“Neva Play” is here. Megan Thee Stallion and BTS star RM released their new song on Friday, September 6th.
The video has a futuristic, raunchy vibe and features Megan rapping while dancing and playing pinball in an arcade.
The clip “Neva Play” contains a lot of animation, RM only appears in illustrated form. During Megan’s performance, animated animals like sharks swim around Megan’s head.
Megan and RM sing the chorus together, counting to eight and then singing, “Let ’em know we’re on the road. Counting zeros every day. You know we never play, ayy.”
Making money and being successful remains a theme of the verses.
“I’m talking about how I was never one to play with. Money is my native language,” Megan raps. “Me and the RM gang, and we a gang. Boss level and you ain’t even in rank.”
Megan, 29, first announced the project on September 1 with an illustration of her and RM, also 29, via Instagram, with the caption, “NEVA PLAY WITH RM OUT FRIDAY HOTTIES X ARMY #MEGJOON. PS This is one of my favorite RM verses I’ve ever heard! I’ve never heard him rap in this style before.”
BTS confirmed the news about X and posted the same illustration.
“Neva Play” isn’t Megan’s first time collaborating with BTS. She was featured on a remix of their 2021 single Butter and joined the group later that year for their concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles to perform the song live.
“I love BTS and I told my manager, ‘I really want to do a song with BTS, I don’t know what I can do or what we’re going to do,'” she said Entertainment tonight in February 2022. “Around the same time, they contacted me and asked me to do the ‘Butter’ remix. So I was like, ‘Oh my God.'”
The new song also follows shortly after Megan’s third album, Meganwhich was released on June 28 and debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200. The album featured the Billboard number 1 hit “Hiss”, which was both praised by critics and criticized for its obvious attempt to outdo the competition. Nicki Minaj.
BTS is currently taking a break from performing together as they complete their military service in the South Korean military. In the meantime, they are working on individual projects. Jimin released a solo album entitled muse in July, while Jin was a torchbearer at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Jimin and Jung-Kook also worked on a travel reality series titled Are you sure?which was released on Disney+ in August.