Yuji Itadori would possibly simply be a excessive schooler combating for his life within the Jujutsu Kaisen anime, however now he’s caught the eye of a worldwide star IRL. Rapper Megan Thee Stallion — official scorching woman and anime lover — shouts him out in an enormous method on her new album, MEGAN. Her tune, “Otaku Scorching Lady,” 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 observe of the introduction of “Otaku Scorching Lady,” which begins with a voiced introduction from Adam McArthur, the voice actor of Yuji Itadori within the English dub of Jujutsu Kaisen along with sampling a tune from the anime. Within the tune, McArthur says within the voice of Itadori that he likes, “a tall girl with a pleasant large ass, like Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion,” and references different characters from the collection 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 sort is and he says, “A tall girl with a pleasant large ass. Simply saying, Jennifer Lawrence.” Based mostly on this, followers popularized the concept that Itadori would even have a crush on Megan, since she may very well be his sort 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 turned fashionable and broadly used on social media platforms like TikTok and the concept that Itadori may have a crush on Megan has change into broadly accepted by followers. And now, the monitor has prompted pleasure amongst followers as individuals share viral response movies on TikTok.
However the tune’s anime references aren’t restricted to simply Itadori, the lyrics additionally point out issues like Gojo’s area enlargement powers and Sasuke from Naruto. Nevertheless, the singer encountered hassle with this monitor. The musician mentioned she needed to rerecord the monitor just a few days earlier than the album launch as a result of she didn’t get clearance to make use of the characters’ names in her tune. “I actually hope y’all assume this shit sound hearth as a result of I needed to bounce by 8 million hoops to get this shit,” she mentioned in an Instagram stay.
The monitor oozes Megan’s love for anime. Nonetheless, the artist has needed to cope with followers who assume she’s a pretend fan regardless of her repeated participation in a number of anime fandoms. In her years as a star, she has change into recognized for her unimaginable cosplays and referenced Naruto in one in all her breakout hits, “Ladies within the Hood.” Now, this tune 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 Scorching Lady” is out to listeners now.
