Cardi B Says She Plans to Drop Another Album in 2026: ‘I Want a New Era’

Don’t expect a seven-year drought in between albums for Cardi B. The Grammy-winning rapper is promising to drop another project in 2026.

Cardi hopped on X Spaces on Monday (Oct. 27) and explained how she doesn’t plan to drop a deluxe or remix album for Am I the Drama?, but instead she’s looking to release another project within the next year.

“I see you guys asking for a deluxe or asking to do a remix album like Charli [XCX] or something,” she said. “Unfortunately, I am not doing none of that… What I gave y’all is what y’all getting.”

Cardi continued to tease her next era: “However, I want to put out a project another album in less than a year, so I’m really planning on that. I want a new era. I kinda know what I want it to look like. It’s gonna be different from Am I the Drama?“

Now, plenty of Cardi promises came and went in the seven years between Invasion of Privacy and Am I the Drama?. The Bronx native’s sophomore album finally arrived in September and debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 200,000 total album-equivalent units earned.

After giving birth to baby No. 4, Cardi will hit the road for her first headlining tour in February. The Little Miss Drama Tour kicks off on Feb. 11 in Palm Desert, Calif. She’ll then head through major cities including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston, Detroit, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C, before finishing up on April 17 in Atlanta.

Later in the Spaces, Cardi explained how she’s ready to get back to her pre-pregnancy self after giving birth.

“You see how I was in a strict schedule while I was doing the rollout? Well, that is the same way that I’m going to be when I give birth,” she said. “I want to be a bad b—h. I feel really beautiful being pregnant, but I want to go back to bad b—ing. So I need to tighten up my body.”