You live in the dark, boy, I cannot pretend (In a sense, it’s very masturbatory since it’s Lil Nas licking/fondling/lap dancing with HIMSELF in all those scenes.) The song is autobiographical and seems to be all about Lil Nas’s infatuation with another man who likes to ride on the wild side of the street. But, while it’s great fun to watch, it doesn’t really make much sense story wise and has nothing to do with the actual lyrics of the song but…when has logic ever stopped a fun music video?Īs for the song itself, it’s far more provocative than the silly video, despite all the shots of Lil Nas getting sexy/dirty/nasty with the other “male” characters that he’s also playing. It’s a thrill ride with a shooting style that is glossy and lush and features animation styles that come directly from video game imagery.
LIL NAS X GAY SCENES TRIAL
The story then quickly cuts to a Roman Forum that’s also part RuPaul’s Drag Race where he’s on trial and then sentenced to Hell/Hades where our Hero must give the Devil a lap dance to defeat him and win the crown of the Underworld. Lil Nas is a smart cookie and has cast himself as all the characters in the video which opens in the Garden of Eden with the singer portraying both Adam and the Snake who tempts him…and, LICKS him. Released this week, the video is a eye popping journey through an array of religious and mythological imagery from a variety of sources including Greek gods and Christian ideology with visual traces of Roman, Hindu and indigenous cultures and all overlaid with a very gay/camp veneer.
Since then, he’s solidified his stardom while working on new material for his next album to be entitled MONTERO which is his birth name and leaking bits and pieces of the new song and video. The 21 year old wunderkind has already conquered the pop music world two years ago with his smash hit “Old Town Road” which was just certified as the most watched video ever and in the process won Grammy and MTV Awards and millions of fans even after publicly coming out as gay. 1 single and a VMA for “Video of the Year” - and the rest of us so, so much queer joy.All the church deacons and aunty librarian types will be clutching pearls and havin’ the vapors after watching the new video for the just released new song “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” from the ridiculously talented young queer musical artist Lil Nas X. The album has already given the performer another No. The debut album from Lil Nas X features everyone from Elton John and Miley Cyrus to Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat.
Montero arrived on September 17 after singles “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” “Sun Goes Down,” and “Industry Baby,” along with over-the-top promotions.
But keep watching for the happy ending, featuring Lil Nas X in a wedding dress and a Billy Porter cameo. That pivots to a steamy Brokeback Mountain–inspired moment with said (extremely hot) love interest, before Nas X finds out he has a wife and child. The exceptionally queer rollout for Lil Nas X’s debut album, Montero, started with the star giving the devil himself a lap dance and only went up from there, with Lil Nas making out with boys and ripping his pants on stage, leading a prison-shower-dance moment for the “Industry Baby” video, and even staging his own damn pregnancy! Now, with Montero finally birthed into the world, it’s time for Nas X’s coup de grâce: the music video for “That’s What I Want,” which will have you screaming “Gay!” It opens with Lil Nas X suffering an injury after crash-landing at a football game, which we quickly learn was really just a ploy to get it on with another player in the locker room (and sneak in some wonderful product placement for Durex condoms).