Well, it looks
like Nasvember is officially here.
After teasing
that November was set to be the biggest month of his life, Lil Nas X has
released the first track of his newest era. And while we always expected the
"Holiday" titled tune to be a bop, we had no clue that it would bring
what it did.
"Hey it's
a holiday," the performer sings to kick off the track, which
he had previously teased during a football game, of all places. "I got
hoes on hoes and they out of control."
The music
video, which was directed by Nas X himself alongside Gibson Hazard, includes
various versions of the performer. He is both seemingly toys being made (and
going AWOL) in a toy factor, a futuristic Santa, and maybe even a worker or
two. It's all set in 2220. And while it's a pretty fantastic video, it's the
lyrics that are getting some of Nas X's fans going.
"Aye, can
I pop shit?" Nas X asks rhetorically in the track. "I might bottom on
the low, but I top shit. Switch the genre on you hoes do a rock hit. I got the
biggest damn song, fuck the charts sis."
Yeah, pop ya
shit Nas X!
The star
notably came out when his historic hit "Old Town Road" was still on
the rise back in 2019. As time has gone by he's become increasingly open with
his queerness. This summer he even openly embraced his status as a Nicki Minaj
superfan, something he said he had previously denied as a result of its
connection to his sexuality. Not sure how much more open you can get than
revealing your sexual position!
It should be
noted here that the clean version has a different line here.
"Aye, can
I pop this?" Nas X says. "You tried to put me in a bubble but I
popped it." I'm not quite sure bottoms are the ones "popping
bubbles" but you know, let's go with it.
That said,
"Holiday" is an amazingly solid track. It's no "Old Town
Road" but that was a once in a lifetime type of success.
"Holiday" has the potential to do just fine and bodes well as a
preview to Nas X's debut album.
The genius in
"Holiday" is that it also addresses the outsized success of "Old
Town Road," and the expectation it has set.
"They
wanna know if I be lasting," he raps later. "Even if I started
flopping it'd be fashion." In the second verse, he references "Old
Town Road," calling it a gimmick. That said he went further saying that no
one opened doors for him (in a sense refuting ongline unsubstantiated claims
that he's an industry plant) but he kicked them down instead.
"Ayy, and
I'm sexy," he raps. "They wanna sex me. Pop star, but the rappers
still respect me."
And we'd have
it no other way.
SOURCE: OUT DOT COM
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