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- The singer Lil Nas X first full-length recording will be released on September 17.
singer Lil Nas X shared the cover of their upcoming debut album titled Montero. The colorful cover, filmed by Charlotte Rutherford, shows the rapper naked and floating in a romantic landscape. Surrounded by butterflies and classical architecture.
On Twitter, Lil Nas X explained the inspiration behind the visuals and quoted John Stevens’ Genesis II. It also contains a quote from the book of Genesis. “This is how the heavens and the earth were settled in all their incredible mass. On the seventh day, the Lord finished his work, so he rested from all his labors on the seventh day. “
“The album cover is a continuous cycle,” he added, “to represent the cycle of life.”
As fans pointed out, the silhouette of Lil Nas X on the previous cover appeared on the back of the pink prison overalls that the prisoners wore in his “Industry Baby” video. The reveal also follows Lil Nas X’s parody of the cover of Drake’s recently shared album Certified Lover Boy. Which features 12 multiracial pregnant woman emojis (courtesy of Damien Hirst). Additionally, yesterday, August 30, Nas shared a cover of a Montero joke with 12 multiracial pregnant man emojis.
In another crossover, he recently teamed up with Tony Hawk on a TikTok skating video after posting his comments about double standards seeing each other’s projects where human blood evokes many different reactions.
Montero came out on September 17. Check out the new artwork below and see the title track here.