Singer Adam Lambert has come out in praise of rapper Lil Nas X following the latter’s much-discussed BET Awards show performance that saw him kiss another man.
Lambert also spoke about his own history trying tow integrate queer themes into his work as a pop star, and the backlash he endured.“I thought it was hot,” Lambert said of Lil Nas X’s performance, in an interview with Billboard. “I mean, he’s really giving it to us.
I think he is definitely like the gay pop star that is 2021 — he’s bold, he’s controversial, he’s pushing boundaries. That’s what we want our pop stars to do.
It’s just taken this long to have it be a gay one.”“He’s so grounded and firm in who he is and what he’s about, he won’t apologize to anybody,” Lambert elaborated..