YouTube/Lil Nas X/Columbia By Da’Shan Smith First thing’s first: “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” is another bona fide banger from Lil Nas X. Now, let’s briefly address the controversy surrounding the song’s music video. Gay Black artist slides down a pole to hell after being sentenced for a steamy makeout session with an alien snake? Check. That artist happens to be wearing androgynous costumes, colorful wigs, skintight latex, and manicured acrylics? Check. After arriving in hell, said artist gives Satan a scandalous lap dance? Check. Right-wing pundits suspecting the gay agenda and sacrilegious ideology are plaguing the mainstream and, therefore, negatively influencing children? Check. Check. Check. The music video for “Montero” is a textbook media spectacle. It’s already following the “WAP” effect, where Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion caused a ruckus in their sex-positive W… Click below to read the full story from MTV News
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Don’t Let The ‘Montero’ Controversy Distract From Lil Nas X’s Superior Musicality
