Lil Nas X took a moment to speak to his detractors this week, while reaching a new musical milestone.
The two-time Grammy winner’s latest song, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”, debuted at number one on the Billboard chart this week. It is their second single in the first place after their country success, “Old Town Road”, topped the same chart for 19 weeks in 2019.
True to form, Lil Nas X celebrated the achievement with a series of tweets on Monday night when he spoke to those who assumed he was a novelty.
Moments later, he dealt another blow to critics of his provocative music, tweeting, “I hope my haters are sad. I hope they are crying. I want your tears to fill my grandma’s cup, ”before adding, “God, I’m going to have a lot of sex tonight.”
And shortly after that, Lil Nas X posted a short video that he said he shot last June to congratulate his future self on the success of his then-unreleased track.
“I want to say that I am proud of you,” he says in the video, briefly assuming a British accent. “Congratulations, you deserve all the good things that are happening to you right now.”
He ended the discussion on a serious note, telling fans, “Jokes aside, we have to control our own destiny, never let the world decide for you. no matter how dark it looks, fuck on! ”
Released on March 26, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” generated significant controversy. The song is a nod to the rapper’s younger self – his real name is Montero Lamar Hill – and has been widely interpreted as a celebration of queer sexuality.
Much of the reaction, however, resulted from the music video. In it, Lil Nas X appears in celestial garb before riding on a stripper pole from heaven to hell, where he begins to give the devil a lap dance.
The video’s mix of sacred and sexually explicit images drew comparisons to Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” and, as in the case of that 1989 video, conservative lawmakers and media experts also condemned him.
But Lil Nas X, who turns 22 on Friday, is about to have a final laugh – even though his shoes “Satan Shoes” now face an uncertain fate.
In a March 26 note posted to his social media accounts, the rapper predicted the furor “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” would cause and said his mission was “to make people stay away from other people’s lives. and stop dictating who they should be. ”
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