Megan Thee Stallion Strikes Again With New Single ‘BOA’

The self-dubbed “Serpent Woman,” Megan Thee Stallion, has a new reptilian record: “BOA.” It follows previous singles “Hiss” (which hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100) and “Cobra.”

“I be showing my ass, they mad huh? Bitches is bitter, they thought it was sweet,” Megan barrels out of the gate rapping, barely letting the urgent beat breathe. “All of sudden they vegan, they don’t want beef/Talking outta veneers, I’m knocking out teeth!”

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The song was produced by her regular collaborator Lil Ju (also known as LilJuMadeDaBeat) and samples Gwen Stafani’s “What Ya Waiting For.” The hook plays on Stefani’s “Tick-tock” refrain: “Bitch your time up, why is you not clockin’ out? Doing shit for TikTok, bitch, I’m really hip-hop.”

The single comes after Megan dropped a Megan Monday freestyle on Instagram this week and earlier teased the new song with a series of graphics akin to retro combat games like Street Fighter. It’s her first as an unsigned artist distributing her music through and with the support of Warner Music Group, as announced in February. As Women’s Health’s cover star in April, she said that her next album will be about “rebirth,” and her snake motif is a symbol of it. “They’re feared, misunderstood, respected, healing,” she told the magazine.

Megan’s headlining Hot Girl Summer tour with GloRilla is set to kick off in Minneapolis on May 14. She’ll be on the road until July 27, where she’ll perform at Broccoli City Festival in Washington, D.C.

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