Lil Nas X Reveals Why BET Performance Was Terrifying For Him
Lil Nas X has opened up about the âdrainingâ pressure of âwhat a rapper is supposed to beâ in the wake of his BET Awards performance.
The 22-year-old artist was celebrated by some and criticized by others when he kissed a male backup dancer after performing his hit âMontero (Call Me By Your Name)â at the June awards show.
After the performance, the rapper was boldly unapologetic about the move on Twitter. But in a candid profile in Out magazine published Tuesday, the âOld Town Roadâ singer admitted that the experience was actually âterrifying.â
âMentally, itâs really draining and straining sometimes,â Lil Nas X told the LGBTQ outlet. âThe pressure of living your entire life knowing the identity of what a rapper is supposed to be, what rappers [are supposed to] do, and going out there in front of all these people, itâs terrifying.â
Bennett Raglin via Getty Images Lil Nas X performs onstage at the BET Awards 2021 in June.â[The BET performance] was like jumping in a lake full of sharks and piranhas â" and Iâve had to do that so many times within these last three years. Even coming out, that was terrifying,â he added.
Little Nas X appeared to come out on Twitter in a series of cryptic tweets on the same day as WorldPride 2019 â" pointing to lyrics of his song âc7osureâ as a hint.
The musician then more than confirmed his sexuality with overtly queer music videos for âMonteroâ and his recent hit âIndustry Baby,â which have both received their fair share of homophobic comments on Twitter.
Due to this, Lil Nas X admitted that the decision to kiss another man on the BET stage made him extremely anxious.
âGoing to this place with all these overly masculine rappers and youâre finna be in there throwing a little ass every now and then, touching on dudes and hugging them and kissing them ⦠at some points I was like, âShould I even do this? I donât feel like theyâre going to love me like that,ââ Lil Nas X said.
Aaron J. Thornton via Getty Images Lil Nas X on the red carpet at the 2021 BET Awards.But he ultimately decided to shatter stereotypes and fully express himself by going through with the performance.
â[People always say] go where youâre accepted and stuff like that, but you canât always just go where youâre accepted,â he said. âYouâve got to go and break down those walls and say, âThis is my space now too.ââ
Head over to Out to read the full profile.
0 Response to "Lil Nas X Reveals Why BET Performance Was Terrifying For Him"
Post a Comment