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

being gay rules

he's one of my fav social media personalities/celebs but his music does nothing for me at all. there's been no real aesthetic sense post "old town road"... this song is just annoying, his vocals are really grating. the "holiday" song was also pretty bad to me

I hadn't seen this 2019 clip until last night:

.@lilnasx speaks the truth about his choice to come out while at the top. More of The Shop on @HBO now! pic.twitter.com/wETNaPUU5t

— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) September 4, 2019

Or as a bottom.

he’s cute

man kevin hart's squeaky voice going "HE SAID HE WAS GAY SO WHAT?!?!!?" is such a buzzkill

I really like how all of his singles post-"Old Town Road" have been teased in brief "snippets" that become legendary among his fanbase long before being officially released. But yeah I agree J0rdan re: the lack of aesthetic sense since OTR. I still like "Panini" a lot.

The aesthetic sense of "Old Town Road" was godawful so I'm glad he didn't continue with it; it's okay that dude is a reliable 5.5-6/10 with his music

The tweet is good

pic.twitter.com/F8EE7pGVS8

— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) March 26, 2021

Am I missing something

Well you know

i was expecting the song to be dull and dated-sounding based on the clip that somehow amassed some level of hype on his twitter. honestly the full song is better than i expected but it's nothing great. well done on the vid. overall certainly better than "holiday" which was a mess

he really has no style beyond the obviousness of his intention to ensure that everything he puts out, for better and worse, is memeable #content

yeah he strikes me as a preview of what the stars of 2023 are gonna look like

Idk, I just thought his music's aesthetic was just simple pop-rap, if that makes any sense. He's obviously not the best musician/rapper out there, but his music has a certain sense of lightness and accessibility that feels refreshing at times (think: cardi b's invasion of privacy, though nas don't have nearly as much personality)

but yeah, decent song, incredible video

feel like FOX News is about to make this go megaviral

the song is his best since "old town road" but that's not really saying much

this is my fav lil nas x, appropriately i know it bcuz he used to post it all the time soundtracking good memes... the vocals tease out the melody in a way that's more engaging than he can personally. he does know good content when he sees it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwiqc6H6U2k

i wholeheartedly love this video. 80s-present controversial videos quickly distilled to even out-gaga lady gaga. song is eh.

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.)