{{Short description|2024 song by Megan Thee Stallion}} {{Infobox song | name = Otaku Hot Girl | type = song | artist = [[Megan Thee Stallion]] | album = [[Megan (album)|Megan]] | released = June 28, 2024 | recorded = | genre = * [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = 2:38 | label = * [[Hot Girl Productions|Hot Girl]] * [[Warner Music Group|Warner]] | writer = * [[Megan Thee Stallion|Megan Pete]] * Joel Banks * Taylor Banks | producer = Bankroll Got It | misc = {{External music video|type=song|{{YouTube|6t4Idr4Xq-Q|"Otaku Hot Girl"}}}} }} "'''Otaku Hot Girl'''" is a song by American rapper-songwriter [[Megan Thee Stallion]], released on June 28, 2024, from her third studio album, ''[[Megan (album)|Megan]]'' (2024). Produced by Bankroll Got It, it samples the [[Bumper (broadcasting)#Japan|bumper music (or ''eyecatch'')]] to the anime series ''[[Jujutsu Kaisen (TV series)|Jujutsu Kaisen]]''.<ref name="N">{{cite magazine |last1=Williams |first1=Kyann-Sian |title=Megan Thee Stallion "jumped through eight million hoops" to sample from anime series 'Jujutsu Kaisen' on new single 'Otaku Hot Girl' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/megan-the-stallion-change-otaku-hot-girl-a-day-before-the-release-of-third-album-3769207 |magazine=[[NME]] |date=28 June 2024}}</ref>
==Background== Megan Thee Stallion explained in an [[Instagram Live]] session on June 26, 2024, that she had recorded the song before securing clearance for a sample from an anime production. On June 25, 2024, she received an email from the sample owners demanding that she either remove use of names of the show's characters in the lyrics, or the entire sample, and restricted her from cosplaying any of their characters in a music video for the song. Megan re-recorded the song without using names of the characters in a makeshift studio, hours before performing in [[Dallas]] as part of her [[Hot Girl Summer Tour]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lynch |first1=Jessica |title=Megan Thee Stallion Re-Recorded Anime-Sampled Track Days Before Album Release |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/megan-thee-stallion-re-recorded-anime-sample-album-1235719931/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=11 July 2024 |date=June 28, 2024}}</ref>
==Composition== The song contains [[Trap music|trap]] production alongside a sample of the ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' theme music,<ref name="BPM">{{cite web |last1=Martins |first1=Lucas |title=Album Review: Megan Thee Stallion – Megan |url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-megan-thee-stallion-megan/ |website=[[BPM (magazine)|BPM]] |access-date=11 July 2024 |date=July 8, 2024}}</ref> and features an intro from [[Adam McArthur]], the voice actor of series protagonist [[Yuji Itadori]] in the English dub.<ref name="N"/><ref name="Exclaim">{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Karlie |title=Megan Thee Stallion Shows Love for Japan in "Otaku Hot Girl" Music Video |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/megan-thee-stallion-shows-love-for-japan-in-otaku-hot-girl-music-video |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=11 July 2024 |date=July 4, 2024}}</ref> Megan makes references to ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' characters in the lyrics,<ref name="Exclaim" /><ref name="NME">{{Cite web |last=Gwee |first=Karen |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Megan Thee Stallion – 'Megan' review: the rapper shines in all her multifaceted glory |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/megan-thee-stallion-megan-album-review-3770938 |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref name="PF">{{Cite web |last=Pierre |first=Alphonse |date=July 2, 2024 |title=Megan Thee Stallion: MEGAN |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/megan-thee-stallion-megan/ |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> such as [[Satoru Gojo]], as well as [[Naruto Uzumaki]] and [[Sasuke Uchiha]] from ''[[Naruto]]''.<ref name="Exclaim" />
==Critical reception== The song received generally mixed reviews. Music critics have compared the song to "[[Mamushi (song)|Mamushi]]", another track from ''Megan''. Karen Gwee of ''[[NME]]'' commented the song "sounds like the shonen-spirited flex she was destined to write."<ref name="NME" /> Mankaprr Conteh of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' praised the line "Bitch they not pro-you, they anti-me", which she cited as an example of when Megan Thee Stallion "lets her jokes and entendres simmer", and regarded "Mamushi" to be not as "exciting" as "Otaku Hot Girl".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Conteh |first=Mankaprr |date=July 1, 2024 |title='Megan' Blissfully Soundtracks the Summer Thee Stallion Deserves |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/megan-thee-stallion-megan-review-1235050984/ |access-date=July 11, 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> Alphonse Pierre of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' had a negative reaction, writing "Bankroll Got It's drum-heavy flip of the soundtrack is uninteresting—though it's not like he's working with an anime renowned for its music—and the character references are earnest but unbearably corny."<ref name="PF" /> Lucas Martins of ''[[BPM (magazine)|BPM]]'' stated the song "attempts to bring Megan's love for Japan into the mix, but the overbearing trap production muddles its uniqueness."<ref name="BPM" />
==Music video== The music video premiered on July 3, 2024. It shows various clips of Megan Thee Stallion's trip to Japan earlier in the year, including those of her presenting at the [[8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards]], meeting fans, shopping, eating local food, singing karaoke, cosplaying and going to [[Universal Studios Japan|Universal Studios]].<ref name="Exclaim" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Horvath |first1=Zachary |title=Megan Thee Stallion Shows Off Her Trip To Japan In Music Video For "Otaku Hot Girl" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/822171-megan-thee-stallion-otaku-hot-girl-music-video-hip-hop-news |website=[[HotNewHipHop]] |access-date=11 July 2024 |date=July 3, 2024}}</ref>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for "Otaku Hot Girl" ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2024-07-05|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=July 8, 2024|access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref> | 19 |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|67|artist=Megan Thee Stallion|rowheader=true|access-date=July 11, 2024}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|20|artist=Megan Thee Stallion|rowheader=true|access-date=July 11, 2024}} |}
==See also== * [[Anime and hip-hop]]
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