Megan Thee Stallion doesn’t care what her feelings are, she can write songs about booty-popping and ass-shaking. But it doesn’t end there. TraumazineShe wanted to channel all her emotions into the song. You can listen to the song in its entirety here. Rolling StoneExclusive clip of her interview with Apple Music 1: The Houston rapper spoke out about her music and her new album, which was released Friday.
“Usually, when I write songs, I could be sad, and I’ll write a song like ‘Body,’ or I could be pissed off, and I’ll write a song like, ‘Freak Nasty.’ I don’t write songs about how I feel,”She says it in the video. “I write songs about how I want to feel. So I feel like, on this album, it’s probably the first time I figured out how to talk about what I want to say. Like, express myself a little bit more.”
After years of being told to stay quiet, Megan says she finally decided it was time to take control of the conversation and be truthful about what she’s experienced throughout her life and career.
“I feel like it’s been so easy for people to tell my story for me and speak on my behalf. I’m like a nonchalant person, and people be talking about me, and I’d be like, ‘Okay, go with it. Fine. Sure,’ ”She says. “But I see now that it can get out of control. So I feel like I wanted to just take control of my own narrative, take control of my own storytelling and tell it from me.”
Ahead of the LP’s release on Wednesday, the Houston rapper shared on Twitter how much she had to fight to release her music, writing, “Y’all know I always have problems with dropping my music under this label, all these games and having to go to court just to put out my art has been so stressful.”
Album of 18 tracksTraumazineFeatures songs such as “Budget”Latto “Who Me”Pooh Shiesty and “Consistency” with Jhené Aiko. Jhene Aiko recently published Rolling Stoneinterview, she stated she wanted to “take you through so many different emotions… at first you was twerking, now you might be crying”The LP.
Megan’s interview with Ebro airs in full on apple.com/_Ebroon on Monday, Aug. 15 at 4:30 pm EST.