Megan Thee Stallion on viral fame
by Souleymane Popov: Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion thinks it's gotten way too simple to blow up online, and she's not impressed by rappers getting big off trash songs. Her own routine is different: she's in the studio to handle business, a lesson from her mom, who stayed professional and didn't waste paid studio hours. Sure, a bad track can go viral on Instagram, but does that kind of fame actually stick? Megan says you can spot the difference between someone who genuinely loves the craft and someone chasing clout, and she puts herself firmly in the first group.
Transcript (en)
I try to keep that same etiquette too. Even now, when I go to the studio, I know exactly what I'm about to say. Sometimes I go in there and I freestyle and I spend more time in there. But learning from my mom, she would probably have six songs written because studio time costs money. So she's using her time wisely. She didn't come in here to play. She's not messing around. She's not relaxing. She's not hanging out. She was a professional. Yes. So I still do the same thing in the studio. So she taught you how to be a professional. And even though I can relax in the studio at this point, It's just been in me so long to go to the studio and get my work done and get out. Well, this is what we talk about, the process. A lot of people want the fame without the hard work that goes into it, right? I mean, honestly, it's a little bit easier to do that, though, now. You can go viral on Instagram and have a terrible song. But do you really last, though? You don't last that way, do you? Um, sometimes and sometimes not. Like, just the internet has made it really easy to be famous. Yeah. Good or bad. So I think when people, I think you can tell the difference between people who really love what they do and people who just want to be famous. Yeah. And, like, I feel like I fall on the side of I really love.
