History Music / LilNasX

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, 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 was released next. 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]]

Released at the end of the 2018, the single first gained traction in 2019 and began climbing up the ''Billboard'' country charts. The magazine then controversially removed the song, 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 was released next. 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]]

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.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[https://twitter.com/LilNasX/status/1132817439035670528 about to open the plane door while we’re in the sky as a prank. omg everyone is gonna laugh so hard.]][[note]]He was kidding. Hopefully.[[/note]]]]

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 hit CountryRap single, "Old Town Road," which eventually reached memetic levels in 2019 thanks to [=TikTok=]'s "[=YeeHaw=]" challenge.

The song's [[GenreMashup fusion]] of country and {{trap music}} caught fire on the ''Billboard'' country charts, but was controversially removed due to ''Billboard'' claiming that it did not adopt enough elements of the genre to be classified as country. In response, a remix with none other than Music/BillyRayCyrus was made, and off the heels of the public controversy, [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity it vastly increased the song's popularity]]. 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. At one minute and fifty-three seconds, the original version is ''Billboard''[='=]s shortest number-one single since 1965.[[note]]Specifically, since "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Music/HermansHermits.[[/note]]

He released his first EP ''7'' in late June 2019, containing the hit singles "Panini" and "Rodeo", and he 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. He began promoting his debut album ''Montero'' in summer 2020, with several of its singles ("Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName", "Sun Goes Down" and "Industry Baby") explicitly talking about his sexuality and/or his experiences coming to terms with it for the first time, to both widespread praise and widespread controversy -- which he often uses as further marketing.

!!Yeahhhhhhh, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town tropes...

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

* MinisculeRocking: "Void" is his longest song to date, at just 4 minutes and 10 seconds. The majority of his songs are at least a minute shorter; both the original "Old Town Road" and "Panini" clocked in at just under two minutes.

* ''Montero'' (album; 2021)

He released his first EP ''7'' in late June 2019, containing the hit singles "Panini" and "Rodeo", and he 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. He began promoting his debut album ''Montero'' in summer 2020, with several of its singles ("Montero (Film/CallMeByYourName)", "Sun Goes Down" and "Industry Baby") explicitly talking about his sexuality and/or his experiences coming to terms with it for the first time, to both widespread praise and widespread 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]].

** This culminated in a sketch called "Lil Nas X Gives Birth" posted to his YouTube channel.

* MrFanservice: 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)".

* MinisculeRocking: "Industry Baby" is his longest song to date, at just 3 minutes and 31 seconds. The majority of his songs are at least a minute shorter; both the original "Old Town Road" and "Panini" clocked in at just under two minutes.

* ''Montero'' (album; 2021, upcoming)

* ProductPlacement:

* YouAreNotAlone: Sings about bullying, homophobia, and {{Gayngst}} growing up, and assures others everything will be alright in "Sun Goes Down".

** The music video for "Rodeo" features a SAW reference, vampires, similarities to "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, Doritos Cool Ranch and The Matrix.

* YouAreNotAlone: Sings about bullying, homophobia, and {{Gayngst}} growing up, and assures others everything will be alright in "Sun Goes Down"."

He released his first EP ''7'' in late June 2019, containing the hit singles "Panini" and "Rodeo", and he 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. He began promoting his debut album ''Montero'' in summer 2020, with several of its singles -- "Montero (Film/CallMeByYourName)", "Sun Goes Down" and "Industry Baby" -- explicitly talking about his sexuality and/or his experiences coming to terms with it for the first time, to both widespread praise and widespread 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}}), his taste in glam fashion, and being one of the biggest success stories to come out of the [=TikTok=] app through his hit CountryRap single, "Old Town Road," which eventually reached memetic levels in 2019 thanks to [=TikTok=]'s "[=YeeHaw=]" challenge.

Released independently during an online discussion on "yeehaw culture"[[note]]a movement based around the forgotten history of black cowboys and cowgirls in old Western culture[[/note]], the [[GenreMashup fusion]] of country and {{trap music}} in "Old Town Road" quickly became the center of the conversation and caught fire on the ''Billboard'' country charts. Controversy ensued when ''Billboard'' removed the song from the charts, claiming it "does not embrace enough elements of today's country music to chart in its current version." In response, a remix with none other than Music/BillyRayCyrus was made, and off the heels of the public controversy, [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity it vastly increased the song's popularity]].

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. At one minute and fifty-three seconds, the original version is ''Billboard''[='=]s shortest number-one single since 1965.[[note]]Specifically, since "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Music/HermansHermits.[[/note]] Multiple remixes with different artists would be released afterwards, including Diplo, Music/YoungThug, and RM of Music/{{BTS}}.

He released his first EP ''7'' in late June 2019, introducing his next hit single "Panini", and he 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 singers in the LGBT community. He began promoting his debut album ''Montero'' in summer 2020, with several of its singles explicitly talking about his sexuality and his experiences coming to terms with it for the first time, to both controversy and acclaim.

!!Yeahhhhhhh, I'm gonna take my horse, to the old town tropes...

** 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.

** "Sonic Shit" references, among other things, ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' (obviously), Migos, Creator/PaulWalker, and ''Series/TheGetDown''.

* ProductPlacement:
** ''Loads'' of it in the music video for "Panini". It is unclear whether it was a commentary on commercialism to fit in with the dystopian city which the video is set in and the fact that post-success Lil Nas X is now associated with so many brands, paid product placement, or (most likely) both.
** "Sun Goes Down" features him working in a Taco Bell, [[https://twitter.com/LilNasX/status/1393592061144670210?s=19 where he worked at in real life]].

** "Sun Goes Down" features him working in a Taco Bell, [[in 2017 on this day i got my first job at taco bell. here’s me leaving the cash register unguarded to take pictures in the restroom. https://t.co/BO9lalrz8R where he worked at in real life]].

** "Sun Goes Down" features him working in a Taco Bell.

* MinisculeRocking: None of the songs on ''7'' even reach 3 minutes. His prior mixtape, ''Nasarati'', similarly has only two songs that barely hit the 3-minute mark: "Carry On" (3:11) and "Kim Jong" (3:06).

* MrFanservice: 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).