For allies of the LGBTQ community, pop musician Lil Nas X has some assistance.
“For delight month if you have close friends who are element of the lgbtq+ local community enable them know that they are cherished. give them all of your dollars,” the Grammy winner tweeted Tuesday, marking the initial day of Satisfaction Month.
2021 marks two many years due to the fact the “Old City Road” singer publicly came out by tweeting a backlink to his song “C7osure.” Because then, the rapper, born Montero Lamar Hill, has been candid about his sexuality, even however there was anyone who experienced in the beginning cautioned him about performing so.
“I experienced only come out to, like, my sister and my father in the exact same month … but I preferred to be another person that individuals are very pleased of,” Lil Nas X instructed The Periods in 2019.
This 12 months, amid tweets about the NFL and other memes, the “Montero (Contact Me by Your Title)” hitmaker shared snapshots of a colorful image shoot and tweeted a backlink to “C7osure” once more.
A fan estimate-tweeted the tune and additional “‘the closet can be a frightening place’ a single of the initial matters you at any time said to me when i joined twitter and i’ve developed so substantially because then. i have come out to my brother, his fiancée, her sister, and a whole lot of my buddies. thank you so much for serving to me obtain myself.”
Lil Nas X tweeted a couple months back that he preferred to do “something special” for Delight Thirty day period. He not too long ago performed his two newest singles, “Montero” and “Sun Goes Down,” on “Saturday Night time Stay.” (And he infamously ripped his pants during a pole-dancing sequence.)
His online video for “Montero” spurred controversy on social media for its satanic imagery. The songs video clip for “Sun Goes Down,” on the other hand, took a far more melancholic perspective at Lil Nas X’s childhood.
“In the ‘sun goes down’ online video i go again in time to check out a young version self who’s struggling inside, hating himself, & doesn’t want to stay anymore,” the rapper tweeted about the online video, which was released May possibly 20.
“I test my finest to uplift him. simply cannot wait to share this tune and movie with you fellas on friday. this one is actually special to me.”
