes, Lin-Manuel Miranda and blogger Anil Dash have you covered: inspired by the release of “Finesse (Remix)” and reminiscing about the music of past decades, they collaborated on Twitter to put together a Spotify playlist of their favorite jams of the era, to keep the “Finesse” party going with the likes of [TLC](http://time.com/4840378/tlc-chilli-album-interview/), Boyz II Men and Mary J. Blige. > [](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/948929746288697344) > [](https://twitter.com/anildash/status/948933959500648448) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5087739/cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5087739/cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/"},"headline":"Cardi B and Bruno Mars Made the Splashiest '90s Music Video","datePublished":"2018-01-04T16:50:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:23.173Z","description":"The video is a faithful 'In Living Color' remake","url":"https://time.com/5087739/cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","bruno mars","Cardi B"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/5087739/cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/","name":"Cardi B and Bruno Mars Made the Splashiest '90s Music Video"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Cardi B Escaped Poverty to Become the First Female Rapper in 19 Years to Top the Charts","description":"MONEY VIDEO","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/nGy8x5Nc/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-11-01T23:10:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nGy8x5Nc.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5087739/cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/","duration":"PT1M37S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5087739/cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```