Lil Nas X Hints At New "Dreamboy" Era With Single Announcement

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A new sound is almost upon us.

Lil Nas X has dropped a whole lot of music in 2024 in anticipation of his NASARATI 2 mixtape, and it looks like there's even more on the way. Moreover, he returned on Sunday (November 10) to announce that "phase 1" of Dreamboy, presumably a new album, will begin today (Monday, November 11). The pop sensation announced the new single "Light Again," which will drop this week. While some fans are still wondering about that mixtape, maybe this is just that exact same era but under a different name. Regardless, music listeners are still excited to hear this follow-up, especially considering the wait in between projects.

"I don’t know how long I’m going to be able to have this s**t up, or I don’t know what my CEO thinks right now, or whatever," Lil Nas X remarked when he revealed a demo version of "Light Again" back in March. "[…] Bro, these last couple years have been crazy, ’cause I’ve made so much music and I just want to release music. I just want to release music, but expectations are just, like… insane. Like, I can’t even have fun. I just want to f***ing have fun with this s**t. I don’t even give a f**k about all the other s**t. Of course I want to, like, be number one all the time, I want every song to go up, and I want you to go crazy.

Lil Nas X Teases Dreamboy

"But it’s, like, at the same time, I want to f***ing have fun, I want to go and live life, I just want to make music," Lil Nas X continued. "I don’t want to have to do crazy s**t all the time. I want to make music, I want to f***ing have fun, I want to live." For those unaware, some previous singles include the Kevin Abstract collaboration "Tennessee."

Meanwhile, some social media antics can get in the way of these celebrations, but such is life for Lil Nas X. He recently clashed online with Azealia Banks via a pretty nasty Twitter feud. Hopefully we get less of that from the haters moving forward and more of this exciting and long-awaited new era.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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