History YMMV / LilNasX

*** The album, ''Montero'', ultimately did feature another reference to Nicki Minaj, but it was overshadowed at the time by Nicki Minaj's feud with her home country of Trinidad and Tobago [[EvenWithContext over her cousin's friend's testicles]] and her fandom's doxxing of multiple Trinidadian reporters on the same evening.

* ClicheStorm: "Old Town Road" invokes this, just going all-in on the cowboy lifestyle. Many argue that this, as well as the inspired mixture with TrapMusic, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools is what makes the song so charming]].

** After Lil Nas X came out of the closet, it became common to interpret all the talk about "riding" in "Old Town Road" as references to gay sex. An extremely and uncharacteristically deadpan Lil Nas X set it straight that "[[https://twitter.com/lilnasx/status/1145724580834623488?lang=en old town road is literally about horses.]]" This became especially evident with the music he record ''after'' coming out, where he makes no attempt to hide behind lyrical metaphors.
** After some Satan-worshipping [=TikTok=] users began to play "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" over Satanic rituals, Lil Nas X himself said this was a bit too far.

** “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”, ends with him ''pole dancing'' to Hell (quite good, by the way), giving Satan a lap dance, then afterwards, [[NeckSnap snapping his neck]] and taking over Hell.
*** It's also an ironic TakeThat at anyone who claims that homosexuals will go to hell. If he's going to hell, then he's giving Satan a lapdance and stealing his crown.

--->"[[https://twitter.com/LilNasX/status/1375648580216651781 i made the decision to create the ["Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"] music video. i am an adult. i am not gonna spend my entire career trying to cater to your children. that is your job.]]"

** After Lil Nas X came out of the closet, it became common to interpret all the talk about "riding" in "Old Town Road" as references to gay sex. An extremely and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically deadpan]] Lil Nas X set it straight that "[[https://twitter.com/lilnasx/status/1145724580834623488?lang=en old town road is literally about horses.]]" This became especially evident with the music he record ''after'' coming out, where he makes no attempt to hide behind lyrical metaphors.

* SignatureSong: "Old Town Road" is an easy answer, as it's what propelled Lil Nas X from obscurity to superstardom overnight, but "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" is likely his definitive song following his coming out and incorporating his sexuality into his music.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Subverted. The chorus of "Panini" sounds as if it is based on that of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "In Bloom". However, he wrote the song before getting into Nirvana's music, and upon the similarity being pointed out to him, gave Cobain a writing credit on the song. He even posted a mashup of the songs on his Twitter account.

** Tik Tok videos with people in either heaven or hell minding their own business and pausing as they see Lil Nas X sliding down the stripper pole from "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)".
** "One girl for Jack" [[labelnote:note]]In the "Industry Baby" video, there's a scene where rapper Jack Harlow is seen with a female prison guard, post-coitus. Fans were amused that in a video filled with gay fanservice, there was ''one scene'' with straight fanservice and commented that Nas had asked/or was asked to include a girl for Jack.[[/labelnote]]

** Interestingly, on the Music/BillyRayCyrus remix, it seems like Billy Ray tried to contrast this by [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy taking up some stereotypical hip-hop subject matter]]: You have a newbie rapper talking about cowboys, horses, and tractors and a veteran country singer bragging about his ConspicuousConsumption and dropping various brand names, where one might expect it to be the other way around.

** Interestingly, on the Billy Ray Cyrus remix, it seems like Billy Ray tried to contrast this by taking up some stereotypical hip hop subject matter: You have a rapper talking about cowboys, horses, and tractors and a country singer bragging about his ConspicuousConsumption and dropping various brand names, where one might expect it to be the other way around.
* CriticalDissonance: The ''7'' EP got extremely mixed reviews from critics, most notably a particularly harsh one from Pitchfork. Much of Lil Nas X's fanbase strongly disagreed.

** With Music/BillieEilish after her song "Bad Guy" kicked "Old Town Road" from No. 1 in the Billboard chart, plus with the slow growth of Eilish's HypeBacklash. Downplayed in that the artists are friendly, the fights were not very prominent, and most fans agree that "Bad Guy" was the only song that really ''could'' knock it off it's spot while still carrying the "New Generation" torch that "Old Town Road" lit.

** Although "Old Town Road" was a smash success and very popular amongst children, it makes blatant references to lean and adultery, and includes the lyric "bull riding and boobies".
** The rest of his catalogue also isn't very clean, and following "Old Town Road", he's repeatedly had to remind everyone that he doesn't consider children to be his intended audience. Especially after he came out and began more exploring homoerotic imagery (from promo artwork for "Holiday" and the entirety of the "Montero" video), MoralGuardians have been up in arms about him [[ThinkOfTheChildren "corrupting children,"]] to which he dismisses because they're not his responsibility.

* TearJerker: "Sun Goes Down", where Lil Nas X reflects on his younger self dealing with loneliness, bullying, and coming to terms with his homosexuality, with the chorus hinting at contemplating suicide.
-->I wanna run away
-->Don't wanna lie, I don't want a life
-->Send me a gun and I'll see the sun
-->I'd rather run away
-->Don't wanna lie, I don't want a life
-->Send me a gun and I'll see the sun

** "Old Town Road" dethroning both [[Music/MariahCarey "One Sw]][[Music/BoyzIIMen eet Day"]] and [[Music/LuisFonsi "Despacito"]] for longest number 1. The fact he came out of nowhere and did this is the most impressive thing.

** "SUN GOES DOWN" bears enough similarity to iann dior's "Holding On" that he too recieved a writing credit, though in this instance Blake Slatkin and Omer Fedi produced both songs.