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Lil Nas X is again and higher than ever with “DREAMBOY,” the title observe from his eagerly awaited sophomore album. Launched on Monday (March 10), the Grammy Award winner reminded followers he’s nonetheless bought loads to say.
Within the accompanying visible effort, Lil Nas X stands inside a pink field that bears the tune’s title — like he’s a Ken doll able to be unwrapped. “Good night, all people. I would love so that you can seize a glass of wine and let me speak to you for a minute,” he says earlier than taking a drag from a cigarette.
“I used to be scared then, ain’t scared now / Weren’t prepared then, however I am prepared now,” Lil Nas X spits on the only, subsequently crowning himself the “controversy king” a couple of bars later. His confidence carries over elsewhere within the verse when he references Halloween, “s**tting” on his competitors and his Brazilian fanbase — all whereas delivering bars like, “Hey, hey, hey, b**ch, I am nonetheless making historical past / Okay, I am world, I am again to taking up.”
The “Previous City Highway” hitmaker then doubled down on a line — nestled on the finish of the opening verse — that would have rubbed some informal listeners the improper means: “Fell off for a minute, now I am again on / I simply do what I would like, I do not care what they like / Say it with me, n**ga, ‘B**ch, I am again like J. Christ.’” His 2024 observe “J CHRIST” — which featured Ye, Oprah Winfrey and Taylor Swift look-alikes in its video — was seemingly set to launch his sophomore album rollout. Nevertheless, that plan shortly derailed after it recieved backlash, with critics claiming that he was “mocking Christianity.”
After a couple of months and a heated trade with Azealia Banks about how he “fell off,” Lil Nas X hit the reset button and dropped the trailer for part 1 of DREAMBOY. Nevertheless, days after the announcement, Sega Bodega accused the rapper of copying his cowl idea for “Angel On My Shoulder,” a single he dropped three years prior, for “LIGHT AGAIN!”
That’s to not say Lil Nas X hasn’t picked up a couple of wins alongside the best way, like presenting on the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards or dropping the tantalizing “want dat boy,” however there’s nonetheless a protracted highway forward. Fortunately, “DREAMBOY” seems like a promising step towards reclaiming the momentum we noticed throughout his rise to stardom.