Hot Girl Summer Explained, Megan Thee Stallion

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If you're not on your hot girl shit yet (and, really, it's hot out) this summer, then let Megan Thee Stallion explain. The artist inspired a movement with the first lyric of her song "Cash Shit" ("Real hot girl shit") as well as the art for her most recent album, Fever, which reads "She's thee HOT GIRL and she's bringing THEE HEAT." Fans turned this into the catchy phrase "hot girl summer," which is just as much about posting hot photos as it is living your life with confidence.

"It's about women and men being unapologetically them, just having a good-ass time, hyping up their friends, doing you," she explained to The Root when asked about the phenomenon. "You definitely have to be a person who can be the life of the party and just a bad bitch."

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Here's just a taste of what hot girl summer looks like:

Issa HotGirl summer ? pic.twitter.com/AHX5jG2qwC
— Samara Cruz (@SamaraCruz22) July 2, 2019

I heard it was hot girl summer. Can I participate? ? pic.twitter.com/MgBZstyQbY
— Chey ? (@cheykh_) July 4, 2019

Trying to have a hot girl summer but residency won’t let me pic.twitter.com/tYTBEQyxdG
— ساره (@SaraAlshker) July 3, 2019

hot girl summer starts with a big chop ✨? pic.twitter.com/zKOSbrgyll
— da baby fan page (@hiababy) July 4, 2019

? it’s a hot girl summer ? pic.twitter.com/g5fPQzBREN
— dan (@dl_danly) July 4, 2019

Even celebrities like Jordyn Woods and Chloe x Halle are getting in on the fun.

hot girl summer ? pic.twitter.com/Y4Ixi77U38
— chloe x halle (@chloexhalle) June 25, 2019

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The photo above actually caused some controversy, with some people thinking this was Woods' way of throwing shade at Khloé Kardashian. However, hot girl summer is the exact opposite of bringing other women down. It's all about uplifting them.

Hot girl summer begins now ?? pic.twitter.com/14NuFIiA70
— Ange Lauriane (@ange_lauriane) July 2, 2019

Hot girl summer ? #rumforbreakfast pic.twitter.com/pRCgyynmS2
— hanna (@hannag_) June 30, 2019

According to Twitter, there have been 2 million Tweets about "hot girl summer" or using the #hotgirlsummer hashtag.

I'm sure you still have questions, such as, is hot girl summer about hooking up? No, not exclusively.

"If you are cuffed up you can still have a hot girl summer but you still gotta be on your bullshit, okay?" Megan Thee Stallion explained to The Root.

u can still have a ‘hot girl summer’ & be in a relationship girl put ur boyfriend on a leash and tell him to shut the fuck up.
— MIDNIGHT xXx (@YUNGSADISTlC) June 25, 2019

An even better question: Is Meg going to release a full song about hot girl summer? Apparently, yes. Soon.

Comingggg https://t.co/agDD09QJnA
— HOT GIRL MEG (@theestallion) July 19, 2019

In the meantime, she's working on a hot girl summer playlist after Future decided to drop a hot boy playlist of his own.

Lol don’t worry HOT GIRLS I’m abt to drop my playlist brb https://t.co/F6irFkzWRD
— HOT GIRL MEG (@theestallion) July 19, 2019

Just remember, the power of hot girl summer can be harnessed for whatever purposes you see fit:

I sent this girl a long text message & she said “it’s a hot girl summer i ain’t reading no paragraphs” lmaooooo pic.twitter.com/fZBZmL3Imf
— Cole? (@cole_goodwin3) June 28, 2019

hot girl summer : a season of being unapologetic in your glow , securing your own bags , being in your bag , embracing the body you have , laughing more , living more , and doing the dam thing while feeling dam good ??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️
— ??? ????? ??? ???? ??? ???? (@artsygalnish) June 25, 2019

My hot girl summer? Staying in and watching season 3 of Stranger Things. Which, by the way, has serious hot girl summer energy.