Lil Nas X : Why is he unable to break through?

[MP3]

Old Town Road with its featuring was a worldwide hit, breaking the record for the most consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with 19. It also topped the chart in the major markets like the UK, Germany, Canada, France, Australia, etc. For sure his aesthetic was more mainstream if I can put it that way, but this song and its success should have propelled him and he could have surfed on that momentum.

 

 

I think the major factor why he didn't break through is probably his next style which was very controversial. But is that it? Are people so not ready to watch an artist doing the same sexual approach as 90% of his straight peers? There's no problem when it's girls and pimps but when it's an attractive gay men doing the same thing it's a dealbreaker? Because no offense, but I can low-key understand the backlash on Sam Smith for exemple, but Nas do the sexual/religous thing with a way more pleasant touch, I mean his videos are so well done and love the gay thing or not, it's interesting to watch. I think it takes a lot of guts doing what he does and he seems so confident doing so that it just show how self-confident he is and normally such a self-confidence attracts a lot of attention. So why he's so stable in his career pattern? Can't believe it's just ''homophobia'' from the general public, because he releases smash songs after smash songs

 

 

 

 

[Material Girl]

meme songs with no artistic identity beyond being an online troll

 

he had the platform but not the musical talent to make it last, but at least he got a couple hits to pay the rent 

[joehyche]

tasteless

[UnusualBoy]

Because he relied way too much on gimmicks and shock value, after the 3rd time, it became tired.

[EtherealCat]

he did though? its not like he was a one hit wonder, not everyone is going to have a long career he did well considering that his career was based on memes and trolling

[TipToe]

I think he got WAY more attention than he deserved tbh, so in a way he broke thru.

[Dolce Vita]

i kinda like him but he makes music for fortnite streamers no shade 

[Gelato]

building your career on meme songs and controversies means the foundations are shaky to say the least

 

and then trying to abandon that six years in but the music being boring and not good enough on its own means you're gonna start flopping hard

Edited Wednesday at 09:41 PM by Gelato

[Mornings]

The music is just whatever sounding and looking. There's nothing special. He could write and IG caption that would be just as effective as his last single 

Edited Wednesday at 09:43 PM by Mornings

[king_queen]

His talent lies in marketing but he's not a star. He'd be a great A&R rep ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

 

[Happylittlepunk]

He got lucky with what he got. The music just needs to be better. 

[EnigmaticAndroid]

Lack of talent. There's not much of an artist there for a sustainable career. 

Edited Wednesday at 09:47 PM by EnigmaticAndroid

[Mupps]

Give him a catchy song again and some exposure on fortnite and he'll be back.
His last few releases have all been meh musically 

[kellebrity98]

light again sounds great tho, after star walkin thats the only song that sounds good to me

[magazine]

He already did  He just didn't continue having hits, like how it happens with 98% of artists

[ImpressMeMuch]

He made memes his brand

 

memes die hard

[Gorjesspazze9]

For a guy that can't sing or rap, he shouldn't have become as big of an artist as he did

 

i will give him points for being in touch with how social media works and keeping attention. But his artistry has always been overrated. Meme music can only take you so far

[John Slayne]

he actually did break through. he released a successful EP and then a debut album with two smash hits. he achieved more than most artists already, unfortunately he wasn't able to maintain it but his career looks bad only in comparison with actual legends and icons. if you compare him to average artists he is 1000x more successful. there's a million soundcloud rappers out there that would murder to have half of what lil nas has 

Edited Wednesday at 10:21 PM by John Slayne

[Album Leak]

He did break through already though. His reign (if you can even call it that) was just shaky and overall short-lived. And that's fine, some artists are just bound to come and go.

[Princess Aurora]

He needs to evolve as an artist 

[Pheromosa]

he already broke through and then some, got a lot farther than the nameless flops this forum creams themselves over

[Vroom Vroom]

He has 4 songs with over 1 billion streams. He broke through, but then fell off quick. 
 

I honestly really enjoyed the Montero era 

[Zaynsus]

But he DID break through, he just didn't last. 

[PoisonPill]

When your primary talent is controversy and gimmicks, your career is on borrowed time once the shock value wears off. But his 2019-2022 run is historic and groundbreaking

[Erreur2 La Nature]

This has to be a troll thread, right ?

 

OTR is the biggest song of all-time on the Billboard chart. After that, Lil Nas X got several hits and some of them were big. Industry Baby, Montero, That's what I Want, Panini, Holiday, Star Walkin kinda.

 

People are not really interested in him right now because of many reasons but he UNDOUBTEDLY made it.