Offset laid naked the collapse of his marriage to Cardi B on the ultimate monitor of his new album KIARI, utilizing “Transfer On” to ship a blunt farewell and emotional reckoning over their cut up.
“I’m tryna transfer on in peace,” he sings on the music’s opening line, later including, “Completely satisfied for you, why you ain’t pleased for me?”
The monitor, which closes out the 18-song undertaking launched Friday (August 22), serves as a lyrical sendoff to a relationship that spanned practically a decade and weathered a number of public breakups.
Offset takes accountability for the cut up, rapping, “I take the blame, I take the disgrace.”
He calls out the dysfunction immediately: “We appear like some fools,” and “Once you lie, see the ache in your face (Okay).”
The monitor additionally hints that he’s moved on romantically, rapping, “Peace out, I finished discovered me a mate.”
Nevertheless it’s not nearly closure—it’s additionally about accountability and frustration. In one of many extra pointed verses, Offset seems to elucidate what went mistaken from his facet:
“You by no means hearken to no guidelines/You by no means cook dinner n##### no meals/You simply need exit to Nobu/Telling me s### that you simply don’t do/Telling me s### that you simply gained’t do/You f##### round with the mistaken dude/Hope your subsequent n#### be nice.”
Offset Closes Chapter On Marriage To Cardi B
Earlier this week, Offset defined why he selected to finish the album with “Transfer On,” saying, “It’s about transferring on peacefully… It’s all love and peace. I simply ended the album with that, simply to finish that chapter as a result of it’s time to maneuver on. It’s over and finished with.”
He added, “It was nice whereas it lasted. That shouldn’t be the subject for both of us no extra.”
Offset and Cardi B married in 2017 and had a turbulent relationship marked by dishonest scandals and a number of divorce filings. Cardi filed for divorce in 2020, then once more in August 2024.
The couple shares three kids: Kulture, 7, Wave, 3, and Blossom, who’s 11 months previous.
Offset’s third solo album, KIARI—named after his first title—is his most private work so far.
The undertaking options collaborations with J.I.D., Gunna, YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more, John Legend, Ty Dolla $ign, Key Glock, YFN Lucci and Teezo Landing.
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