Lil Nas X Previews New Song While Teasing His "Christian Era"

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US rapper Lil Nas X arrives for the gala presentation of "Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero" during the Toronto International Film Festival at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 9, 2023. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
The rapper returned to twitter with a brand new sound.

Lil Nas X has returned to Twitter and as you'd expect he found a way to get people's attention. He hit the ground running with a series of tweets earlier this week where he cracked some jokes about his absence. "sorry i haven’t released music in 2 years yall i forgot my spotify login," one of the first tweets he made reads. He also made another post that claimed if he got one like he would release new music. But once again he turned it into a joke quote tweeting the post and claiming that because it got "way more" than one like he would try again next year.

But after all the teasing he did actually have something for fans. He shared a short video previewing a new song to Twitter overnight. "y’all mind if i enter my christian era ?" the caption of the post reads. The song itself is an emotional and earnest acoustic number that sounds very different from a lot of Nas' previous music. It's also full of references to Christian imagery like angels. Nas has a history of upsetting some Christians, with one moment in particular standing out. There was a ton of backlash to the music video for his song "Montero" which prominently featured the devil. Listen to the full snippet of new music below.

Lil Nas X Returns To Twitter

Lil Nas X hasn't released much new music since his 2021 debut album MONTERO dropped to massive critical acclaim and commercial success. In early 2022 he teamed up with NBA Youngboy on the song "Late To Da Party" which also served as his response to a supposed snub at the BET Awards.

Later that same year he teamed up with the video game League Of Legends to drop the single "STAR WALKIN." The song actually ended up becoming a hit as the year went on and now sits with over 370 million streams on Spotify. What do you think of Lil Nas X teasing new music as entering his "Christian era?" Do you like the preview of new music that he teased? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.
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