Megan Thee Stallion on her new documentary, new music, new tequila and more

On the other hand, In her wordsdirected by Nneka Onuorah, feels like a bid for closure, covering some of the more trying moments in Pete’s recent past – from losing his mother, Holly Thomas, in 2019 to being shot by rapper Tory Lanez in 2020. Earlier that year , just as the pandemic began, Pete’s “Savage” had exploded on TikTok, sending her star soaring. It all – the grief, the trauma, the fast and furious fame – took a toll.

“I’m kind of supposed to be above the criticism and the haters and the trolls and whatever, but I’m just like a regular person,” Pete says during our call. In her words giving way to the person behind the giddy stage persona: “You may have seen me at a show, but you’ll be surprised by what was really going on.”

But that was then: now that she has taken over the “boss’s seat”, she puts the full force of her influence behind the projects and the causes she believes in, from the launch of Chicas Divertidas (“I’ve been working on it in a couple of years now — I’m excited for the hotties to see how smooth it is”) to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign (“I just want the hotties to know if you’re not registered to vote, I I don’t know what you’re up to, but I need you to come out and do what’s right. Follow what you know is the right thing to do.

Viewers of the documentary will notice custom anime panels spliced ​​in with the film’s footage. This was something else that Pete, a noted fan of the genre, felt passionately about. “I really love the storytelling in anime,” she says. “I really like how you get to see a character go from his or her lowest self to his or her worst self. In my documentary, I wanted my fans to feel like they were taking on that kind of journey with me. Like you’ll see me at my lowest. You’ll see me try, get knocked down a few times, but in the end never give up.”

Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words is available to stream on Prime Video from October 31, 2024.