Megan The Stallion’s and Dua Lipa’s “Sweetest Pie” Is The Sweetest Pop Collaboration
“You’ve never been to Heaven, have you?”
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa have both dominated their genres in the last few years. Megan won the Grammy for Best New Artist at the 63rd award show and Hip-Hop Artist of the Year at the 2020 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Dua also has a Grammy for Best New Artist and won Best Pop Vocal Album for her inventive masterpiece of an album, “Future Nostalgia”. Megan has been credited as one of the leaders of the female rap renaissance of the late 2010s, and Dua as one of the leaders of the Disco revival. While both women make fun music for women to party to, not many were expecting a collaboration.
They did not disappoint. While the two fanbases typically do not overlap much, “Sweetest Pie” is just the song to ignite a union. First of all, Megan can truly ride any beat. Her instrumentals on her solo tracks are typically Houston hip hop as hell. On “Sweetest Pie”, Megan cruises right over the pop beat, and twice at that. When you might have thought Megan’s part was over, she returns for her last verse with the same charisma as her first. In the outro, Megan says, “Me and Dua Lipa finna get the party lit”. And did.
Dua’s ability to make a catchy club hit is virtually unparalleled by her pop peers. Like her 2020 success “Future Nostalgia”, “Sweetest Pie” maintains Dua’s signature disco-inspired, lighthearted, made for summer sound. Surprisingly, her and Megan have great chemistry on the song.
A common critique of Megan Thee Stallion is that she allegedly never switches up her flow. Many listeners have expressed that they are growing tired of Megan consistently rapping about sex and her body. “Sweetest Pie” proves that if ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Like always, Megan cleverly referenced sex in her verses, and fit right in with Dua’s soft sensuality.
Dua asks “You’ve never been to Heaven, have you?” at the start of the song. By the end of the song, we can say we have.