“Big Ole Freak” by Megan Thee Stallion
The intimately explicit nature and more-specifically accompanying visuals of this song are the reasons – taking nothing away from Megan as a lyricist – this track blew up. In fact she uses language which a few short years ago would have been deemed generally-unacceptable for a mainstream song, especially one by a female artist. But the second half of the track is a lot less sexualized, implying that the aforementioned lyrics were indeed a successful gimmick. And overall this overt sexuality fits into the stated purpose of this song, which is one of female-sensual empowerment. That is to say that track song for the most part highlights how Megan likes to get down with her man.
And the secondary theme would be how dudes sweat her, specifically in relation to her “addictive” body, which is manifest in Megan being able to, as detailed in the second verse, give “commands” to her man while in the bedroom.
Facts about “Big Ole Freak”
Megan states that this song achieves its intended purpose for her personally, as listening to it makes her feel “super sexy” and “very confident, very free”.
“Big Ole Freak” earned Megan Thee Stallion her first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 when on 15 April 2019 it debuted at number-99.
Apparently R&B crooner Trey Songz tried to holla at Megan Thee Stallion, on 28 March 2019 via Instagram, in response to this song. And in her own reply to this solicitation Megan once again asserted her sexuality.
Solange Knowles is also a known fan of this track and actually visited a performance by Megan in New Orleans on 31 March 2019.
Megan Thee Stallion has actually experienced a backlash, most notably from men, due to the explicit nature of the lyrics of this and other tracks in her catalog.
The social-media based “Big Ole Freak Challenge”, which is based on participants twerking at a gas station, is derived from this song.
“Big Ole Freak” actually dropped on 11 June 2018. It was part of Megan Thee Stallion’s 2018 EP Tina Snow.
The entire track was written exclusively by Megan Thee Stallion and produced by music producer LilJuMadeDaBeat.
Does “Big Ole Freak” contain any samples?
Yes. It samples “Is It Love This Time”, a 1992 tune by boy band Immature and the classic 1998 R&B jam “Nite and Day” by Al B. Sure.
