Breakout music stars Lil Nas X and Dominic Fike appear in Brockhampton’s new “Count On Me” music video, and they give fans quite a show.
The video, co-directed by Keven Abstract and Dan Streit, has quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of views and is causing a minor Twitter storm over discussions around Fike’s sexuality.
Related: He did it: Lil Nas X takes “song about gay sex” to top of Billboard Hot 100
Fike hasn’t publicly discussed how he identifies, but he is reportedly in a relationship with actress Diana Silvers since 2020.
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The video casts the two performers as lovers going on a trip, listening to music in their car. Dominic tells Nas X that he’s listening to Radiohead, and Nas X replies: “Who the f**k is Radiohead.” Ha.
The song features contributions from Shawn Mendes, Ryan Beatty, and A$AP Rocky.
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James
Strong psychedelics they are on.
Kangol2
That was trippy. I didn’t love the song but they look like they’re having fun, so there’s that.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Correct me if I’m wrong but at the 1:06 mark isn’t that the n-word he said? I backed it up FOUR times and thats what I CAN swear he said. This kid is getting bad career advice. A talented artist does not resort to sex, profanity and socially inappropriate language to keep themselves in the news. He may as well start an onlyfans.com page and at the rate he’s going I’ll bet its not too far away.
Kangol2
Is that Lil Nas X saying the n-word or is it someone from the group Brockhampton, which does have many POC members? The voice is autotuned or manipulated so it’s hard to tell. I felt it was totally unnecessary and verging on offensive given the theme of the video and given that his bro is white. Then again, the young’uns today show selective outrage about such things, and if it is him or a Black member of Brockhampton, they can justify it, extraneous and jarring as it was.
As for “sex ,profanity,” etc., are you kidding? You do realize that throughout the history of Western popular music, talented artists (Little Richard, Elvis, Marvin Gaye, David Bowie, Boy George, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Eminem, Kanye West, Cardi B, etc.) have used “sex, profanity and socially inappropriate language” to keep themselves in the news, and have sold millions of records as a result.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
“young’uns today”…
Wow, sounds like me and ol’ Bob had an influence on more than just your nerves. No wonder one of us had to go. lol lol
Blaktarn
Not that it matter in regards to the conversation but they are both black, one is just lighter skinned because he is part Pilipino.