Yuji Itadori may simply be a excessive schooler combating for his life in the Jujutsu Kaisen anime, however now he’s caught the eye of a worldwide star IRL. Rapper Megan Thee Stallion — official scorching lady and anime lover — shouts him out in an enormous method on her new album, MEGAN. Her music, “Otaku Hot Girl,” accommodates an introduction narrated by the English voice actor of Itadori and quite a few references to Jujutsu Kaisen and different anime.
Megan Thee Stallion launched MEGAN on Friday. Followers shortly took be aware of the introduction of “Otaku Hot Girl,” which begins with a voiced introduction from Adam McArthur, the voice actor of Yuji Itadori in the English dub of Jujutsu Kaisen in addition to sampling a tune from the anime. Within the music, McArthur says in the voice of Itadori that he likes, “a tall woman with a nice big ass, like Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion,” and references different characters from the sequence by identify, like Gojo Satoru.
The introduction references a viral fan second inside the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom. Within the official English dub, one other character asks Itadori who his kind is and he says, “A tall woman with a nice big ass. Just saying, Jennifer Lawrence.” Primarily based on this, followers popularized the concept Itadori would even have a crush on Megan, since she could possibly be his kind and since she is a recognized anime fan. In response, Adam McArthur shared an audio clip on X in 2021 the place he rerecorded the road and changed the identify Jennifer Lawrence with Megan Thee Stallion. The clip later grew to become well-liked and extensively used on social media platforms like TikTok and the concept Itadori might have a crush on Megan has develop into extensively accepted by followers. And now, the observe has prompted pleasure amongst followers as individuals share viral reaction videos on TikTok.
However the music’s anime references aren’t restricted to simply Itadori, the lyrics additionally point out issues like Gojo’s area growth powers and Sasuke from Naruto. Nonetheless, the singer encountered hassle with this observe. The musician mentioned she needed to rerecord the observe a number of days earlier than the album launch as a result of she didn’t get clearance to make use of the characters’ names in her music. “I really hope y’all think this shit sound fire because I had to jump through 8 million hoops to get this shit,” she said in an Instagram live.
The observe oozes Megan’s love for anime. Nonetheless, the artist has needed to take care of followers who suppose she’s a faux fan regardless of her repeated participation in a number of anime fandoms. In her years as a star, she has develop into recognized for her unimaginable cosplays and referenced Naruto in one in every of her breakout hits, “Girls in the Hood.” Now, this music permits her to answer skeptics. In a single line she talks about how she received’t be bothered by individuals with anime avatars on-line. She sings, “I’m not finna argue with a Sasuke avi/Incel mad, I’m a weeb and a baddie.”
So if you wish to rock out to some anime-inspired lyrics “Otaku Hot Girl” is out to listeners now.
