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 sizzling lady and anime lover — shouts him out in a giant manner on her new album, MEGAN. Her track, “Otaku Sizzling Lady,” incorporates 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 Sizzling 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 track, McArthur says within the voice of Itadori that he likes, “a tall girl with a pleasant massive 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 throughout the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom. Within the official English dub, one other character asks Itadori who his kind is and he says, “A tall girl with a pleasant massive ass. Simply saying, Jennifer Lawrence.” Primarily based on this, followers popularized the concept that Itadori would even have a crush on Megan, since she might be his kind and since she is a identified 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 standard and extensively used on social media platforms like TikTok and the concept that Itadori may have a crush on Megan has grow to be extensively accepted by followers. And now, the monitor has prompted pleasure amongst followers as folks share viral response movies on TikTok.
However the track’s anime references aren’t restricted to only Itadori, the lyrics additionally point out issues like Gojo’s area growth powers and Sasuke from Naruto. Nonetheless, the singer encountered bother with this monitor. The musician stated she needed to rerecord the monitor a couple 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 track. “I actually hope y’all suppose this shit sound hearth as a result of I needed to soar by way of 8 million hoops to get this shit,” she stated in an Instagram reside.
The monitor 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 grow to be identified for her unimaginable cosplays and referenced Naruto in one among her breakout hits, “Ladies within the Hood.” Now, this track permits her to answer skeptics. In a single line she talks about how she received’t be bothered by folks 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 Sizzling Lady” is out to listeners now.