"When you think of all the greatest artists of all time, they're all amazing at performing," he said. But once I'm on the stage, I feel very, very confident and into it." Singer-songwriter Lil Nas X with correspondent Tracy Smith.Īt a concert last month, in Inglewood, Calif., he kept the nerves in check. He told Smith, "I still feel a lot of anxiety before. i literally sing about lean & adultery in old town road. It all takes a certain amount of confidence, especially on stage, but sometimes, even Nas has to summon that up. Lil Nas X reminded Lucas that, despite the hit being loved by children, Old Town Road isn’t exactly a clean song.
He bends gender with what he wears, favoring the bold ("I love a good skirt, they're really free"), and you better believe he knows how to work a red carpet ("A lot of people are gonna be in their suits and stuff, but me, I'm going to be shining"). Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) (Official Video) by That was probably one of the first places where I was like, 'Oh my God, this is for me!'" Smith asked him, "Did you find comfort in social media?"
Who wants love?" Lil Nas X performing at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. "I think it was one of those things that can hurt and help you at the same time, because I had to find independence within myself."Īs he told the audience at a recent concert, "You know, you're so focused on a goal we're trying to achieve, we forget about the things that make us human, like love. "What do you think that did, not really being close to your parents?" asked Smith. I've always felt, like, I guess, a lone person." "Honestly I'll say this: I've never, I guess, like, been super-close with either of my parents. I try to make sure she's always taken care of. Right now, you know, we're on good terms. Me and my mom, we were kind of close growing up, until addiction got in the way. He got custody of me around the age of 10. The musician then stayed on stage to perform another of his new tracks entitled Panini, sharing a clip of himself on the Pyramid Stage on his Twitter page and writing: “MY FIRST TIME IN ANOTHER COUNTRY!!! INSANE."Oh, here we go! My Dad, he's a great guy. Nas’s post came after he made a surprise appearance at Britain’s Glastonbury music festival to perform Old Town Road alongside Miley Cyrus and her dad Billy Ray, who appears on the remix of Nas‘ chart-topping country-inspired tune. “Deada*s thought i made it obvious,” he captioned the picture. In another post, Nas shared the cover for 7 with another image zoomed in on one of the buildings in the artwork, which featured rainbow-colored lights. In the song, taken from his new EP 7, Nas raps: “True say, I want and I need/ To let go, use my time to be free/ It’s like it’s always what you like” and “Ain’t no more actin’, man that forecast say I should just let me grow/No more red light for me baby, only green, I gotta go/Pack my past up in the back, oh, let my future take ahold/This is what I gotta do, can’t be regrettin’ when I’m old”. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure,” he wrote, adding a rainbow, starry-eyed face and yellow star emoji. “Some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm (f**k with me) no more. The 20-year-old rapper took to Twitter to share a post encouraging his fans to “listen closely” to the lyrics of his new song C7osure (You Like).
Lil Nas X seemingly came out as gay in a post to mark the end of Pride Month on Sunday (June 30, 2019).