It’s a thrill ride with a shooting style that is glossy and lush and features animation styles that come directly from video game imagery.
The story then quickly cuts to a Roman Forum that’s also part RuPaul’s Drag Race where he’s on trial and then sentenced to Hell/Hades where our Hero must give the Devil a lap dance to defeat him and win the crown of the Underworld. Lil Nas is a smart cookie and has cast himself as all the characters in the video which opens in the Garden of Eden with the singer portraying both Adam and the Snake who tempts him…and, LICKS him. Released this week, the video is a eye popping journey through an array of religious and mythological imagery from a variety of sources including Greek gods and Christian ideology with visual traces of Roman, Hindu and indigenous cultures and all overlaid with a very gay/camp veneer. Since then, he’s solidified his stardom while working on new material for his next album to be entitled MONTERO which is his birth name and leaking bits and pieces of the new song and video. The 21 year old wunderkind has already conquered the pop music world two years ago with his smash hit “Old Town Road” which was just certified as the most watched video ever and in the process won Grammy and MTV Awards and millions of fans even after publicly coming out as gay.
All the church deacons and aunty librarian types will be clutching pearls and havin’ the vapors after watching the new video for the just released new song “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” from the ridiculously talented young queer musical artist Lil Nas X.