After announcing the track in July 2020, setting a release date eight months later, and literally paying fans to promote it, Lil Nas X‘s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” has arrived in full.
Was it worth the wait? Well, factoring in the otherworldly and super-gay video that accompanies it, we’re going to go with yes.
Making it even more special, the 21-year-old musician also shared a letter to his younger, closeted self.
“Dear 14-year-old Montero,” Nas X begins, referring to his given name, Montero Lamar Hill. “I wrote a song with our name in it. It’s about a guy I met last summer.”
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“I know we promised to never come out publicly, I know we promised to never be ‘that’ type of gay person, I know we promised to die with the secret, but this will open doors for so many other queer people to simply exist,” he continues.
“You see, this is very scary for me, people will be angry, they will say I’m pushing an agenda. But the truth is, I am. The agenda to make people stay the fuck out of other people’s lives and stop dictating who they should be.”
— nope ? (@LilNasX) March 26, 2021
But it’s really all about the video, which we’ll have on repeat today:
Smith David
OMG….I’m soaked.
curranz
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Kangol2
What a video, and the song is catchy too. So unapologetically gay, queer and Black. Lil Nas X is so talented. He also clearly could pursue acting if he wanted, because he can certainly inhabit a range of characters.
Smith David
I don’t even know where to begin to agree with you so much. The sheer freedom in this video. I’m jealous and proud at the same time. Wow!!!!Just wow………..
James26
Gross. He is a good singer, but he is too fem and too weird. It’s a shame because he started off pretty normal. Only about a year ago did he start to dress in pink and cross-dress, etc. Not sure why a rapper would cultivate an image like that but it will probably take years off of his career.
Kangol2
Well, since you’re on a site named “Queerty” (Queer-ty, get it), you might want to rethink using terms like “normal” and “fem” and “weird” as insults. It comes off as homophobic. You don’t like the direction he’s exploring, but many others do, which is fine. But using terms that have long been used to attack LGBTQ people, particularly men, isn’t so cool. You refer to him as a “rapper,” but you clearly must not be listening to his music; he does a lot more than “rap”; he creates music at the intersection of a number of genres, including country, R&B, hip hop, pop, seapunk, vaporwave, etc. “Rapper” barely scratches the surface, but good for him even if he were rapping primarily; break the mold, as LGBTQ people have done since time immemorial.
Doug
Kangol2, you’re feeding the very obvious troll.
yendor808
@James26
Isn’t it now time for you to move onto another web site where you can judge, complain and put down trans people?
Within
How silly. I thought this video looked very expensive, nice job.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
@James26……..Its clear he’s getting bad advice. When you have to resort to stories about your childhood sexuality and then set it to music in a video that stops dead short of being more in line with the entertainment offered on xtube, pornhub or myvidster instead of the main stream audience he was promoted for (I thought he was suppose to be a country rapper). The year is 2021, not 1995. Who cares what you did when the audience your aiming at has experienced the same thing and gone on with their lives? This proves this guy was the fluke I took him to be all along. He himself is ruining his own career or lets say I’m beginning to believe just like Billy Ray Cyrus he too is going to be a one or two hit wonder.
Dymension
Well that was fun! I am pleasantly surprised!
Darrellx
Wow! So of the times! Just wow! Bravo Lil Nas X!
hotttt123
After the vapors cleared….Lil Nas X …Im available!!!!!
missvamp
Not a fan of his music- but the video is fun.
LeBlevsez
Damn!….
My first thought was “Wow”, but that had been taken.
This video….lascivious vs Leviticus? Bold, unapologetic and In-your-face.
(btw, Lil Nas X, my face is now available.)
I would love to see this thread continue, just to deconstruct this video. If that is not to be, if someone could recommend a site for that purpose, I would appreciate your input. ‘Cuz, Damn!
MISTERJETT
great video. i’m glad i watched.
YourDad
That kiddo brightens my day every time I see him. Nice to see young people being themselves.