Money (Cardi B song)

Cardi portraying a statue in a glass case at the center of a museum room, surrounded by several of her previous looks.[14]

In early December 2018, Cardi teased the music video on her social media pages, sharing a behind-the-scenes look at her outfit, a leotard and headpiece made of gold watches.[15] The Jora Frantzis-directed video premiered on December 21, 2018.[16]

The music video opens with a dancer swinging hypnotically around an invisible pole. Cardi makes her first appearance in a black and white dress, which she wears with a futuristic-inspired, halo-like headpiece in an old-world style room. She is surrounded by a group of women in garter belts, black fascinators and open blazers baring nipples. Cardi then appears as a statue in a glass case, being gawked at by wealthy attendees. The glass case is surrounded by several of her previous outfits on display. She also portrays a nude piano player and a breastfeeding mother in couture.[17] In the following scene, a team of women take over the bank, as Cardi appears in a jewel-covered string bikini in a vault. The scene then moves to the strip club, with the rapper wearing a black leather corset showing off some moves on the pole and dollars flying all around her. She also makes an appearance as part of the audience in the club, wearing a massive version of a slanted hat.[18][19]

The looks in the old-world style room scene and in the bank vault were inspired by Thierry Mugler's 1999 Playboy photo shoot and Lil' Kim's look at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, respectively.[20][21] As of June 2020, the age-restricted video has garnered more than 100 million views, while the audio has accumulated more than 200 million views.

In Rolling Stone, Charles Holmes opined that the video "is a monument to celebration and opulent overload [...] The metaphors aren't subtle. In short, 'Money' showcases all of the personalities, characters and storylines that made Belcalis so compelling all 2018."[17] Rachel Hahn of Vogue described the video as "a full-out catalogue of some of Cardi's most over-the-top fashion moments yet."[18] Writing for Consequence of Sound, Lake Schatz said the clip "takes a seemingly mundane trip to the bank and turns into it the most sensual, lavish adventure, complete with sexual acrobatics and Cardi herself serving up one masterful outfit after another." He further added, "if Bank of America somehow became a posh strip club and French art museum all in one, this is the setting of [the video]."[22] Nick Romano of Entertainment Weekly noted Cardi "embraces her early beginnings as a stripper in New York."[23] Dayna Haffeden of XXL thought it "shows that she's the true definition of a boss,"[24] while Erica Gonzales of Harper's Bazaar felt the "ostentatious and unsubtle" visuals are "full of epic moments."[25] W magazine's Katherine Cusumano deemed the video "brilliant" and noted Cardi's first scene in the video with the group of women as "the male gaze so often seen in music videos—especially rap videos—inverted."[14]