PEOPLE reported in October last year that Lil Nas X said: “ We’re not in a relationship yet, but it’s been on and off for the past few months. I fall super-easily“.Īs of October 2020, Lil Nas stated that he was casually dating someone in an interview with CR Men. Relationships are hard because either I end up being too busy or I end up falling for another person. Speaking to Variety about his love life in January 2020, Lil Nas X said: “ I have met a lot of great people this year. However, that relationship – or ‘situationship’ – didn’t last and he’s now happy with a new partner in 2021. His voice could be a true game-changer that will grow LGBTQ acceptance in rap.Rewinding back to September 2019, Lil Nas X said on The Ellen Show that he was “somewhat” in a relationship.
“So many LGBTQ youth are cheering for Lil Nas X and he now has a tremendous opportunity to continue to speak about being a part of the community. “People should be able to come out in their own way, in their own words, and on their own timeline,” Anthony Ramos, GLAAD’s head of talent engagement, tells Variety. When one fan made a typo while attempting to tweet his support (“Lil Nas came out as a guy that’s cool”), the artist retweeted and added: “It’s true I am a guy.”īut the serious impact of Lil Nas X’s announcement - coy as it may have been - wasn’t lost on the LGBTQ community. His sense of humor was further evidenced in response to the public’s reaction to his personal news. “Deadass thought I made it obvious,” he joked. Three hours later, Lil Nas X followed up with a Tweet that zoomed in on his EP’s artwork, revealing a rainbow pattern emblazoned across the city skyline - a visual clue that eluded seemingly everyone. “Ain’t no more actin’, man … Pack my past up in the back, oh, let my future take ahold / This is what I gotta do, can’t be regrettin’ when I’m old … Embracin’ this news I behold unfolding / I know, I know, I know it don’t feel like it’s time / But I look back at this moment, I’ll see that I’m fine.” “I want and I need / To let go, use my time to be free,” raps Lil Nas X. While “C7sosure” isn’t likely to explode on Spotify anytime soon, it will at least go down in history as one of the few hip-hop coming-out anthems.
“C7osure (You Like),” which he co-wrote, is one of eight songs on “7,” the debut EP Lil Nas X dropped earlier last month which features collaborations with Cardi B, Ryan Tedder, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails’ Atticus Ross, Blink-182’s Travis Barker and, on their runaway smash “Old Town Road,” Billy Ray Cyrus. “But before this month ends I want y’all to listen closely to ‘c7osure.’ ” And in case it wasn’t clear that he was referring to his sexual identify, he added a rainbow emoji. “Some of y’all already know, some y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone FWM no more,” Lil Nas X tweeted. Two hours later, the Atlanta-born rapper and arguably the new face of country music came out as a member of the LGBTQ community on Twitter. But as far as impressive firsts go - like re-writing the hip-hop rulebook with his twang-trap sound, or rocking Europe’s biggest music festival at the young age of 20 - he had another surprise in store on the last day of Pride month. “MY FIRST TIME IN ANOTHER COUNTRY!!! INSANE,” tweeted Lil Nas X on June 30 along with a video of him stealing the spotlight from both Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus at the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival.