As the buzz over Lil Nas X’s ultra-homoerotic track “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” and its scandalous video continues, the rapper has doubled down its popularity. Last weekend, Nas X released a new a cappella video of the song.
The video, which turned up on YouTube April 23, features Nas X in a variety of very sexy costumes and glam makeup, singing all the parts of the song and making all the electronic sounds himself. That involves a bit of beat-boxing, some scales, and singing a variety of different harmonies.
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Ok, so the new video doesn’t feature Nas giving Satan a lap dance. That said, it still revels in its own queerness, and its simplicity underlines the power and inherent sexual charge to the music. It also looks like Lil Nas X has been working out a bit. Not that we’re complaining…
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sanfranca1
a cappella: without instrumental accompaniment.
There is instrumental accompaniment is this video; it is not a cappella.
Dymension
Thank you! Someone who actually knows a thing or two about music!
TJ Parker
Sounds like the same audio. Just different video.
What did that boy do to his teeth? Sigh.
Dymension
They’re called grills. They are not permanent. Think of it as a bejeweled Invisaligns.
Kangol2
Actually, this version is pretty amazing in that he really is making all of the sounds himself, so the only instrumentation is his voice. Really ingenious because at times it does sound like he’s got a synthesizer and drum machine accompanying him. But it is his voice, so it’s truly a cappella.
Also, can someone please address the fact that this site mistook actor Eli Goree for Leslie Odom Jr. on the Oscars post? It really looks bad and lazy to be mixing up POC people, especially after two commentators have politely offered you help in correcting the mistake.
Dymension
Did not realize he did all the “musical” sounds himself. Even the bass?
arthamart
great