In the video, directed by Christian Breslauer, Lil Nas X is sentenced to prison. THE INDUSTRY BABY VIDEO IS NOT FOR YOUR KIDS!” On Tuesday, the singer tweeted, “Saying this in advance so y’all won’t blame me. It’s like a Pokémon evolving and it’s beautiful.”Īfter a week of hyping it up, Lil Nas X dropped his latest release, ‘Industry Baby’ last night. Is there anyone pushing queer imagery in the mainstream more at the moment than Lil Nas X? As one of the commentators beneath his new video on YouTube expresses it: “I like how whenever Christians say he’s going to hell for being gay he just becomes even gayer. He said he was harnessing “his sexuality to seduce the devil and strip of his power as an evil force” while also “dismantling the throne of judgement and punishment that has kept many of us from embracing our true selves.Lil Nas X in his ‘Industry baby’ video (Photo: YouTube) In a press release from Lil Nas X, the artist suggested that the imagery in the music video was intended to address homophobia. Nike said in a statement Monday that it is suing MSCHF, saying that “Nike is in no way connected with this project” and that it did “not approve or authorize” the making of the shoes in any way. “We have a right to go after the corporations that support him and back him.” “As long as Lil Nas X is promoting what we consider one of the most damaging images in our culture, which is Satan and to glorify Satan, if that’s his belief system, he has a right to worship whoever he wants to worship, but we have a right to not buy his products,” Burns said.
MSCHF said the shoes - 666 of which were made - sold out in less than a minute. Chances are, you might be one of the many people who have driven the raunchy and flat-out awesome video for Lil Nas X’s Industry Baby featuring Jack Harlow to 160 million views on YouTube. Each shoe is even allegedly made with one drop of human blood. Made by the company MSCHF, the shoes are a modified Nike Air Max retailing for $1,018 with the Bible verse Luke 10:18 written on the toe and an upside down cross and pentagram on the tongue - the latter of which has been associated with Satan. Pastor Mark Burns is a minister at the Harvest Praise and Worship Center in Easley, South Carolina. “Having said that, it is still disgusting to see a lot of us acting as though he is not having intercourse with Satan on television.” “He has a constitutional right to do so, to say so, just as we Christians have a constitutional right to practice our faith,” Burns said. Pastor Mark Burns, a minister at the Harvest Praise and Worship Center in Easley, South Carolina, said the video made him feel “disgusted at the highest level.” The music video sparked an explosion on social media as fans and critics reacted to the evangelical imagery, and some members of the Christian community were outraged. “These are people who like what he does, and what he does is as much about the internet and as much about the visuals as it is about the music.” “Lil Nas X appeals to Lil Nas X fans, and there are a lot of them,” said Joe Levy, Billboard magazine’s editor at large.
In just three days, the racy music video amassed over 38 million views on YouTube. Part of the music video portrays Lil Nas X, who is openly gay, being seduced in the Garden of Eden, sliding down a pole from heaven to hell and twerking on Satan’s lap. Lil Nas X released his latest song, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” on March 26. Lil Nas X attends the Tom Ford AW20 show at Milk Studios on Feb.