What piece of advice would you give the kids who want to follow in your footsteps? I feel like certain people are great on certain beats, or can bring certain things to the table that I cannot, and that’s why I like to bring them on board.īeing in this industry as a gay person of color requires you to have a tough character, and you’ve never faltered in being true to yourself. Ideally, I try to think about who would actually fit this song the best, instead of like, you know, who would be a big artist whatnot. How do you choose who to collaborate with? You recently teased collabs with NBA YoungBoy and Saucy Santana for the new record. But this album right here - it’s more fun and turnt up and party more than anything else.
But when I was writing this album, I was like, “What am I going to talk about?” So I had to pull from what was happening exactly right now. It’s my actual life talking about actual things. MONTERO is different from my other albums simply because it’s 100% me. Lil Nas X: Before, I would kind of give people what I thought they wanted and in MONTERO, I gave so much of my life away. Looking back on it now, how would you say your new album is different, both in its creative process and finished product? In between then, the release of 7 and MONTERO and the present-day, a lot has changed in both your life and the world. HYPEBEAST: The last time you spoke to HYPEBEAST was just after “Old Town Road” blew up.