During a new interview with Sirius XM, Cardi says she'll actually be taking a financial loss this year at Coachella after spending $300,000 of her own money on her stage set. She explains the festival was booked last year, when she wasn't as popular as she is now, so the pay isn't as high as it could be—but she's cool with the situation.
"We booked Coachella like six or seven months ago," she notes. "So, I'm getting paid for Coachella like 70 [thousand] a day. I've been booked for this. Then it's like, I have to invest so much money on my stage set—my own money that I have to go to Wells Fargo and write a check. It's crazy. Almost $300,000."
Cardi says she didn't initially realize how big of a deal Coachella was, but now she's willing to spend some of her own money on making the experience as memorable as possible. "It's an investment," she says. "You've got to take that. You've got to take that to the chin." Then she joked, "But it's like, 'Dammit. Right after I finished paying my damn taxes."
During her interview with Sirius, she also spoke about being blown away by all the positive words coming from unexpected places. Cardi says she can't believe artists like Green Day, Sam Smith, Logic, and Erykah Badu have been reaching out with encouragement. She also revealed that Bono was a fan.
"When I did the Grammys, I got a note from Bono," she explains. "I've got it in my house in a special place where my awards are at and everything, because it's freakin' Bono."
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