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

[Escape]

He literally already did though?

[CristianGarcia]

He a Flo-Rida, Jason Derulo kind of artist. Albums flop but the singles hit until they burn out and eventually they're irrelevant.

Edited 10 hours ago by CristianGarcia

[Uncatena]

I'm convinced some of yall are discovering the age-old concept of a one hit wonder in real time with this guy lmao

[Sugar-Rush]

He did breakthrough, it just didn't last very long. You can't build a lasting career out of gimmicks and trolling, unfortunately

[Into The Void]

He did break through he had like 5 hits 

[tellem]

he did but his whole "im making a comeback. im always going viral" thing was never going to work more than once. i am rooting for him though tbh 

 

[pearlmercury]

its kinda impressive that he had a such huge era after OTR if you think about it

[MP3]

2 hours ago, EtherealCat said:

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

 

1 hour ago, magazine said:

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

 

1 hour ago, John Slayne said:

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 

 

1 hour ago, Album Leak said:

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.

 

1 hour ago, Pheromosa said:

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

 

1 hour ago, Vroom Vroom said:

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

I honestly really enjoyed the Montero era 

 

1 hour ago, Zaynsus said:

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

 

1 hour ago, Erreur2 La Nature said:

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.

 

1 hour ago, Escape said:

He literally already did though?

 

54 minutes ago, Sugar-Rush said:

He did breakthrough, it just didn't last very long. You can't build a lasting career out of gimmicks and trolling, unfortunately

 

51 minutes ago, Into The Void said:

He did break through he had like 5 hits 

 

30 minutes ago, tellem said:

he did but his whole "im making a comeback. im always going viral" thing was never going to work more than once. i am rooting for him though tbh 

 

What I meant is even with a strong first hit and a couple of others, he never got the star power some others had with similar chart performing songs and imagery/controversy and I find it strange since he delivers real good music, songs that I can honestly think could be loved by pop/rap fans

[Maestro]

38 minutes ago, tellem said:

he did but his whole "im making a comeback. im always going viral" thing was never going to work more than once. i am rooting for him though tbh 

 

Yeah this is it imo.

 

He certainly broke through and in the grand scheme of artist relevance, Lil Nas is pretty high up there. Yes it's waining quickly, but he's still a major player on the global scene.

 

The fatal flaw was relying on his same old tactics time after time. It worked for Montero because the songs were so good, but the recent efforts haven't matched up  

[Damien M]

He already made it though, and had an even bigger second album.
 

He's just struggling with his third era. His music was not very good when he was at his most successful. The quality of his music is now catching up to his success. He's building an actual fanbase outside of the gimmicks. He'll smash again. 

[Damien M]

1 hour ago, Uncatena said:

I'm convinced some of yall are discovering the age-old concept of a one hit wonder in real time with this guy lmao

Old Town Road

Panini

Montero

Industry Baby 

 

…were all super huge smashes though. Some of the YT gays on this site are super delusional lol. 

[Hector]

4 minutes ago, Damien M said:

Old Town Road

Panini

Montero

Industry Baby 

 

…were all super huge smashes though. Some of the YT gays on this site are super delusional lol. 

And That's What I Want.

[BadHabits]

He has musical identity, he understands marketing and the business-side of the industry, but he has no vision for the kind of artist he wants to be. He could rap about Hollywood, politics, gay love and sex and a song or two about partying. 

[Katamari]

2 hours ago, CristianGarcia said:

He a Flo-Rida, Jason Derulo kind of artist. Albums flop but the singles hit until they burn out and eventually they're irrelevant.

They both have more monthly listeners than him  

 

ot: his career is hibernating and will rise anew eventually

[Wonderland]

"Why is he unable to break through?"

 

Sweetie, I'm not the biggest fan of the guy... but this question is delusional. Let me put some things in perspective for you:

 

- A close to double-diamond debut single. Three Hot 100 #1 hits. Five top 10 hits. Eight top 40 singles.

 

- 7 billion Youtube views with 6 videos sitting close-to or above 500M views

 

- 5 tracks with >1 billion steams on Spotify and he will soon have 2 of those songs over 2 billion (and it's really three if you combine the OTR versions)

 

- Multi-Grammy winner (and even if you completely erase his nominations/wins for "Old Town Road", he has STILL had other material nominated in every "Big 4" category - including 2x AOTY noms).

 

Present flop eras do not erase previous mainstream success. If all of the above being accomplished by any artist isn't considered a breakthrough (and this is before we even touch upon how groundbreaking it was given his black and queer identities) then I'd really love the OP to explain what breakthrough means.

 

[BILLIONAIRE✘BOY]

He literally has no talent lol

[Damien M]

1 hour ago, Uncatena said:

I'm convinced some of yall are discovering the age-old concept of a one hit wonder in real time with this guy lmao

Old Town Road

Panini

Montero

Industry Baby 

 

…were all super huge smashes though. Some of the YT gays on this site are super delusional lol. 

[Quiqui4eva]

He had two other #1's though? How did he not break through?

[Polgg48]

Yeah his producer take a day trip need to go, they lay dated 10's trap beat which present on his every songs and make nas running out of ideas over this satire promo throwaway phase. also he should goes post malone pass around feature mode to expand his territory and easier to score hit too. His demand is there but look at number 1 in chart atm and come up with new single quick.

[genio]

He had his break through half a decade ag with OTR. 

[James_Joint]

I agree with the others in here that he did already breakthrough, but yeah the religious gimmick/visuals got old quick and the music hasn't been as good.  
 

He has enough hits though imo to still have a career performing at pride events and what not and I could see him maybe getting another hit after some years have passed, like a Jason Derulo/Megan thee trainor type career.