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Vigilant Citizen – March 22, 2022

The last time I’ve written about Megan Thee Stallion, it was in an article about the video WAP. In case you didn’t know, WAP stands for “wet a-s p*ssy”. Now, Stallion unleashed unto the world Sweetest Pie – a song with a title that is also centered around female genitalia. Decidedly, Stallion is a fountain of creative song ideas.

While the lyrics of WAP and Sweetest Pie both focus on all-around thothery, their respective videos take things to a whole other level. And, in Sweetest Pie, the symbolism is rather powerful. Indeed, through age-old symbolism, the video taps into deep-seethed archetypes relating to sexuality and dark spirituality while creating a sense of discomfort in the viewers by exploiting their natural aversion to specific images. Yup, those are big words to describe a video that contains a wall made of butts.

In Sweetest Pie, Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa play the role of cannibalistic witches who lure men into their den to eat them. The video is heavily inspired by Hansel and Gretel, an ancient fairy tale that is still highly relevant today.

Hansel and Gretel

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