The night that “Holiday,” the infectious lead single from
Montero, the upcoming self-titled album from Montero Lamar Hill – the rapper/musician/social media impresario known as Lil Nas X – debuted, the artist checked himself into a hotel.
It was November 2020, 18 months after his country/hip-hop anthem “Old Town Road” took over the world and changed his life. Was he a one-hit wonder? Did he have what it took to make a full-length album? Was his past success a fluke? The world was anxious to see. So was he. In fact, he was terrified.
“The night before it came out, I was in my shower. I was like, ‘Oh god, I feel like I’m making a really bad decision,” he says, burying his face in his hands. “I was just like...what’s happening?”