For Megan Thee Stallion, anime is more than a genre, it’s an essential part of her Hot Girl life>rapper and artist to experience and create entire universes that reflect her larger-than-life dreams and ideas. This is exactly what she does in her latest serpent-themed single and accompanying video, “BOA.”
Following her other reptilian records “Cobra” and “Hiss,” “BOA” showcases Megan as the unbeatable competitor that she is. Sampling Gwen Stefani’s 2004 “What You Waiting For” the new video stars the Grammy Award-winning rapper as the main protagonist in a combat- decoding=”async” src=”https://www.essence.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/megan-boa.png” alt=”Megan Thee Stallion’s “BOA” Is A Love Letter To Anime” width=”400″ height=”225″ />YouTube
Throughout the video, Megan eliminates the young game players one by one, mimicking their avatar’s deaths in the game in a nod to both Jumanji (1995) and William Brent Bell’s Stay Alive (2006), a cult supernatural horror that follows the same premise. Thee Serpent Woman’s >editorials, merchandise, and even her nails. In this current era especially, we’ve seen her reach heavily into her anime referential bag, doing cosplay as fan favorite Gojo Satoru from “Jujutsu Kaisen” and Jolyne Cujoh from “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” on
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