The Tonight ShowPerhaps his"Old Town Road" lyrics said it best:"Can't nobody tell me nothing." Lil Nas X, born Montero Lamar Hill, certainly doesn't let the critics affect him in any way .He approached his latest single,"Montero ," the same way. The track is undeniably queer, with sexually explicit lyrics , which received immense backlash from social critics and conservatives.
His fans flocked to Twitter to defend the rapper, causing #FreeLilNasX to trend. Since then there's been thousands of people pitching in, with comments such as"me distracting the judge so lil nas x can run out the back" and"gen z sending their minimum wages to bail lil nas x."— nicole⁷ Lil Nas X himself joined in on the commentary.
The track, produced by Kanye West and featuring Jack Harlow, already has the internet in an uproar. Many are praising Lil Nas X's marketing tactics, writing"HOOTING, HOLLERING, SHOUTING! Lil Nas X is a marketing genius and incredible talent! PRODUCED BY KANYE?!" Indeed, few other stars have been able to capture the odd moment of digital culture in the way that Lil Nas X has, and none have been able to use it to their advantage so seamlessly.
"Industry Baby" drops this Friday, and in the meantime we'll be with the #FreeLilNasX protests — after all, as he tweeted,"who's going to make mildly funny tweets about being gay while i'm away?"