At first of Megan Thee Stallion‘s extremely anticipated video for her new single “Cobra,” the rapper actually climbs out of a snake’s jaws. “Like a snake sheds its pores and skin, we should shed our previous — again and again,” she says. “Cobra” is a tune about what the artist has been via over the previous few years, together with melancholy, a dispute along with her label, alleged dishonest and the 2020 capturing by Tory Lanez, plus its subsequent trial.

However Megan has channeled these obstacles and turned them into artwork, as evidenced by each the deeply private lyrics of “Cobra” and its cinematic video, which options some actually unimaginable hair, make-up and particular results work from a few of Megan’s favourite magnificence professionals.

Megan’s make-up was created by her go-to make-up artist Lauren Elise Youngster, and Miranda Jory created the particular results. (Jory was additionally behind Megan’s hilarious and on-point Gremlins costume for Halloween 2023.) At first, we see her crawling out of the snake’s mouth with clumpy, outlined lashes. Later, when she’s glammed up in a robe and updo, Megan wears a metallic silver smoky eye with an excellent sharp wing. On the mid-point of the video, although, the rapper is seen in a glass field with prying eyes watching and taking pictures as she actually peels off her pores and skin. 

“Megan and I are at all times saving and displaying one another inspiration and reference photos we’ve been amassing and a variety of the time we have now the identical pictures, so we’re normally in the identical lane creatively already in terms of creating the seems,” Youngster advised Attract. “We each knew we wished to maintain the make-up very genuine however with fascinating snake like particulars, so I took inspiration from completely different snake prints, textures and shapes.” 

Kid’s favourite look happens proper as Megan climbs from the snake’s stomach. “We wished her to look dewy and genuine however add fascinating element that will nod to the snake she was crawling via, so I took inspiration from the snakes fangs and gave her spiky lashes with actually dewy pores and skin,” Youngster defined. 

Youngster additionally labored very carefully with Jory and her group whereas prepping Megan’s make-up or coating her physique with slime. “We talked forward of time about what merchandise would work with the prosthetics and what wouldn’t, take away them,” the make-up artist defined. “Magnificence make-up is so completely different than SFX, so it was nice to work with them and assist full the story head to toe.” After every take, Youngster and the SFX crew must work collectively to “reset” the slime on Megan’s physique.