Forget summer: Megan Thee Stallion and Jimmy Fallon declare ‘Hot Girl Fall’

Goodbye, “hot girl summer.� Hello, “hot girl fall�?

Rapper and “hot girl summer� meme originator Megan Thee Stallion visited “The Tonight Show� on Monday, where she and host Jimmy Fallon dropped the music video for “Hot Girl Fall� to usher in the new season with thigh-high plaid boots and pumpkin-orange jumpsuits.

“Days getting shorter with that setting sun,� a dejected Fallon rapped. “Guess hot girl summer is really done.�

Enter Megan Thee Stallion to save the day, which also happened to be the first day of autumn: “Jimmy, you’re not making any sense at all / After hot girl summer comes … hot girl fall!�

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The 24-year-old artist officially coined the now-famous “hot girl summer� in May with the cover art for her album “Fever,� which featured the phrase, “She’s thee hot girl and she’s bringing thee heat.� The tagline soon went viral, taking on a life of its own in captions for bikini beach photos on Instagram and parodies on Twitter.

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Back when fall was fast approaching, the internet began to brainstorm a fresh seasonal catchphrase. Some jokingly toyed with the idea of “Christian girl autumn,� featuring a photo of two women posing in matching scarves and booties. But Fallon and Megan Thee Stallion had another idea.

“Grab a cable-knit scarf and your chunkiest sweater / ‘Cause the summer was dope, but the fall’s even better,� the “Money Good� artist mused in the video.

A turtleneck crop top, a hayride, pies and lots of leaves completed the sketch’s chilly-yet-cozy aesthetic. With hot girl fall, the same rules apply: Anyone, regardless of sex, can be a hot girl if they truly believe.

“Being a Hot Girl is about being unapologetically YOU, having fun, being confident, living YOUR truth, being the life of the party etc,� Megan Thee Stallion tweeted in July.