From Old Town Road to Holidays, Lil Nas x has been releasing a steady stream of hit songs, and now, his highly anticipated single MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name), followed by the release of his “Satan shoes”, is finally out for the word to see.
For a few months now, Lil Nas X has been teasing his fan base by showing little snippets of his song on his TikTok videos. It clearly had the desired effect as people have been dying to hear the song in its integrity.
Now that their wish is coming true, Lil Nas X did not disappoint. Throughout the song, he sings of authenticity, of a place where societal pressure can’t reach him, as he says at the beginning of the song: « In life, we hide the parts of ourselves we don’t want the world to see, We lock them away. We tell them, ‘No.’ We banish them. But here, we don’t.”
This place being well, Hell. Throughout this whole music video from kissing a snake and falling to hell on a pole, to giving the devil a lap dance, not only does Lil Nas X offer his fans a well-crafted and aesthetically pleasing narrative, but it is also his way of embracing his sexuality. According to one of his Instagram posts, this whole song and video, is a message to his younger self, the one who was afraid of ever coming out, Of being « That type of gay » and about loving . After all, considering that the song’s title is his real name, it should come as no surprise that he has an intimate connection to it.
This song is now #2 on trending on YouTube and was more than well received by his fans and fellow musicians who have been very vocal about their opinions and love for the song on Twitter. Many of them consider Lil Nas X as someone Queer black kids could look up to and be encouraged to embrace themselves.
In this new single, Lil Nas X gives us another iconic performance, paving the road to so many others, all wrapped up in a devilishly ethereal narrative and colorful aesthetic, enough to charm Eden’s snake himself.
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