History Music / LilNasX

Lil Nas X's career continued from there by transitioning into a more mainstream pop sound with elements of {{trap|Music}}, R&B and rock. He released his first EP ''7'' in late June 2019, and made headlines just over a week later (on the last day of the month, which is recognized as Pride Month) when he came out as gay, becoming one of the most prominent black male artists in the LGBT community. His next release was his debut album ''Music/{{Montero}}'', wherein most of its singles ("Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName", "Sun Goes Down", "Industry Baby" and "That's What I Want") show him explicitly talking about his sexuality and/or his experiences coming to terms with it for the first time. This subject matter and the imagery associated with it have elicited both widespread praise and controversy -- which he often uses as further marketing.

* GayCowboy: After coming out, he's leaned into this aesthetic. It reached its pinnacle when he wore a hot pink Prada cowboy suit to the Grammys in 2020.

* ScrewYourself: As a corollary of LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles, in the video for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" Lil Nas X plays both the Adam/Eve figure and the snake seducing him, ending up with them kissing.

Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), better known as Lil Nas X, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and Internet personality. He's recognized for his {{meme|ticMutation}}-heavy online presence (mainly through Website/{{Twitter}}) and becoming one of the foremost pop artists of [[TheNewTwenties the 2020s]] following the [[BreakthroughHit breakout]] viral success of his CountryRap single "Old Town Road", which blew up with help from Website/TikTok.

** Creator/ChrisRock, Vince Staples, Rico Nasty, [[Music/MajorLazer Diplo]] and [=YoungKio=][[note]]The song's producer[[/note]] all have appearances in the "Old Town Road" official music video.

Lil Nas X's career continued from there by transitioning into a more mainstream pop sound with elements of {{trap|Music}}, R&B and rock. He released his first EP ''7'' in late June 2019, and made headlines just over a week later (on the last day of the month, which is recognized as Pride Month) when he came out as gay, becoming one of the most prominent black male artists in the LGBT community. His next release was his debut album ''Music/{{Montero}}'', wherein most of its singles ("Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName", "Sun Goes Down" and "Industry Baby") show him explicitly talking about his sexuality and/or his experiences coming to terms with it for the first time. This subject matter and the imagery associated with it have elicited both widespread praise and controversy -- which he often uses as further marketing.

Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), better known as Lil Nas X, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and Internet personality. He's recognized for his {{meme|ticMutation}}-heavy online presence (mainly through Website/{{Twitter}}) and being one of the biggest success stories to come out of Website/{{TikTok}} through his [[BreakthroughHit hit]] CountryRap single "Old Town Road", which blew up with help from the app.

Released at the end of 2018, "Old Town Road" first gained traction in 2019 and began climbing up the ''Billboard'' country chart. The magazine then controversially removed the song from the chart, claiming that it did not adopt enough elements of the genre to be classified as country. However, [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity using the ongoing buzz and conversation to his advantage]], Lil Nas X released a remix of the song with none other than Music/BillyRayCyrus, and both versions of the song wound up peaking at #1 on the general Hot 100, famously holding Music/TaylorSwift's comeback single [="ME!"=] from the top spot and staying at that spot for a collective, record-breaking 19 weeks.[[note]]At one minute and fifty-three seconds, the original version is also ''Billboard''[='=]s shortest number-one single since "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Music/HermansHermits in 1965.[[/note]]

Lil Nas X's career continued from there by transitioning into a more mainstream pop sound with elements of {{trap|Music}}, R&B and rock. He released his first EP ''7'' in late June 2019, and made headlines just over a week later (on the last day of the month, which is recognized as Pride Month) when he came out as gay, becoming one of the most prominent black male artists in the LGBT community. His next release was his debut album ''Music/{{Montero}}'', wherein several of its singles ("Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName", "Sun Goes Down" and "Industry Baby") show him explicitly talking about his sexuality and/or his experiences coming to terms with it for the first time. This subject matter and the imagery associated with it have elicited both widespread praise and controversy -- which he often uses as further marketing.

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+ Music/NickiMinaj, Music/FrankOcean, Music/TylerTheCreator, Music/{{Drake}}, Music/MileyCyrus, Music/KatyPerry, Music/{{OutKast}}, Music/KendrickLamar, Music/KidCudi, Music/{{Nas}}, Music/DojaCat, Music/LilUziVert]

Baby, you livin' the life, but baby, you ain't livin' right''
-->--'''"MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)"'''

Released at the end of 2018, "Old Town Road" first gained traction in 2019 and began climbing up the ''Billboard'' country chart. The magazine then controversially removed the song from the chart, claiming that it did not adopt enough elements of the genre to be classified as country. However, [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity using the ongoing buzz to his advantage]], Lil Nas X released a remix of the song with none other than Music/BillyRayCyrus, and both versions of the song wound up peaking at #1 on the general Hot 100, famously holding Music/TaylorSwift's comeback single [="ME!"=] from the top spot and staying at that spot for a collective, record-breaking 19 weeks.[[note]]At one minute and fifty-three seconds, the original version is also ''Billboard''[='=]s shortest number-one single since "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Music/HermansHermits in 1965.[[/note]]

-->--'''"MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name"'''

Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), better known as Lil Nas X, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and Internet personality. He's recognized for his {{meme|ticMutation}}-heavy online presence (mainly through Website/{{Twitter}}) and being one of the biggest success stories to come out of the Website/{{TikTok}} app through his [[BreakthroughHit hit]] CountryRap single "Old Town Road".

Released at the end of 2018, the single first gained traction in 2019 and began climbing up the ''Billboard'' country chart. The magazine then controversially removed the song from the chart, claiming that it did not adopt enough elements of the genre to be classified as country. However, [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity using the ongoing buzz to his advantage]], Lil Nas X released a remix of the song with none other than Music/BillyRayCyrus, and both versions of the song wound up peaking at #1 on the general Hot 100, famously holding Music/TaylorSwift's comeback single [="ME!"=] from the top spot and staying at that spot for a collective, record-breaking 19 weeks.[[note]]At one minute and fifty-three seconds, the original version is also ''Billboard''[='=]s shortest number-one single since "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Music/HermansHermits in 1965.[[/note]]

Lil Nas X's career continued from there by transitioning into a more mainstream pop sound with elements of {{trap|Music}}, R&B and rock. He released his first EP ''7'' in late June 2019, and made headlines just over a week later (on the last day of June, which is recognized as Pride Month) when he came out as gay, becoming one of the most prominent black male artists in the LGBT community. His next release was his debut album ''Music/{{Montero}}'', wherein several of its singles ("Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName", "Sun Goes Down" and "Industry Baby") show him explicitly talking about his sexuality and/or his experiences coming to terms with it for the first time. This subject matter and the imagery associated with it have elicited both widespread praise and controversy -- which he often uses as further marketing.

** A large portion of the video for "Industry Baby" involves him and other very muscular prison inmates dancing in the nude in the prison showers. A follow-up video purports to be the uncensored version, but just before it cuts to the naked dancers, [[{{Troll}} it begins to load indefinitely]].
* MrSeahorse: In 2021, as part of the leadup to the release of his debut album ''Montero'', Lil Nas X began posting photos and video of himself with a (supposedly fake) pregnant belly, with the child's due date scheduled for the same day as the album's release.
** This culminated in a sketch called "Lil Nas X Gives Birth" being released to coincide with the release of the album.

Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), better known as Lil Nas X, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and Internet personality. He's recognized for his {{meme|ticMutation}}-heavy online presence (mainly through Website/{{Twitter}}) and being one of the biggest success stories to come out of the [=TikTok=] app through his [[BreakthroughHit hit]] CountryRap single "Old Town Road".

** Dancing down a stripper pole to hell only in boxer briefs and then giving Satan a lap dance in "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)".

Released at the end of 2018, the single first gained traction in 2019 and began climbing up the ''Billboard'' country charts. The magazine then controversially removed the song from the chart, claiming that it did not adopt enough elements of the genre to be classified as country. However, [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity using the ongoing buzz to his advantage]], Lil Nas X released a remix of the song with none other than Music/BillyRayCyrus, and both versions of the song wound up peaking at #1 on the general Hot 100, famously holding Music/TaylorSwift's comeback single [="ME!"=] from the top spot and staying at that spot for a collective, record-breaking 19 weeks.[[note]]At one minute and fifty-three seconds, the original version is also ''Billboard''[='=]s shortest number-one single since "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Music/HermansHermits in 1965.[[/note]]

Lil Nas X's career continued from there by transitioning into a more mainstream pop sound with elements of {{trap|Music}}, R&B and rock. He released his first EP ''7'' in late June 2019, and made headlines just over a week later (on the last day of Pride Month) when he came out as gay, becoming one of the most prominent black male artists in the LGBT community. His next release was his debut album ''Music/{{Montero}}'', wherein several of its singles ("Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName", "Sun Goes Down" and "Industry Baby") show him explicitly talking about his sexuality and/or his experiences coming to terms with it for the first time. This subject matter and the imagery associated with it have elicited both widespread praise and controversy -- which he often uses as further marketing.

** Creator/ChrisRock, Vince Staples, Young Kio, Rico Nasty and Diplo all have appearances in the "Old Town Road" official music video.

* GenreMashup: Lil Nas X spends much of ''7'' blending all sorts of different sounds together. Music/Blink182's Travis Barker even shows up to do some punk rock drumming on one track.

** Creator/BillyPorter plays the pastor in the music video for "That's What I Want"

** Creator/ColtonHaynes plays the prison guard in "Industry Baby," but contrary to popular belief, the Samoan inmate in the yard scene is ''not'' Creator/JasonMomoa.

** In the Industry Baby video, a [[Creator/ColtonHaynes prison guard]] is seen watching the Montero (Call Me By Your Name) video, and licking his lips.

Lil Nas X's career continued from there by transitioning into a more mainstream pop sound with elements of {{trap|Music}}, R&B and rock. He released his first EP ''7'' in late June 2019, and made headlines just over a week later (on the last day of Pride Month) when he came out as gay, becoming one of the most prominent black male artists in the LGBT community. His next release was his debut album ''Music/{{Montero}}'', wherein several of its singles ("Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName", "Sun Goes Down" and "Industry Baby") show him explicitly talking about his sexuality and/or his experiences coming to terms with it for the first time. This subject matter, and the imagery associated with it, has elicited both widespread praise and controversy -- which he often uses as further marketing.

Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), better known as Lil Nas X, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and Internet personality. He's recognized for his {{meme|ticMutation}}-heavy online presence (mainly through Website/{{Twitter}}) and being one of the biggest success stories to come out of the [=TikTok=] app through his BreakthroughHit CountryRap single "Old Town Road".

Released at the end of 2018, the single first gained traction in 2019 and began climbing up the ''Billboard'' country charts. The magazine then controversially removed the song from the chart, claiming that it did not adopt enough elements of the genre to be classified as country. However, [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity using the ongoing buzz to his advantage]], Lil Nas X released a remix of the song with none other than Music/BillyRayCyrus, and the song and its remix both wound up spending weeks at #1, famously holding Music/TaylorSwift's comeback single [="ME!"=] from the top spot and staying at that spot for a collective, record-breaking 19 weeks.[[note]]At one minute and fifty-three seconds, the original version is also ''Billboard''[='=]s shortest number-one single since "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Music/HermansHermits in 1965.[[/note]]