DJ Khaled and Cardi B have joined Natania and Subhi for Desi Trill’s Belinda Carlisle-sampling single “Higher Love.” The record, which will appear on the soundtrack to the new Smurfs movie, flips “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” into a multilingual love song.
“Think about me, I’m on your mental/Give me a statuе, I’m monumental/Now, if looks could kill, they’d get laid to rеst/You know the body’s a bang-Bangladesh/Like it, my lovin’, say it, you need me/Kiss, mwah, Cardi, habibi,” Cardi raps before handing the song off to Subhi, who adds: “I’ma bring Heaven straight to your doorstep/It’s on Nirvana, baby, come in the door, yeah/I’ma be the only you need/I’ll give you something, boy, for you to believe in.”
The Smurfs film is set to premiere on July 18, a slight delay from its original Feb. 14 release date. While the complete soundtrack track list has yet to be revealed, the movie will reportedly feature new music from Rihanna. “This is a delight,” the singer, who is playing the “blue badass” Smurfette, said at CinemaCon 2023. “Getting to do animation is a fun journey for me.”
The voiceover cast also includes Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll, James Corden, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Sandra Oh, Alex Winter, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña, Kurt Russell, and John Goodman.
“Higher Love” marks the latest in a string of collaborations Cardi B has joined recently. Earlier this year, she appeared on Pardison Fontaine’s “Toot It Up.” Last year, she worked with Peso Pluma on “Put Em in the Fridge,” GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion on “Wanna Be,” and Shakira on “Puntería.”
