Lil Nas X
said he was well aware about the potential uproar his new music video for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” would cause and he has one message to his haters: “Stay mad.”
The music video caused anger for its depiction of scenes from the bible and — of course — Lil Nas X giving Satan a lap dance at the end.
When one critic claimed Lil Nas X was pushing an agenda onto children, Lil Nas
clapped back
, “I am not gonna spend my entire career trying to cater to your children. that is your job.”
“I spent my entire teenage years hating myself because of the [stuff] y’all preached would happen to me because i was gay,” the Grammy winner
said in another tweet
on Saturday. “So i hope u are mad, stay mad, feel the same anger you teach us to have towards ourselves.”
To further vex his critics, Lil Nas X announced a new shoe collaboration with MSCHF, consisting of redesigned 666 Nike sneakers that “contain 60cc ink and 1 drop of human blood.” They’re also decorated with a pentagram and retail for $1,018.
Nike denies any involvement with the sneaker.
The announcement, however, caught the attention of South Dakota Governor
Kristi Noem
, who
said
on Sunday that the shoes are proof that “we are in a fight for the soul of our nation.”
In response, Lil Nas X
remarked
, “Ur a whole governor and u on here tweeting about some damn shoes. do ur job!”
The “Old Town Road” singer further trolled haters by
releasing a fake apology video
about the shoes, which starts off with him pretending to cry before jump cutting to the now-infamous end of the “Call Me By Your Name” music video.
By Megan Stone
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