Megan Thee Stallion is taking a look at her third album as a “rebirth” for herself as she continues exploring her subsequent period of music.
The Houston Hottie posed nude for the duvet of Girls’s Well being on Wednesday, (April 10) the place she teased what followers can anticipate along with her upcoming undertaking.
“I used to be impressed to create this album about rebirth as a result of I really feel I’m changing into a brand new particular person bodily and mentally,” she mentioned of shedding her outdated pores and skin.
Meg expanded on the snake motif and serpentine theme she’s deployed on her single titles with “Cobra” and the Sizzling 100-topping “Hiss.” “They’re feared, misunderstood, revered, therapeutic,” she mentioned.
Prior to now, the 29-year-old has struggled with combining vulnerability with music that’s nonetheless hard-hitting and staying true to herself.
“I’ve at all times struggled to determine find out how to be susceptible and nonetheless make music that’s going arduous on the identical time,” she added. “I’m entering into a greater area with making music that’s nonetheless true to myself but additionally true to my message. I’m very a lot a flower, however my flower has thorns.”
Megan Thee Stallion on the duvet of Girls’s Well being 2024 Physique Concern.
Ramona Rosales for Girls’s Well being
Her forthcoming album would be the first to reach since Tory Lanez was sentenced to a decade behind bars final yr within the 2020 case, through which the R&B singer shot the “WAP” rapper a number of occasions within the ft following an argument exterior a Hollywood Hills home occasion S
“Lots of people didn’t deal with me like I used to be human for a very long time,” she mentioned. “I really feel like everyone was at all times used to me being the enjoyable and pleased occasion woman. I watched individuals construct me up, tear me down, and be confused about their expectations of me. As a Black girl, as a darker Black girl, I additionally really feel like individuals anticipate me to take the punches, take the beating, take the lashings and deal with it with grace. However I’m human.”
It wasn’t till Megan began remedy which she credit for jumpstarting her therapeutic course of. The Houston native works out 4 to 5 occasions every week with a routine that features the gymnasium, pilates and seashore workouts.
“Earlier than I went onstage, I might be crying half the time as a result of I didn’t need to [perform], however I additionally didn’t need to upset my followers,” she admitted. “I didn’t need to get [out] from beneath the covers. I stayed in my room. I might not flip the lights on. I had blackout curtains. I didn’t need to see the solar. I knew I wasn’t myself. It took me some time to acknowledge that I used to be depressed. However as soon as I began speaking to a therapist, I used to be capable of be truthful with myself.”
Megan Thee Stallion’s final album, Traumazine, arrived in August 2022 and debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
Take a look at Megan Thee Stallion grace the duvet of Girls’s Well being beneath.
Ramona Rosales for Girls’s Well being