Backlash after Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" removed from Billboard Hot Country chart

the word that kept floating back to me watching this video was..... seapunk

I can def see seapunk revival in it, yeah! I like the song more than it sounds like a lot of you lot do, but I'm still only on "like" rather than "love".

satanpunk

I can’t really think of the song as an artefact separate to the video clip. Someone should do a list of video clips intentionally shot to be repurposed by the internet. “Countdown” is the best example of this obv - and the difference between that video clip and this one seems effectively to document the shift of meme energy from tumblr and chat sites to Instagram / TikTok.

I like him more than his songs.

He probably has a future as a tv host or something

i'm not like immediately floored by the song but it's not unpleasant and i can see it growing on me. i don't have thoughts on its meme-ness or whatever but he has a good voice and persona, he probably has a future as a pop star or something imo.

i think one of the reasons why this song is a grower is it tells a complicated story about sexual evolution. nothing is really pat about it. trying to think of pop stars who told that story and only george michael comes to mind.

the melody lines of the thing could be construed as bland but i think they work here as counterpoint to the song's subject matter. like, i recognize that kind of generic masculine intonation that bespeaks some complicated feelings about gender and sexual pleasure.

I personally don't see or hear anything that suggests he'll be able to build a long career off the success of his signature song. He certainly has enough cash to try tho.

god you people are grim. lol i'm outta here.

I mean I'm not suggesting that would be a bad thing. I wish there were more Old Town Roads these days.

He probably has a future as a tv host or something

You could easily fill a Hollywood Squares grid with nothing but these living-meme sort of pop musicians.

This video is great although the CGI movement is scaring me.

I watched the video yesterday and remember literally nothing about the song, but lap-dancing the devil is fucking brilliant. And the whole shoe thing he's got going on right now is kind of funny too.

i’m sampling this https://t.co/H2mlZs9YkW

— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) March 28, 2021

This guy rules. I sincerely hope Lil Nas X is responsible for bringing back the satanic panic.

I like him more than his songs.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

it isn't, though

This video is great although the CGI movement is scaring me.

yea it's kind of nauseating in the way some of the more graphic Tim & Eric videos are

still "if all gay people are going to hell you might as well try to fuck the devil" is a pretty great concept, I must admit

one striking thing about the reaction to this is just how many people believe the devil is like, an actual physical entity

xp it is tho

also here's the shoe story
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/style/nike-satan-shoes-lil-Nas-x.html

the full-length version is now streamable as "satan's extended version" lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIlz3g3DgCU

satan's uncut version too iirc

I interviewed Lil Nas X about "Montero," the twigs connection and his own journey with Christianity: "I want kids [who know] they’re a part of the LGBTQ community to feel like they’re O.K. and that they don’t have to hate themselves” https://t.co/MFvLTzua61

— Andrew Chow (@andrewrchow) March 29, 2021

The Logitech ads that have been running since the Super Bowl (emphasizing him as a creative figure etc.) seem brilliantly timed now.

Ok he pretty much guaranteed himself a lawsuit with the shoe though that’s kinda dumb

Legal fees vs exposure seems pretty worth it imo. Shoes sold for about 700k so that offsets the marketing that’s likely to go on for months if Nike sues.

Nike is suing the shoe designer.

Nike is suing the shoe designer.

On what grounds? He bought the sneakers and customized them, and is now reselling them. Right? So what's the problem?

On the grounds that the shoes are likely to confuse consumers and dilute Nike's trademarks. "In fact, there is already evidence of significant confusion and delusion occurring in the marketplace, including calls to boycott Nike in response to the launch of MSCHF's Satan Shoes based on the mistaken belief that Nike has authorized or approved this product," Nike says.

(They also claim safety concerns - ""According to media reports, the red ink and drop of literal human blood is incorporated into the sole of each shoe (...) Making changes to the midsole may pose safety risks for consumers.")

Gonna sue Disney bcz KISS put their blood in that Marvel comic seven ownerships ago.

(fwiw, Nike didn't misspell "dilution" as "delusion" in the actual complaint – I just checked – somehow the legal news service introduced that typo.)

brb gonna go make some careful changes to my midsole

If that designer did it to one pair of shoes, Nike has no case. Since he did it to 600 pairs, we'll see . . .

Lil Nas X is the best at twitter and he's really calling attention to the fact that the world is currently in the middle of huge moral panic (qanon, etc) and has been for quite some time now.

He's not bringing the Satantic Panic back because spoiler, it's been here the whole time.

https://bogleech.tumblr.com/post/625261181150609408/parts-of-the-internet-are-completely-freaking-out

This is Trump's hydroxychloroquine doctor!

Anyway I am love him, not only does he know how to make the statement but he knows how to defend himself from the relentlessness of the conservative backlash, publicly, on twitter, where his fans can see him doing it and draw some strength to make their own controversial art.

Looks like he handled this well (and/or was in a position to receive the benefit of the doubt):

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-03-31/lil-nas-x-praises-fka-twigs-after-montero-video-accused-of-copying-her-ideas

i do wish he was as good at music as he is at social media

number one in the UK

How to live

me after getting a song about gay sex to the top of the billboard charts pic.twitter.com/UJK5HpDCOA

— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) April 5, 2021

i hope my haters are sad. i hope they are crying. i want your tears to fill my grammy cup. 🏹🤍

— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) April 5, 2021

all jokes aside, we get to control our own destiny, never let the world decide it for you. no matter how dark it may look keep fucking going!

— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) April 6, 2021

hard not to root for him

true, but then I listen to his music

then I'm like "find your audience, young man, for it is not me" and do a deep, formal bow

hard pic.twitter.com/Wx8LLKFJwH

— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) April 3, 2021

much improved imo

lmao

international fans thinking “lil” is my first name is favorite thing ever lmao https://t.co/5azuXaBSW6

— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) April 9, 2021

Lillian Nas X
Lillian Yachty
Lillian Uzi Vert
Lillian Wayne

Lilian Kleine
Lilian Marijnissen
Lilianne Ploumen

(sorry, one for the Dutchies)

I salute Lil Nas X for having the number one song in the UK when Prince Philip died, therefore meaning it is now the new national anthem.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9555748/lil-nas-x-montero-not-removed-streaming-services

What was this about?

Either way the song is super catchy. I get that little hum he does before the hook stuck in my head all the time.

Lol my kids believed him.