{{short description|2021 single by Megan Thee Stallion}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = Megan's Piano | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Megan Thee Stallion]] | album = [[Something for Thee Hotties]] | released = November 30, 2021 | recorded = [[Malibu, California|Malibu]]<ref name="YouTube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GAfxYgVUXA&t=190s|title=Megan Thee Stallion on Archived Tracks, Hottie Sauce, and Graduating College (time stamped)|via=Apple Music on YouTube|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref> | studio = | genre = <!--Please do not add genres without a reliable source--> | length = 1:53 | label = * [[1501 Certified Entertainment]] * [[300 Entertainment|300]] | chronology = [[Megan Thee Stallion]] | prev_title = [[SG (song)|SG]] | prev_year = 2021 | next_title = [[It Was a... (Masked Christmas)]] | next_year = 2021 | writer = * [[Megan Thee Stallion|Megan Pete]] * [[LilJuMadeDaBeat|Julian Mason]] | producer = * [[LilJuMadeDaBeat]] * [[Megan Thee Stallion]] | misc = {{External music video|header=Audio video|type=single|{{YouTube|77ZCb8tILCw|"Megan's Piano"}}}} }}
"'''Megan's Piano'''" is a song by American rapper [[Megan Thee Stallion]], released on October 29, 2021, as track six from her compilation album ''[[Something for Thee Hotties]]''. It was written by Megan, alongside frequent producer [[LilJuMadeDaBeat]], with Megan earning her first producer credit for playing and composing the song's piano riff. The song was noted for Megan's vintage, "hard-hitting" bars and the "stabbing" piano riff. It impacted [[rhythmic radio|rhythmic]] and [[urban radio|urban]] radio on November 30, 2021, as the second single from ''Something for Thee Hotties''.
==Background and composition== "Megan's Piano" was one of several songs added to the album just hours before its release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/megan-thee-stallion-something-for-thee-hotties-listen.html|title=Megan Thee Stallion Gives Fans More and More on Something for Thee Hotties|work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|last=Sinha|first=Chatu|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref> Megan Thee Stallion explained that although she is not a professional piano player, she just played the melodies on a piano because she knew the sound she was going for.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1453368049030025220|title=I played the piano part in the beat lol I'm excited for y'all to hear it|user=TheeStallion|date=October 27, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1453369002705707015|title=I just knew what I wanted it to sound like so I just played the melodys I wanted to play I ain't professional or nunnnn lol|user=TheeStallion|date=October 27, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref> As she was playing around with the keys, she asked her producer [[LilJuMadeDaBeat]] to make a beat out of it; this can be heard in the song's intro as the two go back and forth in trying to combine the piano with the beat.<ref name="YouTube" /> The song features "vintage" Meg bars over what was described as an "uncharacteristically minimal" Lil Ju beat, which contains a "stabbing" piano and a "bouncy" bassline, as Megan references a [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] deal she just closed, among other things.<ref name="Pitch">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/megan-thee-stallion-something-for-thee-hotties/|title=Something for Thee Hotties Album Review|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Picthfork]]|last=Green|first=Dylan|date=November 3, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref>
==Critical reception== In their album review, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''{{'}}s Dylan Green said "the run of tracks from 'Megan's Piano' to 'Pipe Up' has the buzzy energy of a marathon studio session".<ref name="Pitch" /> Njera Perkins of ''[[PopSugar]]'' named it among the songs on the album that shows Megan's "hard-hitting bars are back in full force".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/megan-thee-stallion-something-for-thee-hotties-project-48574619/|title=Megan Thee Stallion's Alter Ego, Tina Snow, Returns on Something For Thee Hotties Project|work=[[PopSugar]]|last=Perkins|first=Njera|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for "Megan's Piano" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021–2022) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|97|artist=Megan Thee Stallion|rowheader=true|access-date=February 8, 2022}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|34|artist=Megan Thee Stallion|rowheader=true|access-date=February 8, 2022}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphopairplay|15|artist=Megan Thee Stallion|rowheader=true|access-date=May 12, 2022}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|24|artist=Megan Thee Stallion|rowheader=true|access-date=February 8, 2022}} |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Megan's Piano"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Megan Thee Stallion|title=Megan%s Piano|relyear=2021|certyear=2024|access-date=April 12, 2026}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Country ! Date ! Format ! Label ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| Various | October 29, 2021 | {{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[streaming media|streaming]]}} | rowspan="3"| {{hlist|[[1501 Certified Entertainment|1501 Certified]]|[[300 Entertainment|300]]}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/something-for-thee-hotties/1592641419|title=Something for Thee Hotties by Megan Thee Stallion on Apple Music|via=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| United States | November 30, 2021 | rowspan="2"| {{hlist|[[Urban radio]]|[[rhythmic radio]]}} | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=300|number=1466088180600516621|title=Thanks to all the DJs, Music Directors & Program Directors across the country for making #Piano the #1 most added record on Urban and Rhythmic Radio! @TheeStallion|author=300 Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207181529/https://www.twitter.com/300/status/1466088180600516621|archive-date=December 7, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref> |}
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