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HBO‘s anticipated documentary on Lil Nas X, titled Long Live Montero, has been released – watch it below.Released last night (January 18), the HBO trailer sees Lil Nas X – real name Montero Lamar Hill – at his most vulnerable and candid as he reflects on his career, and his struggles with coming out as a gay man to his family, as well as his rise to fame and more.“Some people think my music is dope. Some people see me as, like, this Satanic devil,” the rapper says to begin the trailer.
“But me?” he asks before trailing off. He then goes on to talk about his sexuality: “When I was a kid, my sexuality was like the elephant in the room.”“I’m always trying to challenge the way my family thinks of things,” he says, later adding, “So many queer people are making these strides, but it’s a fight.”Watch the trailer for Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero below.Besides the documentary aspect of Lil Nas X’s career, Long Live Montero will also chronicle his preparations for a world tour.Per to a press release, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero was filmed over a 60-day period that gave HBO “unparalleled” access to the hitmaker.
EXCLUSIVE: Tara Long, who was President of Global Unscripted Television at eOne, has finalized a deal with John Morayniss’ Blink49 Studios.
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Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero, the artist known as Lil Nas X lays down his ambitions to achieve something “great, super grand, BIG.”He might be referring to his trailblazing career as a Grammy-winning rapper-singer-songwriter, whose unabashedly queer persona and presentation garner admiration and controversy in equal measure.He could mean his first concert tour as a headliner, the Long Live Montero Tour, the American leg of which is chronicled in this film by directors Carlos López Estrada and Zac Manuel.There’s little doubt he envisions greatness for himself, Montero Hill, the self-described brat from Lithia Springs, Georgia, who uploaded his modest country-rap banger “Old Town Road” to his socials and became a global sensation.The film, a verité-style tour diary in three acts, doesn’t achieve greatness of its own, but offers glimpses at those aforementioned aspects of Montero’s super grand life.Whether rehearsing for opening night at Detroit’s legendary Fox Theatre, getting a surprise pre-show visit from Madonna, or donning his drag persona to meet his uncannily accurate Madame Tussaud’s wax figure, he rides the dizzying whirlwind of music stardom with aplomb, clearly living out a dream.Among the most compelling footage presented here is the video he shot himself in 2018, as a striving but confident 19-year-old, a month after releasing “Old Town Road” to the internet. Looking into the camera, he tallies his current follower count, promising that in a year the count will look different.
Lil Nas X has shared a reflective new track titled ‘Where Do We Go Now?’. Check it out below.The new track was written by the rapper and singer as part of his upcoming HBO documentary, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero.Written in collaboration with Omer Fedi and Blake Slatkin, the new song sees the 24-year-old take a slower, more introspective approach than usual.
Lil Nas X opened up about his family, sexuality, public image and more in his new documentary Long Live Montero.
Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events The new HBO documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” chronicles the Grammy winner as he embarks on his debut concert tour of the same name. The behind-the-scenes film includes the Grammy winner talking about how his family has come to not only accept his queerness, but embrace his sexuality. He’s even taken his dad to a gay bar.
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Kendrick Lamar has shared new music in an ad for Chanel’s upcoming Spring-Summer 2024 Haute Couture show. The Button is a collaboration between the fashion brand and pgLang, the creative company run by Lamar and director Dave Free.
Lil Nas X opened up during a revealing Q&A with his fans online.
Lil Nas X is sharing more bits of his upcoming documentary, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero!
Bethesda and MachineGames have shared the first full trailer for Indiana Jones And The Great Circle as part of Microsoft’s most recent Xbox Developer Direct – check it out below.The 3-minute gameplay video sees Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones headbutt Nazis, explore crypts, assemble ancient puzzles and use his whip to escape life-threatening situations as he tries to uncover the truth about The Great Circle. Despite the likeness to Ford, he hasn’t returned to voice Indiana Jones with Troy Baker stepping up instead.“Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders Of The Lost Ark and The Last Crusade,” reads the game’s official description.
HBO has released the official trailer and key art for the original documentary Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero!
Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for “The New Look,” a new historical drama series starring Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior and Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel. Inspired by true events, the series from Todd A. Kessler chronicles the fashion designers and their contemporaries as they launched modern fashion, set against the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris.
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Lil Nas X has admitted he “messed up really bad” with the promotional materials for his new single ‘J Christ’, but insisted that he “didn’t mean to mock” Christianity.The rapper/singer released the song last Friday (January 12) alongside a self-directed video that spoofs various biblical stories. In the clip, we see Lil Nas portray a godlike figure at the gates of Heaven and play a one-on-one basketball game against Satan.Additionally, the artist is depicted on a crucifix in one scene. The official ‘J Christ’ cover artwork also shows him on a cross as five bystanders begin to raise him off the ground.
Thania Garcia Lil Nas X addressed claims he was mocking Christianity with his new religion-themed single “J Christ” in a lengthy video the rapper uploaded to X on Monday morning. Nas has been on the receiving end of criticism from spectators — including Christian artists like the Grammy-winning Gospel artist and rapper Lecrae — who disagreed with the promo and visuals for the single and its matching music video. Specifically, Nas found himself in a firestorm of negative comments after uploading a TikTok in which he eats communion bread and drinks wine from a chalice while dressed as Jesus.
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Lil Nas X has returned with a new single titled "J Christ" and a video suitably filled with headline-grabbing religious imagery. The video, which is streaming below, begins with a group of celebrity lookalikes (including Ed Sheeran and Oprah) making their way to heaven.
holy sh—.Lil Nas X is no stranger to stirring up controversy, and the premiere of his new music video “J Christ” is no exception. Impersonators of Barack Obama, Mariah Carey, Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Ice Spice, and more all attended the rapper’s red carpet event Thursday ahead of its release on midnight.