Anonymous
03/31/2021 08:31
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If Nicki Minaj made this video, it would be 6 hours of Twitter talk and the online tabloids would be, like, “See Nicki’s HOT new video!!!” People just are bent out of shape about this because he’s gay. The same thing happened to Adam Lambert years ago when he did a “controversial” performance on some awards show and it nearly killed his career.
That is part of it but I’m also seeing complaints that there should’ve been a disclaimer when the video dropped bc lil Nas x has a targeted population which is kids.
Kids are not Lil Nas Xs targeted population. His first major song was about 'lean' and having sex. Just because parents let their kids repeat the lyrics - just as parents let their kids sing the lyrics of Watermelon Sugar which is about cunnilingus - does not make it a kids song.
Anonymous
03/31/2021 08:26
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:If Nicki Minaj made this video, it would be 6 hours of Twitter talk and the online tabloids would be, like, “See Nicki’s HOT new video!!!” People just are bent out of shape about this because he’s gay. The same thing happened to Adam Lambert years ago when he did a “controversial” performance on some awards show and it nearly killed his career.
That is part of it but I’m also seeing complaints that there should’ve been a disclaimer when the video dropped bc lil Nas x has a targeted population which is kids.
Anonymous
03/31/2021 07:28
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
If Nicki Minaj made this video, it would be 6 hours of Twitter talk and the online tabloids would be, like, “See Nicki’s HOT new video!!!” People just are bent out of shape about this because he’s gay. The same thing happened to Adam Lambert years ago when he did a “controversial” performance on some awards show and it nearly killed his career.
Anonymous
03/31/2021 07:04
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This story is driving me insane. Guys who cares about the Satan stuff-- it's played out and has been done ad nauseum for decades. The real story is the blood-- whose blood is it? Is it synthetic ("TruBlood")? Is it the blood of someone who needed the money and if so, what were they paid? It it from a child laborer? This is the question of importance. Not all this performative Anton LeVay x Brokeback Mountain stuff.
The blood was donated by the staff of the company that Lil Nas X had modify the Nike shoes.
"Donated by the staff" because it would be illegal to actually buy blood. Why would a shoe factory staff donate their blood? Come on. Someone is being exploited here and all this WAP (but with a different P) is just a smokescreen so no one pays attention. Is his success literally oiled with the blood of peasants?
Anonymous
03/31/2021 06:54
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:It was smut when 2 Live Crew did it, it was smut when Uncle Luke did it, it was smut when Cardi B did it, it was smut when Miley Cyrus did it. There’s nothing groundbreaker about smut, and that video is smut regardless of that smut peddlers sexual orientation.
Agree. This is “culture” now not even hiding it anymore.
Very damaging to hold this up as empowerment when it is really debasement and inversion.
Anonymous
03/31/2021 06:24
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
It was smut when 2 Live Crew did it, it was smut when Uncle Luke did it, it was smut when Cardi B did it, it was smut when Miley Cyrus did it. There’s nothing groundbreaker about smut, and that video is smut regardless of that smut peddlers sexual orientation.
Anonymous
03/30/2021 23:26
Subject: Re:Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:The USA today article about the song and the controversy used the phrase "unapologetically queer" in the headline which is not something I ever thought, as a 40 something queer person, I would see in my life.
And this is why I think the video is something that should have been done ages ago. Lil Nas X is breaking barriers (not shocking considering Stonewall was started by black trans activists) but I can see more 'gay' music videos coming in two years and...*crickets* when they do.
- a straight ally
Anonymous
03/30/2021 23:20
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:This story is driving me insane. Guys who cares about the Satan stuff-- it's played out and has been done ad nauseum for decades. The real story is the blood-- whose blood is it? Is it synthetic ("TruBlood")? Is it the blood of someone who needed the money and if so, what were they paid? It it from a child laborer? This is the question of importance. Not all this performative Anton LeVay x Brokeback Mountain stuff.
The blood was donated by the staff of the company that Lil Nas X had modify the Nike shoes.
Anonymous
03/30/2021 22:59
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
This story is driving me insane. Guys who cares about the Satan stuff-- it's played out and has been done ad nauseum for decades. The real story is the blood-- whose blood is it? Is it synthetic ("TruBlood")? Is it the blood of someone who needed the money and if so, what were they paid? It it from a child laborer? This is the question of importance. Not all this performative Anton LeVay x Brokeback Mountain stuff.
Anonymous
03/30/2021 22:15
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:He has the ugliest face. I can't even bring myself to play his videos.
No he doesn't, he's cute.
Np. I agree, he is good looking.
Anonymous
03/30/2021 22:01
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:He has the ugliest face. I can't even bring myself to play his videos.
No he doesn't, he's cute.
Anonymous
03/30/2021 21:14
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:I think it's moving, what he has done. I think the kids will ultimately save us all. Did you see what he said about his video?
"i spent my entire teenage years hating myself because of the sh** y'all preached would happen to me because I was gay. So i hope u are mad, stay mad, feel the same anger you teach us to have towards ourselves.”
That is a beautiful sendoff to those righteous people who preach morality and kindness on one hand and then act another way. He has a new fan over here. *chef's kiss"
And to have this coming from the rapping community is another big step. This is the kind of ballsy thing Kanye should/could have done if he hadn't gotten sidetracked by religion (!) and stopped taking his meds.
Also, the song is really catchy!
Combined with his letter to himself at age 14, it’s so touching.
If you haven’t been a young, closeted gay in a religious community, you have no idea how much pain we grow up with. If you tell us we’re going to hell, we can only heal by saying — ok! And I’ll do it looking fabulous.
Anonymous
03/30/2021 20:46
Subject: Re:Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s simple. He used Nike’s brand and profited off it - I hope Nike sues for everything he’s got. He’s trash like Cardi B. -ban both of them and their music.
Problem solved.
Saw an article that says Nike is suing the company that put the blood in the shoes.
Lil Nas X makes trash music and has to do this in order to stay relevant.
I love how people like you are pretending to be angry about a pair of shoes so you don’t have to admit that you’re mad about gay sex being in mainstream pop culture.
Ummm...hmmm...where do you see anger toward a pair of shoes or anger at gay sex? You had to reach pretty far up your as* to pull that out from this post.
The truth isn’t anger. Nike is suing the company that put the blood in the shoes bc that’s making a profit for someone other than Nike using their logo.
His music is trash and he is doing this to drum up interest and controversy so he can sell shoes, stay relevant, and make money. Do you know nothing about media or marketing or artists?
Lyrics to that Panini song were dumb but catchy as all hell
I can’t get into any of his music. He’s just a terrible rapper. I know little kids are really into his music and that’s where some of the controversy for the idea came from.
Twitter is calling him a master internet troll which sounds about right. Not as bad as Takashi 69 troll but meh.
Anonymous
03/30/2021 20:43
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:He has the ugliest face. I can't even bring myself to play his videos.
He doesn’t, actually. I can guess what particular aspect of his appearance you find objectionable, though!
+1. He's objectively good looking. If you find him ugly, you don't like him being black. That's your problem. Go pray to whatever you need to get over that.
Np. I’m black with black female friends who are dating or married to black men. None of us find him attractive or even cute. He is not “objectively good looking.” Maybe to white women this is true. He definitely doesn’t have the ugliest face. That remark is rude. But it’s hard to say someone doesn’t find him attractive just bc he’s black.
Anonymous
03/30/2021 20:32
Subject: Lil Nas X MONTERO controversy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:He has the ugliest face. I can't even bring myself to play his videos.
He doesn’t, actually. I can guess what particular aspect of his appearance you find objectionable, though!
+1. He's objectively good looking. If you find him ugly, you don't like him being black. That's your problem. Go pray to whatever you need to get over that.