17, 2021, as announced by an album teaser posted to Twitter and the Welcome to Montero site. MONTERO is scheduled to be released on Sept. Past, present, future, you know?” Here’s everything to know about MONTERO.
“Get to know my life story, to hear things that are actually happening in my life - things that have happened, and things I'm hoping for. “I wanted people to get to know Montero,” he says, referring to his birth name.
In September, Lil Nas X told Bustle that he wanted fans to experience MONTERO as a complete album, rather than focus on some individual songs, as it tells the story of his personal and professional journey so far.
Now, he’s ready to bare his soul on what he promises to be an album full of bops and exploration of his sexuality. In the “prelude” for the music video, Lil Nas X faces off against Nike prosecutors (played by himself) in court and is sentenced by the judge (also himself) to five years in Montero State Prison, where the “Industry Baby” video takes place. That Nike controversy ended up laying the groundwork for the rapper’s next single, “Industry Baby” featuring Jack Harlow. To promote the “MONTERO” video, Lil Nas X notably made Nike angry when he collaborated with MSCHF on “Satan Shoes,” a drop of 666 limited-edition pairs of Air Force One sneakers made with drops of blood, which resulted in a cease-and-desist order from the shoe giant. 17 due date “I guess I am the father as well as the mother,” he explained. 16, a “pregnant” Lil Nas X went into labor to give birth to his first studio album on the project’s Sept. The “MONTERO” video ended up winning Video of The Year at the Sept. The song’s music video saw Lil Nas X sliding down a pole to Hell and giving Satan a lapdance, igniting thousands of Twitter memes and the anger of conservative Republicans nationwide. However, the song became yet another cultural phenomenon that 14-year-old Montero could’ve never predicted. “I know we promised to never come out publicly, I know we promised to never be ‘that’ type of gay person, I know we promised to die with this secret, but this will open doors for many other queer people to simply exist.” “Dear 14-year-old Montero, I wrote a song with our name in it,” he wrote in May. Lil Nas started off this music era with the title track “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name),” which saw him brazenly putting his sexuality at the forefront. 1 hit of all time, the Grammy-winning rapper is finally set to release his debut studio album, MONTERO, named after his birth name, Montero Lamar Hill. Two years after he took over the world with “Old Town Road,” the longest-running Billboard No. Lil Nas X has taken the “Old Town Road” to the world of MONTERO.