Lil Nas X – in which he quite accurately says it’s a ‘sign of the times every time that I speak’.He’s not wrong: pretty much everything he does lately generates memes, applause, scrutiny, commentary and a vast assortment of thinkpieces – including, uh, this very article.And his latest talking point?
An unashamedly sexed-up performance on Saturday Night Live over the weekend; complete with an ensemble of topless male dancers who touched him, writhed around him, and at one point even licked his neck.The song’s lyrics may have been watered down a bit for TV (‘f**king and flying’ became ‘loving and flying’, and we got ‘put a smile on your mouth’ instead of, er, putting a certain something ‘in your mouth’); but it remained unmistakably,.