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Megan Thee Stallion’s anthem of carefree confidence has transitioned into a mantra for any season
How was your summer? Your Hot Girl Summer, I mean. Hopefully as Megan Thee Stallion intended when she coined the term, it was breezily unselfconscious, body positive, full of outdoor drinking sessions and fun selfies. As the 24-year-old rapper posted on Twitter back in July: “Being a Hot Girl is about being unapologetically YOU, having fun, being confident, living YOUR truth, being the life of the party etc”. Now, as the nights close in, there is a sense of transition in the air. What comes next?
It was a question posited by Jimmy Fallon last week, when the Tonight Show host duetted with the rapper for a seasonal sequel, Hot Girl Fall. The answer? “I’m here to tell you that the weather may be getting cooler but we’re just heating up,” Megan explained, before listing the many ways in which you could bring the Hot Girl attitude to autumn (turtle necks, turkey, wine, new stationery, pumpkins, flu shots). Supporting this theory further was the long-awaited September drop of Megan Thee Stallion’s video for the original single. Hot Girl Summer ft Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign was first teased in a tweet in July, but we didn’t get to see Megan and Nicki’s pool-lounger twerking until 3 September, the traditional summer cut-off in the US. Continue reading...