Lizzo playing the flute while Megan Thee Stallion twerks is the most 'hot girl summer' thing ever
"Hot girl summer" is upon us. And we have Megan Thee Stallion to thank for coining the term.
While you were indoors coming up with rival memes, the rapper was busy with "Juice" singer Lizzo doing the most "hot girl summer" activity known to humankind: a flute-slash-twerking performance.
And thankfully, Lizzo posted the video on her Instagram.
"When Ariel, Ursula and Nala link up," she wrote, tagging Megan and — somewhat inexplicably — Beyoncé, causing reams of fans to leave confused comments under the video.
"Am I the only one who was waiting for Beyoncé to pop up," wrote one commenter, while others hopefully suggested Queen Bey perhaps held the camera.
"I was deadass waiting for Bey to come out and just realized it was that damn statue," added another.
Alas, it would appear that the Beyoncé mention is a reference to the lion statue to the right of Lizzo — the pop monarch plays Nala in Disney's remake of the The Lion King after all. Lizzo seemed to designate herself and Megan as other Disney characters from The Little Mermaid, sea witch Ursula and our main mermaid Ariel, for the purposes of this incredible exercise.
We, for one, are grateful for this "hot girl summer" gift.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
