Lil Nas X shock releases demo for brand new tune ‘Mild Once more’
Lil Nas X has shock launched a demo for his new tune, ‘Mild Once more’ – test it out beneath.
The tune was launched on Friday (March 29) by way of SoundCloud and sees the musician rapping and singing over a home beat.
The musician joked that his document label may not be completely satisfied about him sharing the brand new tune.
“Ngl would possibly get in bother for releasing this tune with out label’s permission however anyway,” Lil Nas wrote as she shared the brand new music on TikTok. He additionally added on X: “Sorry Columbia!”
Try the demo right here:
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Ngl most likely gonna get in bother for this however gentle once more out now on soundcloud!
sorry Columbia ! 🫥https://t.co/vqfk0C7hBW pic.twitter.com/yz7IotdgiO— ☆ (@LilNasX) March 29, 2024
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The musician has been teasing the observe for a while, sharing the observe’s outro again in February. “I don’t like Lil Nas music however this gone be a traditional, I’m sorry,” he wrote over a video of him lip-syncing to the tune earlier this month.
Again in January, the rapper dropped a reflective new observe titled ‘The place Do We Go Now?’. The tune was written by the rapper and singer as a part of his upcoming HBO documentary, Lil Nas X: Lengthy Dwell Montero.
In January, the musician additionally addressed the non secular backlash he not too long ago acquired following the teaser of recent single ‘J Christ’ and the emotional affect it has had on him.
Launched on January 12, the tune got here alongside a self-directed video that spoofed varied biblical tales; together with Lil Nas portraying a godlike determine on the gates of Heaven and taking part in a one-on-one basketball recreation in opposition to Devil.
He was depicted on a crucifix in a single scene too, and the quilt paintings confirmed him laid on a cross as 5 bystanders started to boost him off the bottom.
The artist later mentioned the affect that the destructive response had on him and revealed that he finds it ‘miserable’ to see the one spark such controversy.
“I’ve by no means been right here, mentally and even bodily, the place… you push your artwork into the world, and it’s acquired negatively by the bulk,” he advised Jay Shetty in a latest look on his On Function podcast. “However then, like, additionally understanding why, and having to see it by way of.”
He additionally joked that he loved sparking chaos “after I can management it”, including, “I’m often strategic with issues and I can sort of transfer the dialog.” Nonetheless, this time round he revealed he discovered the dimensions of the backlash “miserable”, including that: “You may turn out to be tremendous offended with your self.”
As for the supposed message behind the imagery, he defined that it wasn’t imagined to be offensive, however reasonably present his return to creating music.
“Artistically, it was simply imagined to be like, I’m returning… I’m again like him. [But] it became this entire factor the place it was me attempting to dunk on Christians or one thing.
“That was by no means what it was. After which I appeared on the video with me consuming the communion or whatnot, and I used to be like, ‘Okay, this appears actually dangerous on paper – this factor that I assumed was simply, like, somewhat jokey, enjoyable video.’”
He additionally added that the backlash made him query whether or not his non secular relations would even be offended by the video – saying it might be “actually tousled” in the event that they had been.
Shortly earlier than the tune’s launch, Lil Nas X additionally introduced that he could be going to college to hitch a Biblical Research programme.