{"id":174043,"date":"2026-08-19T15:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=174043"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:49:01","slug":"cardi-b-defends-katseyes-hootie-frutti-amid-recent-online-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/cardi-b-defends-katseyes-hootie-frutti-amid-recent-online-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B defends KATSEYE\u2019s \u201cHootie Frutti\u201d amid recent online backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cardi B<\/strong> has publicly defended<strong> KATSEYE\u2019s new song \u201cHootie Frutti\u201d<\/strong> after seeing criticism of the newly released track online. During a recent Instagram Live, the rapper sang part of the song and danced to some of its choreography while telling viewers that she and her daughters enjoy listening to it. Her reaction quickly moved across social media, where some fans began asking for a possible remix featuring Cardi B and KATSEYE.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cardi B praises KATSEYE\u2019s \u201cHootie Frutti\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all hating on the song [but] we love the song.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yhlCc16Sy9\">pic.twitter.com\/yhlCc16Sy9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PopCrave\/status\/2089824627140825442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cY\u2019all hating on the song [but] me, Kulture \u2026 and Blossom love it,\u201d the &#8220;WAP&#8221; hitmaker affirmed during the Live.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Another recent social media clip also showed Cardi B watching the \u201cHootie Frutti\u201d music video with her family at home. In the short video, she holds her daughter, Blossom, and dances to the song as it plays on a television. Her defense brought more attention to the track, which was officially released on August 14, 2026, accompanying KATSEYE\u2019s third EP, \u201cWILD.\u201d The song combines sensual pop production with percussion influenced by Brazilian phonk.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@salutethebardi0\/video\/7674930282780462356\" data-video-id=\"7674930282780462356\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@salutethebardi0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@salutethebardi0?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@salutethebardi0<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Cardi b with her family watching the music video of hootie frutti by katseye <a title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"cardib\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cardib?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#cardib<\/a> <a title=\"relatable\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/relatable?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#relatable<\/a> <a title=\"katseye\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/katseye?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#katseye<\/a> <a title=\"kulture\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/kulture?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#kulture<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - salutethebardi0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7674930350258817799?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; salutethebardi0<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>KATSEYE has also been promoting their latest project through live appearances. Following the release of \u201cWILD,\u201d the group performed \u201cHootie Frutti\u201d on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show and appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. With this enthusiastic approval of the song and its energetic dance video, it is clear that the \u201cHootie Frutti\u201d juice is one that Cardi B and her family will surely be drinking this summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardi B has publicly defended KATSEYE\u2019s new song \u201cHootie Frutti\u201d after seeing criticism of the newly released track online. During a recent Instagram Live, the rapper sang part of the song and danced to some of its choreography while telling viewers that she and her daughters enjoy listening to it. Her reaction quickly moved across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":174065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,4],"tags":[3392],"class_list":["post-174043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-news","category-pop","tag-katseye"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174043"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174068,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174043\/revisions\/174068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}