Megan Thee Stallion‘s new single, “Cobra,” already hits fairly laborious. With its chunky guitar riff and ominous beat, the newest track from the “Bongos” MC — which dropped final week — got here locked-and-loaded with a slamming surfeit of grit and gravity in lyrics about stress, anxiousness, ache and willpower.
So it makes good sense that Meg would take all that angst and roiling emotion, flip it as much as 11 and break off the knob on a metal-edged remix. Which is precisely what she did on Wednesday (Nov. 8), when the Houston spitter dropped a face-melting rock re-do of the observe that includes Canadian alt-metal band Spiritbox.
The two.0 model opens with the identical huge guitars, however then explodes right into a booming, reverb-drenched cascade of enviornment rock angle as Megan’s voice is joined by craving/screamo vocals from Spiritbox singer Courtney LaPlante and guitarist Mike Stringer’s sonic increase strumming, giving the track a Linkin Park/Evanescence-like vibe.
LaPlante thanked Megan for roping her band into the remix, writing on Instagram, “Thanks Megan for permitting us the chance to collaborate in your already iconic new track ‘Cobra.’ I’m past grateful to you.” Guitarist Stringer added, “Thanks to Megan for trusting us to mash up each of our worlds. Nothing however respect, and gratitude. It’s an absolute honor.”
After dropping the track final week as the primary single on her personal label, Megan stated the track about dropping her grandmother, a tough breakup and the trauma of two courtroom instances was a observe that exemplifies the fierce, hooded snakes that exemplify “braveness and self-reliance. They stand tall and fierce within the face of challenges, instructing one to faucet into their internal power and depend on oneself to beat their threats. Emulating the cobra helps one be extra assured within the individual they’re inside.”
The three-time Grammy winner revealed final month that she wasn’t signed to a label anymore. “This a part of my album may be very a lot so funded by Megan Thee Stallion as a result of we’re making an attempt to get off … Y’all know what’s the tea. However I’ve no label proper now,” she defined of her choice to go it alone after lately settling a yearslong authorized battle along with her former document label, 1501 Licensed Leisure. “We’re doing every little thing funded straight out of Megan Thee Stallion’s pockets. So, the price range is coming from me. Motherf—ing Sizzling Lady Productions! The following s— y’all about to see is all straight from Megan Thee Stallion’s mind and Megan Thee Stallion’s pockets. We’re in my pockets, hotties, so let’s do our huge one.”
Hearken to the “Cobra” remix beneath.
