Yes, he is shoving his lifestyle down your throat, Karen.
(Barb supremacy!)īut with “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” the 22-year-old viral hit-maker is accomplishing something more noteworthy beyond the typical charts and sales number-crunching in the music industry: he’s putting unabashedly queer representation in the mainstream’s face. And his follow-up releases, including 7 with “Panini,” a Top 5 hit, and “Rodeo” with Cardi B ensured that he wouldn’t go down as a One Hit Wonder.ĭespite only having a handful of tracks to his name, there’s no doubt that Lil Nas X is already a superstar: Miley Cyrus is sending him flowers and fangirling in the comments, he’s embroiled in DM scandals with 6ix9ine and dodging homophobia from Kevin Hart, and his own queen acknowledged his existence, Nicki Minaj. To be fair, he already did: his oft-remixed, endlessly meme-d “Old Town Road” is the longest-running hit in chart history, even beating the record set by the icon herself Mariah Carey with “One Sweet Day.” He also caused the industry to ponder the confines of country music and reconsider the genre’s sonic limitations in terms of chart and award eligibility. Lil Nas X has his thigh high heel on the industry’s neck.