Lil Nas X.Photo:Lester Cohen/Getty
Lester Cohen/Getty
You aren’t dreaming —Lil Nas Xis getting ready for his next era.
On Tuesday, the “Old Town Road” musician (né Montero Lamar Hill), 24,shared a teaser on Instagramfor what appears to be his next musical project.
In the post, Lil Nas X shared both an image and a video — the former features the Grammy winner against a grainy black-and-white background holding a large machine gun while sporting a lavish white gown and angel wings, while the latter is a backdrop of a rainy landscape over a field of green that showcases the rapper’s holographic logo formed from raindrops.
“i know it’s been 2 years but….yall ready for a show?” Lil Nas X captioned the post referring to his2021 debut albumMontero.
In November, Lil Nas X’s latest post released a snippet of a new track onX (formerly known as Twitter)with the caption, “Y’all mind if i enter my christian era ?”
“Father stretch my hands/ The lonely road seems to last the longest,” he crooned in the corresponding clip. “Help me with my plans/ Everything seems to go nowhere,” he crooned in the snippet.
Lil Nas X releasedMonteroin September 2021, which he had previously announced with an an over-the-top pregnancy shoot, featuring a bump and flower crown.
Hetold PEOPLE exclusivelythat he came up with the idea to do the shoot after listening toMegan Thee Stallion’s verse on his new song “Dolla Sign Slime” for the first time.
When asked if the album was an immaculate conception of sorts, Lil Nas X responded, “I guess I am the father as well as the mother.”
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Lil Nas X in Toronto in September 2023.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
“But I guess the producers who worked on it are like the dads too,” he said, before giving adding: “Or maybe uncles.”
“The only person that really has to believe in me is myself,” he said. “It’s been a lot of self-affirmations this year that I probably would not have been able to do two years ago.”
source: people.com
