Megan Thee Stallion Is Reborn With Her Third Studio Album ‘Megan’
Hot Girl Summer has officially began now that Megan Thee Stallion has dropped her long-anticipated third studio album, Megan.
At midnight (June 28), the Grammy-winning rapper dropped the 16-track LP with musical assistance from Victoria Monét, GloRilla, UGK, Big K.R.I.T., Buddah Bless, Yuki Chiba, and Kyle Ricch. The album follows her collaborative track, “Wanna Be” with GloRilla, and snake-themed album singles, “Cobra,” “Hiss,” and “Boa.”
“MEGAN THEE ALBUM IS OUT NOW EVERYWHERE [egg emojis],” she announced via Instagram showing a cover art of her emerging from a very sticky egg.
Megan is considered the 29-year-old’s “rebirth,” according to an interview she did with L’Officiel last month.
“This is music I would like if I wasn’t Megan Thee Stallion,” she admitted. “I don’t want to say I’m tapping into other genres. I’m just tapping into other sounds. But it’s still very much Megan Thee Stallion. It won’t feel like I went so left. It’ll feel true to me. You’ll almost be like, ‘I wouldn’t have thought she would’ve rapped over that, but this sounds great.’”
Speaking to the different moods found on the project (due to the many emotions she’s felt since her last album) Meg declared, “I’m really not focused on the negativity on my album. I have a lot of different songs on the album because my emotion doesn’t stop at anger. My emotion doesn’t stop at sadness, because I did grow and I did start feeling more things. I started feeling really happy. So you have songs on the album that are about the positive times that I’m starting to have. You get a little bit of everything.”
Megan follows the now-indie artist’s last and final release under music labels 1501 and 300 Entertainment, Traumazine. At the time of moving on from the labels, she told Adweek, “It feels so great. It feels so empowering. I hope that a lot of artists see it doesn’t matter how many no’s, how many obstacles, how many terrible experiences that you may have in this [business] – you shouldn’t give up. Because there is a light on the other side.”
She added, “It doesn’t matter how you get there, as long as you take the journey, and you don’t quit. Because if I would’ve quit, I would’ve never made it here.”
To further promote her latest drop, Meg continues her Hot Girl Summer Tour trek with GloRilla in Atlanta on July 2 and in Charlotte the following day, before heading overseas. The Hot Girl coach will return to the U.S. to conclude her headlining tour on July 27 for Broccoli City Festival and August 1 for Lollapalooza in Chicago.
Take a listen to Megan below.
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