Old Town Road Becomes a Children’s AnthemĪt the peak of “Old Town Road”-mania, the endless memes, TikTok dances and news coverage of its multiple remixes and alternate versions that Lil Nas X released to keep the song trending as long as possible even saw it trickle down to the youngest children. Finally inviting him to his London restaurant, Lucky Cat, the famously foulmouthed chef dramatically quoted the song’s chorus – with added expletives – as he stared with laser focus at his sandwich maker and prayed that the finished product wouldn’t be “a meanie.” Lil Nas X later said that the only thing that could have improved this meeting between titans would be if Ramsay had yelled at him more.
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In another of his masterful marketing moves, as his second single “Panini” ascended the charts, Lil Nas X persistently fired Tweets towards celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay for days in hopes that he would teach him how to make the perfect sandwich.
In return, the Human Serviette provided him with a cowboy-adorned belt buckle from Calgary. Seeming uncharacteristically uncomfortable with the spotlight in his earlier days, he spoke about everything from his favourite childhood restaurants to his hatred of the MLA citation format and dubbed emojis “the best thing of all time to ever exist” in his interview with the eccentric Vancouver legend. May 13, 2019Ī month after his breakout single “Old Town Road” ascended to the top of the charts for the first time, Lil Nas X didn’t have to wait too long to get the Nardwuar treatment. Stay tuned all week as we take you down what we’re calling the Road to Montero. Racking up more than 55 million monthly listeners on Spotify, praise from legends like Elton John and Diddy, and 19 weeks on top of the Billboard charts with “Old Town Road” – the all-time longevity record – Lil Nas X is here to stay.Īs the pivotal provocateur gets ready to finally drop his debut album, Montero, on September 17, we’re taking a look back at some of our favourite moments from throughout his career that led us up to this point. By the time he came out as gay to his millions of Twitter followers, picked up a couple Grammys in his pink Versace cowboy outfit, and started fully expressing his true self in visually stunning and endlessly imaginative music videos and live performances, Lil Nas X morphed into a highly important figure for many who had never before seen anyone like him dominating the worlds of pop, hip-hop and country music at the level he has.
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