In true Lil Nas X fashion, the music video for Industry Baby is as brazen and monumental as the song itself. With “ Funny how you said it was the end, then I went did it again”, Lil Nas X makes a reference to how people believed that he was unlikely to revisit the success of Old Town Road, especially after his decision to come out. His newest single Industry Baby follows a similar route: the song is fierce and bold, a response to the singer’s critics, and the homophobic comments that seem to follow him everywhere he goes. With this, his music became visibly more free, unrestrained, and unapologetic. It was sometime during the peak of Old Town Road’s success that Lil Nas X came out as gay. To the surprise of many who expected him to be a one-hit wonder, the singer’s following music releases, including Panini and Call Me By Your Name (Montero), were met with similar commercial success. It has been over a year since musician (and former stan Twitter user) Lil Nas X took the world by storm with his hit single Old Town Road.
