New Megan Thee Stallion track Otaku Hot Girl appears to sample from Jujutsu Kaisen anime, despite some hurdles from MAPPA
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For years now, Megan Thee Stallion has been vying for the title of Queen of the Weebs, and she may have finally managed to solidify her claim today as her new album Megan drops. Included amongst the tracks is Otaku Hot Girl, which features a sample from a popular anime that required the Grammy-winning artist to jump through “eight million hoops” to get permission to use.
On June 26, 2024, Thee Stallion spoke to fans on an Instagram live broadcast shortly before the Dallas show on her Hot Girl Summer tour about the difficulties. Being careful not to name the studio or even the anime she got the sample from, Megan said that she originally recorded the track months ago and, after going back and forth with the anime studio, thought that they had everything locked down to allow her to use the sample. However, they apparently had concerns about the lyrics in the song.
The studio’s requirements for allowing Megan Thee Stallion to use the sample weren’t just confined to changing the lyrics. They also said that if she shot a video for the song, she couldn’t cosplay any characters from the show. However, their most difficult requirement came just days before the new album came out. Two days before Megan’s release on June 28, the studio sent her an email saying that she had to remove any character names from the song Otaku Hot Girl, something that was a tall order considering physical copies would have already been shipped to stores.
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