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When someone responded that agendas are real and crowd manipulation is something that happens, he wasn't having it.Įarlier, not long after "Industry Baby" debuted, someone took issue with the video's approach to and framing of masculinity and femininity. Lil Nas X also pushed back against the idea some of his haters have embraced that his work is fueling a "gay agenda" aimed at - if I understand the ridiculous assertion correctly - making more people gay.
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Sometimes the simplest explanations are all that's needed. is sexually involved with a FEMALE guard." Like one critic who took issue with the Black men in the video "sexually engaging with one another" when guest rapper Jack Harlow, "the lone white man. Lil Nas X also used logic and basic common sense to engage directly and shut down some of the more ridiculous arguments against "Industry Baby" that have popped up. He didn't just shout into the void, though. That's why he partnered with The Bail Project ahead of the video's launch, kicking off a campaign to help generate funds for paying people's bails. "I need you to realize that you have the opportunity to be the person that you needed growing up," he said to his age 20 self.Īs the video made the rounds on Saturday, Lil Nas X also acknowledged that while the video treats prison and incarceration with a light, positive touch, it's often anything but for the communities impacted by the U.S. He's been getting ready for the video drop all week, and even wrote an encouraging letter to his younger, post-"Old Town Road" self. And Twitter being what it is, the critical squawking - which in lots of cases is just thinly veiled racism and/or homophobia - kicked up almost immediately. It's exactly the kind of material that inspires outrage among America's puritanical right. The video, like the one for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)," is provocative and overtly sexual.