The song features a "menacing" trap beat,[1] over which Megan Thee Stallion and Key Glock criticize former associates,[2] whom the former describes as "fake-ass, snake-ass, cake-ass, hating-ass, no money getting-ass bitches".
[3][4] A.D. Amorosi of Variety wrote that the artists "make 'Ungrateful' into a dramatic dialog on a concept as oblique as thanklessness", and described the lyrics "You would never be you if I wasn't your muse" as "one smartly, spiteful line sticking out".
[3] Shamira Ibrahim of NPR praised Megan Thee Stallion's rapping style, writing that the song "is in conversation with her cult-favorite 'Still Tippin' Freestyle' — doubling down on the whiplashing flows of that verse, she swings her bars around the highs and lows of the melody.
Directed by Colin Tilley, it opens with Megan Thee Stallion lying on a red quilt on her bed, dressed in black lingerie,[6][7] rolling around and rapping.
[11] As Megan sheds a tear[11][12] and a rainstorm begins,[10][13] an alternate version of herself appears,[12][13] wearing all-white attire (possibly in reference to her alter-ego Tina Snow)[7][9] consisting of a dress and exceptionally large wide-brimmed floppy hat protecting her from the rain.