Megan: Act II

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Megan: Act II
Megan Thee Stallion MEGAN ACT II.jpg
Studio album (reissue)by
Megan Thee Stallion
ReleasedOctober 25, 2024 (2024-10-25)
Length30:00
Label
Producer
Megan Thee Stallion chronology
Megan
(2024)		Megan: Act II
(2024)
Singles from Megan: Act II
  1. "Neva Play"
    Released: September 6, 2024
  2. "Bigger in Texas"
    Released: October 25, 2024

Megan: Act II is an expanded reissue of American rapper Megan Thee Stallion's third studio album, Megan (2024). [1] It was released through Hot Girl Productions and Warner Music Group on October 25, 2024. [2] [3] The album features guest appearances from Flo Milli, Twice, Spiritbox, and RM of BTS, who appears on the bonus track "Neva Play". [4] [5]

Contents

Background

In October 2023, Megan Thee Stallion officially left her label 1501 Certified Entertainment, three years after prosecuting the label for allegedly failing to uphold the integrity of and renegotiate her recording contract. [6] [7] Now releasing music under her self-funded Hot Girl Productions, she teased her first post-departure project via three Instagram posts on October 12, [8] which were collectively captioned "Let's begin". Each post featured one image that, when combined, read "Act One". [9] The project was revealed to be her third studio album Megan, released on June 28, 2024. [10] It debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 and featured the US number-one song "Hiss", the album's second single. [11]

Following the album's release, Megan Thee Stallion promoted "Mamushi" (2024), featuring Japanese musician Yuki Chiba, as the final single from Megan. [12] Later that year, she began teasing a collaboration with a member from the South Korean boy group BTS, having worked with them on a remix of the group's 2021 single "Butter". [13] The collaboration, "Neva Play", featured rapper RM and was released on September 6. [14] The same month, she posted a short video on Instagram that showed her transform into a butterfly and several photos that read "Act Two" when arranged as a grid. Megan Thee Stallion captioned the video by saying "Stay tuned". [15] Megan Thee Stallion teased the then unnamed project as a mixtape on October 3 via her X account, claiming it would be the "hardest mixtape of 2024". [16] She later officially announced the Megan: Act II deluxe edition on October 18 via her Instagram account, [17] later revealing the tracklist on October 23. [18]

Critical reception

Kyann-Sian Williams of NME gave the album 5 out of 5 stars, writing that the second act "confirms why she [...], despite all the adversity that has plagued her in recent years, firmly stands atop the rap world as the princess of rap", praising the collaborations, which "improve greatly on those that were offered up on Megan". [19] Matthew Ritchie of Pitchfork rated the album 7/10 and wrote in a review, "The album feels spiritually aligned to her Tina Snow and Something for Thee Hotties tapes: a creative recentering marked by funny, well-varnished raps that arrive with a refreshing lightness and freedom." [20]

Track listing

Megan: Act II disc 1 track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Bigger in Texas" Megan Pete
  • Joel Banks
  • Taylor Banks
  • Shawn "Source" Jarrett
  • Han Yang Kingsley Wang
  • Trevin Clay
  • Bankroll Got It
  • Shawn "Source" Jarrett
  • Kingsley
  • Truckee Street
2:32
2."Bourbon"Pete
  • J. Banks
  • T. Banks
  • Jarrett
  • Bankroll Got It
  • Jarrett
2:46
3."Number One Rule"Pete
2:20
4."Roc Steady" (featuring Flo Milli)
LilJuMadeDaBeat2:19
5."Best Friend"Pete
  • J. Banks
  • T. Banks
  • Jarrett
  • Nicholas Baran
  • Kai Hasegawa
  • Bankroll Got It
  • Jarrett
  • Nico Baran
  • KaiGoinKrazy
2:22
6."Right Now"Pete
2:52
7."Mamushi" (remix; featuring Twice)
Koshiro OtaKoshy2:35
8."TYG" (featuring Spiritbox)
  • Stringer
  • Bankroll Got It
  • Jarrett
  • Braunstein
2:27
9."Motion"Pete
2:14
10."Fell in Love"Pete
  • J. Banks
  • T. Banks
  • Jarrett
  • Bankroll Got It
  • Jarrett
2:27
11."He Think I Love Him"Pete
  • Bankroll Got It
  • Jarrett
  • Kingsley
  • Roger Jia
  • Maxwell Scott
1:35
12."Like a Freak"Pete
  • Bankroll Got It
  • Jarrett
1:16
13."Neva Play" (featuring RM of BTS)
  • Adrienne Ben Haim
  • Brandon Hamlin
  • Peter Fenn
  • Shae Jacobs
  • Mason
  • B HAM
  • Peter Fenn
  • Shae Jacobs
  • LilJuMadeDaBeat
2:37
Total length:30:00

Notes

Personnel

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