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Megan Thee Stallion's 'Act III': Everything We Know So Far, Including the Houston Classic Behind Tina Snow's Return

Fresh off a Victoria's Secret runway moment she called 'so full circle,' the Houston rapper is building toward her next album. Here's what's confirmed, what's not, and the hometown sample that kicked it all off.

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  • What: Megan: Act III, Megan Thee Stallion's forthcoming album, which will round out the trilogy she started with Megan and Megan: Act II (Harper's Bazaar)
  • Release date: Not announced yet (HipHopWired, Rolling Stone)
  • First taste: "Tina Tuesday Freestyle," released Sept. 29, over a sample of Mike Jones's "Still Tippin'" (Harper's Bazaar)
  • Latest moment: She performed "Her" and "Body" as the last act of the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Oct. 18 (Harper's Bazaar)

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Megan Thee Stallion with a sleek black bob and a green top, speaking into an Adweek microphone in 2024
Megan Thee Stallion in an interview with Adweek, 2024. Photo: Adweek / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0. Card by House of Grey. Full credits below.

Hotties, the next chapter is loading, and it started with a Houston classic.

Megan Thee Stallion is building toward her next album, Megan: Act III, which will round out the trilogy she started with Megan and Megan: Act II, Harper's Bazaar reports. There's no release date yet, according to HipHopWired and Rolling Stone. Here's everything we know so far.

The runway moment she called "so full circle"

First, the big night. Megan performed "Her," from Traumazine, and the triple-platinum single "Body," from Good News, as the last act of the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Sunday, Oct. 18, according to Harper's Bazaar. She closed out the show wearing a sharp silver pair of wings, Bazaar reports.

Her "Body" performance was also the lead-in to Kylie Jenner's walk in the $50 million Fantasy Bra, per Bazaar. (Catch up on Kylie's big moment here.)

Kylie Jenner smiling at an event in 2015
Kylie Jenner, whose Fantasy Bra walk followed Megan's "Body," pictured in 2015. Photo: Marc Zapanta ThePrinceOfVanity / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

It was a dream years in the making. Back in September, she told fans that becoming a Victoria's Secret Angel meant "MY DREAM HAS FINALLY COME TRUE!!!!" Harper's Bazaar reports. On the pink carpet, she told Scott Evans how it felt, according to Just Jared:

Megan Thee Stallion on X, Sept. 29: "HOTTIES MY DREAM HAS FINALLY COME TRUE!!!! I'M IN THEE VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOWWWW"

This is so unreal. This is so full circle.

— Megan Thee Stallion, as quoted by Just Jared

"This is so unreal. This is so full circle. I feel like everybody has seen that I've been tweeting about this since I was like 14," she said. She added, "I feel so grateful. I feel so much gratitude. I feel so blessed."

What we know about Act III

  • It's the third part of a trilogy. Act III follows Megan and Megan: Act II, Harper's Bazaar reports.
  • No release date yet. HipHopWired, Rolling Stone and RTTNews all say a date hasn't been announced. When Rolling Stone texted the phone number in her YouTube bio to ask, the reply was just a link to sign up for her marketing emails.
  • It was supposed to be a summer album. "I was very sad because I came to the realization that I was not gonna drop a summer album," she told Marie Claire, as quoted by Rolling Stone. "I wanted to take my time and record and really write and figure it out."
  • She's taking her time on the sound. HipHopWired says Megan has described experimenting with a new sound while she figures out exactly what she wants the album to be.
  • Her last album did big numbers. Megan debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 in 2024, per RTTNews.

The twist: Tina Snow came home to Houston

Here's the detail fans keep talking about. On Sept. 29, Megan brought back her bold, confident alter ego Tina Snow with "Tina Tuesday Freestyle," and the beat is pure H-Town. The two-minute freestyle is recorded over a sample of "Still Tippin'" by Mike Jones, the legendary rapper who shares Megan's hometown of Houston, according to Harper's Bazaar.

HipHopWired calls "Still Tippin'" a song closely associated with Houston's hip-hop scene, and says the freestyle reflects Megan's Houston roots. Tina Snow first appeared on Megan's 2018 EP of the same name, HipHopWired notes, so for longtime fans this feels like a return to the Megan they first fell for.

The downtown Houston skyline behind trees along Buffalo Bayou
Downtown Houston, the hometown Megan and Mike Jones share, seen over Buffalo Bayou in 2018. Photo: David Daniel Turner / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

The video keeps it simple: Megan raps in front of a black backdrop next to an orange lowrider, per HipHopWired. Rolling Stone calls the freestyle her first single of the year, unless you count her FIFA World Cup song "DNA (More Than a Game)" with Andrea Bocelli, and says it ushers in the Act III era.

Even her VS pink-carpet look was part of the story. Bazaar reports she arrived with long platinum blonde hair, a look it says was "no coincidence" given Tina Snow's return.

Megan Thee Stallion with long platinum blonde hair speaking into a Hot 107.9 microphone
Megan Thee Stallion with long platinum blonde hair at Birthday Bash ATL in 2019. Photo: HOTSPOTATL / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Wait, there's more Tina

"Tina Tuesday" may be turning into a series. Megan followed up with a second freestyle, "Is You Cool?", over production from Drumma Boy and Cassh Jay, with a video set in a snowy landscape, according to RTTNews.

"Is You Cool? - Tina Tuesday Freestyle," from Megan Thee Stallion's official YouTube channel. Watch on YouTube: Megan Thee Stallion - Is You Cool? - Tina Tuesday Freestyle (Megan Thee Stallion)

So, to sum up: a new era, a hometown sample, a runway dream come true and no date yet. We'll update this guide the moment Megan announces one.

Want more from that night? Catch up on Kylie Jenner's $50 million Fantasy Bra walk and our guide to who Megan Moroney is, another performer on the same Victoria's Secret stage.

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FAQ

When does Megan Thee Stallion's Act III come out?

There's no release date yet. HipHopWired, Rolling Stone and RTTNews all report that a date has not been announced.

What song does 'Tina Tuesday Freestyle' sample?

It samples 'Still Tippin'' by Mike Jones, who, like Megan, is from Houston, according to Harper's Bazaar and HipHopWired.

Who is Tina Snow?

Tina Snow is Megan Thee Stallion's confident alter ego, first introduced on her 2018 EP of the same name, according to HipHopWired.

What did Megan Thee Stallion perform at the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show?

She performed 'Her' and 'Body' as the last act of the night, according to Harper's Bazaar and Just Jared.

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