I wanna go places no one has ever been.
Like, not like actually physically a place.
But, like...
mentally and just, like,
do something that's completely...
just great and super grand, and big.
And I feel like, you know...
You do it once, you do it twice, you have...
You have to be able to do a third time, right?
And then, a fourth, and a fifth, and a sixth, and a seventh,
and an eighth, and a ninth, and a tenth, and 11, 12
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
50... wait... 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66,
67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80,
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96,
97, 98, 99, 100.
Who's gonna pump the beats?
The beats need to be heard all the way up here,
like back there.
And somebody pumps them.
Jesus, Chris, there's another level?
Oh, boy.
They placed these seats nicely.
I was wondering how some people would see,
but I can see how they would see.
Huh.
Long live Montero.
This is beautiful, huh?
I wonder how things gonna be
when everything is turned off.
Tomorrow is the first day of my first tour.
You can kind of see backstage.
Maybe we'll fix that though, right?
Day one.
Day zero, actually.
Day one is tomorrow.
That's right, that's right.
Best case scenario is in whatever way,
this tour changes how I see the world...
and how I see, like, life.
In the beginning, all was dark as far as the eye could see.
And then, a spark, light and dust,
and just a little bit of nasty...
all colliding in space,
creating the universe,
the world, your world, home to a very special creature.
You, humans.
It's a special thing to be born.
Souls travel through light and space
to make it to Earth, each on their own journey.
This is a story about one of those special souls
and how one day he found himself in music
and his music found us.
The greatest thing a human can do is to create.
To create themselves, to be themselves
no matter how hard that may be. So let's go.
Let's meet this child named Montero.
I mean, I was honestly really scared.
Like, how the fuck are we possibly gonna put
this entire thing together in a month, you know?
A lot of times in life when I'm the most scared,
it's usually right before I do something
that's gonna change my life drastically.
Daytrip took it to ten.
♪ Ayy, Panini Don't you be a meanie ♪
♪ Thought you wanted me to go Why you tryna keep me teeny? ♪
♪ It's a dreamy Wished it on a genie ♪
♪ I got fans finally, ain't you Wanting them to see me? ♪
♪ I thought you want this For my life, for my life ♪
♪ Said you wanted To see me thrive ♪
♪ You lied ♪
♪ Say to me What you want from me ♪
♪ Just say to me What you want from me ♪
♪ Ayy, Panini Don't you be a meanie ♪
♪ Thought you wanted me to go ♪
♪ Why you tryna Keep me teeny now? ♪
♪ Now they need me Number one on streamin' ♪
♪ Oh, yeah You used to love me ♪
♪ So what happened What's the meaning? ♪
♪ I thought you want this For my life, for my life ♪
♪ Said you wanted To see me thrive, you lied ♪
♪ Now when it's all done I get the upper hand ♪
♪ I need a... ♪
♪ Not another fan ♪
♪ But I still want you As a fan ♪
♪ I'ma need to sit down Don't mean to make demands ♪
♪ But I need you ♪
I just really wanna feel every last drop of sweat
come to fruition and I wanna feel every, like,
powerful moment, every big thing that happens,
every blessing, and I want it to feel
big and loud.
♪ Ayy, Panini ♪
♪ Ayy, Panini don't you be a meanie ♪
♪ I thought you wanted me... ♪
Okay. Um, let's um...
Go, one, two, three, four, five,
- and six, seven, and we say... - Got a lot to learn.
In a very short amount of time.
- But you suck at dancing. - But I know I'm gonna do it.
It's really scary though. Because they're all so good.
Six. Snap, snap. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, step, shift, step, shift.
I fucked up again. Let's do it again.
My mind is hardwired since a kid
that when you fuck up, like, one time,
then it's kind of, like...
you have to quit the whole thing.
You know, I was always a brat growing up,
so I'm doing a little training.
A little training.
And up, snap, snap, snap, and hunch, hunch,
hunch, hunch, hunch, yeah, shift the bar, shift the bar!
I'll give... I'll give it a clap.
You're at the precipice.
- Begin your journey. - No, no, no, wait!
Hi-yah!
Yeah! That's daddy's little girl.
Gee, I hope the sensei doesn't mistake me for a young student.
Okay.
Quiet.
I like a little bit of chaos.
You know, I don't wanna be perfect.
I want something I can work around.
I want something I can, um, complain about, you know?
I want something... I don't know.
I guess I'm just allergic to something
that's just too good.
I'll be honest with you guys.
I never let anyone into my house.
This is like a Black family's
living room painting,
- you know what I mean? - Right.
And I feel like I never have anything
that's just like real,
but, you know, I'm, like, very hesitant to, like, start
building up, like, my house and shit, you know what I mean?
Like, I still, like, have this couch
I was supposed to, like, get a fucking really cool couch
and, you know, a new table 'cause this is, like,
from my apartment and stuff like that, but I just,
like, refuse to, like, settle into a house, you know?
'Cause if I settle into the house,
it means have to be there forever or something, you know?
This is my empty bedroom.
It's like a pop culture collage...
you know? See, here is... Where is she? Where is she?
Here's Maddy. You know Maddy, right?
And then, here's, uh, Viola Davis.
You know, I met Viola Davis at an Erewhon,
but she... but I don't think she knew who the fuck I was.
She was like, "Oh, thanks."
I was like, "Oh, I'm such a big fan."
She was like, "Oh, thanks."
And she kind of, like, hurried out the store.
It was kind of funny.
There's some random high guys in here too somewhere.
Oh, yeah, here's Bad Bunny.
Oh, yeah.
You see Bad Bunny kiss a guy on the stage?
How cool is that for him?
When I was a kid, I was like, I wanted to be...
I wanted to be a surgeon, you know?
I wanted to be a cardiovascular surgeon
'cause my grandmother and, like,
a lot of family members have heart problems.
Yeah, college is actually the reason I started
to make music.
I got, like, so immediately bored,
I, like, made a song for fun and posted it onto Twitter.
I told my parents,
"Oh, yeah, I'm just gonna take a semester off."
That's so crazy at that year of my life because it was like
I had never had someone, like, close to me pass,
and my great-grandmother had passed.
That's when I started getting, like, bad, like,
anxiety attacks and shit like that.
And then, I, like, found music. I felt like music
was also great for escaping that.
I felt, like, a fucking spiritual presence
over me that, "Okay. This was not a mistake,
like, this is what I'm supposed to be doing in life."
Why are you hiding?
- What are you hiding from? - I'm so excited.
- We're starting? - I'm excited to have an opener.
- Hello, Adam of manager. - Hello, Montero of artist.
Oh, my God. It's up.
Yay. What do you think about our frame?
It's Nas as the sun.
The sun of the world.
I knew that I wanted to do something like theatrical
and like a play.
I didn't know the best way to go
about doing good, and Saul and Hodo,
thankfully, my lifesavers, uh, gave me, like, the concept
of the tour.
It's this kid that enters a completely new world,
adjusts to the new world...
and then, you know, becomes sure of himself.
And then, you know, the cycle
kind of ends and, like, starts again.
And I feel like that's exactly where we are right now.
What do you think the potential of Montero is?
Stop saying that. Don't even answer.
Don't answer him. And you don't say anything.
Well, I've been instructed.
- No, but I, like... - Stop.
Okay.
That's too limiting.
He's... he's breaking down... he's breaking down barriers
and he's... he's creating his own lane for himself.
He's really creating his own lane for himself.
There's nobody like him right now.
And we're gonna keep digging
this... this... this special lane
that only he's gonna be able to do.
Nobody is gonna be able to touch him at all.
And he's working really hard and he wants it.
Bitch, I am not talking about you.
Okay. I was just making sure.
As "Panini" finishes,
then we're standing strongly on stage,
the lights go a little dim
and Nas starts to fall from the sky
down to Earth, that we hit "Tales of Dominica."
Twerk.
Five and...
Six.
Okay.
♪ Woke up on the floor ♪
♪ Oh, this plastic bed Don't blow up anymore ♪
♪ In this broken home ♪
♪ Everyone becomes predictable ♪
♪ Finally grown ♪
♪ Ain't nothing like I hoped It would be ♪
♪ Out on my own I'm floating... ♪
Yeah!
♪ Could I be wrong? ♪
♪ Was everybody Right about me? ♪
♪ Scary things in my head I can't dream and I just ♪
Is there a reason why we stopped that?
Can we play...
They stopped playing, but it goes all the way in,
and then we fade up on the room.
Tomorrow is the first day of tour, Detroit.
And I'm wondering, like, am I gonna shake it all off
and just go crazy and have fun?
Or am I gonna freeze up and... and...
and go back inside of my dad's balls? You know?
Have... have we seen the horse?
No, I haven't seen Margot yet.
Let's look for our horse. There's a horse coming.
Oh, my God. Guys, come, come, come, come.
There's a horse in there.
And this is the horse. He's coming in
for "Old Town Road," I don't know,
like, maybe he will walk with it, maybe he will ride it?
It comes down to the dancers, really.
I think it's whether or not the dancers
can support the weight, but I think
there's some kind of practice required for them
to be able to get used to the frame itself.
I don't feel safe because they don't feel safe.
They said get off. Gotta get off.
Oh, it's too heavy?
No, I think it's leaning
a certain way.
How the fuck I'm supposed to get down from this?
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?
Should we stretch, you guys? Is it time to stretch?
One, two, three, four.
♪ Need a boy... ♪
Did you hear that?
Go back. Let's see. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
Go back like ten seconds.
I'm not really worried. I'm just saying, you know?
Like, I'm sure everything is gonna be great.
It's just like, you know,
if one thing is bad, like, everything is bad.
Yeah, we just gotta make that change.
They don't have their shit together.
If I have to close that curtain one more time on my own...
Right, so
I don't know, like, what's happening where...
Like, it'll be right, and then the next day
everybody forgot everything.
- Right. Give me the mic. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
'Cause I feel like we just need to check everybody.
- Yeah, shoot. - Like, what's up? Seriously.
- The show is tomorrow. - It's the day to do it.
We're fucking shit up.
We're fucking shit up that we've been practicing
in all departments.
Oh, we're gonna fix the wings.
- Oh! - Yeah.
- Oh, boy. - Yeah.
Can we... can we try the wings?
Can we just grab the wings right before we do another run?
We've been fixing these wings for, like, a month.
Is it loose now? Is it looser?
I don't know why it was tighter last time.
No, no, I loosened it up for you.
I just did it.
No, no... Yeah, they loosened it.
Detroit, how y'all doing out there?
I've been waiting for this moment
a very long time. To tell y'all that...
What was I supposed to tell them?
Hold on, what was I supposed to tell them?
Let's get him set for a top of show again.
Here's me. I'm landing in Detroit.
There's Bronco. Mm-hmm.
There's me and Bronco again on the plane, as you can see.
It's gonna be great in my photo book.
You have certain ways
you want to show yourself
to the world, and I feel like, as a human being,
we're always gonna have, like, parts of ourselves
that we're not going to be super out there with, you know?
Around 2019, I became way more spiritual
and I started to trust what I would see as spiritual,
like, signs and, like, guides and whatnot.
And I felt like coming out was very important
if I wanted to continue to progress.
Burying parts of yourself will keep you further away
from finding, you know, the truest version of you
as you go.
And there's still, like, parts of myself
that I am learning to accept.
Um, I've been a fan since,
you know, the whole "Old Town Road" blew up.
I remember my little sister came up to me,
was like, "Hey, it's this viral song," whatever,
I'm like, "What is this? This is stupid.
Get this out of my face," you know?
But then I heard the whole EP and I got caught up in it
and the whole controversy with his Billboard presence
being taken away with the country charts,
so I was like, "Wow, that was cool."
Then he came out. I was like, "Yeah, this is even bigger."
Then I was like, "'Kay, it can't get any bigger than this."
- Can I curse on here? - Yes, go ahead.
Like, he's so sexy, like, he's the first male celebrity
I've wanted to actually fuck and be at the same time.
I just love Lil Nas X because it's...
He's so groundbreaking and it's amazing to see him
be so openly queer.
And I just feel like he's, like...
he's very important for the culture,
like, right now, you know what I'm saying?
You know, he inspired me to come out my shell
a little bit, so... As you can see.
Oh, yeah.
Do y'all see what it's giving?
What time the show start?
The show starts...
I wanna get my leg massaged,
I wanna hopefully get a chance to poop.
I wanna poop really badly,
so then I won't have to poop later.
Yeah, and then we're doing one hour of fitting.
Because once you get on that stage, the nerves hit,
and then that's when you really gotta poop, you know?
So if I get the real poop out now, I won't have to worry
about that other poop being real.
You know what I mean?
Yes.
It won't be real. You know what I mean?
Now I'm gonna take a poop before I go on stage.
Ooh, once we go out, and then everybody, like,
sits down and like, they're on their phone,
they're like, "We wanna go home."
What if that happens?
Oh, my God, what if that happens?
What if I fall on the stage?
I'm gonna lose all confidence immediately.
Long live Montero!
- Did you go out there? - Hmm.
Why'd you show me this? I wanted to be surprised.
It's good. Congrats, Nas. We did it.
Let's high five for the future.
Don't let me hang in front of these people.
Uh, society's perception of me,
I think is different. You know, as I told you before,
some people think I'm really brave...
and some people
think my music is dope but they think I do too much
as far as videos and the things I do online go.
And some people think the things I do online
and things like that are cool, but they don't like my music.
And some people still see me as the kid-friendly artist
and I don't know.
Some people see me as, like, this satanic devil
that's gonna ruin the world or something
or part of a big agenda.
Um, yeah, a lot of different things,
I feel like.
Yeah. I mean, so people feel...
I mean, people feel a lot of things about you.
People feel a lot of things about me,
but me...
boy, do I love this kid.
♪ I wanna run away ♪
♪ Don't wanna lie I don't want a life ♪
♪ Send me a gun And I'll see the sun ♪
♪ I'd rather run away ♪
♪ Don't wanna lie I don't want a life ♪
♪ Send me a gun And I'll see the sun ♪
♪ You need an instant ease From your life ♪
♪ Where you got plenty Of every hurt and heartbreak ♪
♪ You just take it all To the face ♪
♪ I know that you want to cry ♪
♪ But it's much more to life Than dyin' ♪
♪ Over your past mistakes ♪
♪ And people Who threw dirt on your name ♪
♪ Since ten I've been feelin' lonely ♪
♪ Had friends But they was pickin' on me ♪
♪ Always thinkin' "Why my lips so big?" ♪
♪ Was I too dark? Can they sense my fears? ♪
♪ These gay thoughts Would always haunt me ♪
♪ I prayed God would take it from me ♪
♪ It's hard for you When you're fightin' ♪
♪ And nobody knows it When you're silent ♪
♪ I'd be by the phone ♪
♪ Stanning Nicki Mornin' into dawn ♪
♪ Only place I felt Like I belonged ♪
♪ Strangers make you feel So loved, you know? ♪
♪ And I'm happy by the way ♪
♪ That I made that jump That leap of faith ♪
♪ I'm happy that it all Worked out for me ♪
♪ I'ma make my fans So proud of me ♪
Let's go!
♪ I wanna run away ♪
♪ Don't wanna lie I don't want a life ♪
♪ Send me a gun And I'll see the sun ♪
♪ I wanna run away ♪
♪ Don't wanna lie I don't want a life ♪
♪ Send me a gun And I'll see the sun ♪
For one, I feel like power comes the most
when you're able to be, like, honest with yourself
about who you believe you are,
who you think you are in that moment.
You are not alone in the way that you feel
and I know sometimes that transforming
can feel so very isolating, but there are other people
that have been through this transformation
and have made it through the other side
and have felt the way that you felt.
It came down to
not being able to live my life, period,
unless I accepted who I was on the inside.
Every day is a new challenge
into learning how to love myself.
You're on the path to where younger you would wanna be.
You're already there. You're steps ahead.
Just keep going. Definitely just keep going.
Lil Nas X made me realize that in order to love myself,
I have to love the parts of myself that I fear.
♪ I know that you want to cry ♪
♪ But it's much more to life Than dying ♪
♪ Over our past mistakes ♪
♪ And people who threw dirt On your name ♪
All my life, I was trying to be perfect,
um, get the perfect grades, be the perfect son.
I thought that being perfect would make up for this one flaw.
And it took a lot to realize that who I was
and who I love was not a flaw.
There's a light at the end of the tunnel.
Don't give up.
You're gonna learn to love yourself
more than you thought anybody could ever love you.
Okay. Listen, I'll be right fucking back.
Don't move. Don't move.
You know,
no matter what you're going through or how bad,
I feel like there's never a reason to end it all,
to not want to be here anymore, because it all works itself out.
There's more people to meet. There's more places to go.
There's more things to do. There's more highs to reach.
There's more lows to make you learn stuff.
There's more.
I guess when the lights came on, when the flashlights came on,
that was the moment that, like, really hit me,
because I can also see,
like, the people even up top and shit.
I was like, "Oh, my God, this is crazy."
And then... And I got, like, a little emotional.
Yeah.
My eyes started to water up.
You know how your eyes water up and... and, like,
everything that's a light turns into, like, a star almost?
So, like, that was crazy to see.
Yeah, it seemed like thousands of stars.
That's what it looked like.
I was like... I was like, uh, it was kind of, like, funny,
but it was also kind of emotional.
But it was, like, funny the way that,
"Oh, my God, I started to do this music thing
and it actually worked," you know?
All right, uh, what day is it? January...
January 8th, 2019,
and I finna eat some fucking pizza
and, you know, say some words.
I just put out "Old Town Road"
and it's doing pretty fucking good.
And... You know, right now...
no matter what, you know, 3K on Instagram,
2K on YouTube...
not even 1K followers on Spotify yet, I don't think.
But I'ma hit y'all back a year from now and, you know,
we're gonna see where I'm at.
All right.
I didn't even know it was a sample at first,
so when I did figure out it was a sample,
I was like, "Oh, my fucking God, I'm doomed."
Luckily, Nine Inch Nails didn't know the song
had blew up yet, because they would've
probably would've took, like, 99 percent.
I think the moment that I heard the loop,
the, like, original instrumental of that song, I, like...
That feeling I always talk about,
it was, like, on an astronomical level.
You can, like, mistake.
That's why... that's why I guess I'm so spiritual now.
And you can, like, mistake a feeling that,
when I heard that, I almost, like...
I got, like, emotional
and it's just, like, a loop and drums.
I'm just like, "Oh, my God,
this is gonna be something great."
I remember, like, a few days
after I released "Old Town Road,"
I tell my dad, I wanna take off a semester
to do music.
He was like, "You know there's like
a one in a million chance."
My stepmom was like, "So, what's y'all gonna do?"
Like, "What's y'all plan B?"
I was just like, "I don't have a plan B."
♪ Can't nobody tell me nothing ♪
♪ You can't tell me nothing ♪
Like, nobody has any idea,
like, what's about to happen or anything.
But I just know, like, in my heart,
I'm like, "Oh, okay.
I'm about to, like, blow up, you know?"
Who knows this motherfucking song?
♪ Yeah, I'm gonna take My horse to the old town road ♪
♪ I'm gonna ride 'Til I can't no more ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my horse To the old town road ♪
♪ I'm gonna ride 'Til I can't no more ♪
♪ I got the horses in the back Horse tack is attached ♪
♪ Hat is matted black ♪
♪ Got the boots that's black To match ♪
♪ Riding on a horse, ha ♪
♪ You can whip your Porsche ♪
♪ I been in the valley ♪
♪ You ain't been up Off the porch now ♪
♪ Can't nobody tell me nothing ♪
♪ You can't tell me nothing ♪
♪ Can't nobody tell me nothing ♪
♪ You can't tell me nothing ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse To the old town road ♪
♪ I'm gonna ride 'Til I can't no more ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my horse To the old town road ♪
♪ I'm gonna ride 'Til I can't no more... ♪
I mean, it is so insane,
like, the trajectory of life and how quickly shit can happen.
♪ I'm gonna take my horse To the old town road ♪
♪ I'm gonna ride 'Til I can't no more ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my horse To the old town road ♪
♪ I'm gonna ride 'Til I can't no more ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my horse... ♪
♪ I'm gonna ride 'Til I can't no more... ♪
Nas, you're on fucking fire.
You owned them all.
You heard them? I owned them.
You owned those motherfuckers.
Our Montero's universe
has expanded beyond his wildest dreams.
For most, these heights will mark the end of the story,
but our hero still has a long way to go.
No one on earth would believe that was your first show.
Ain't always shaking my nerves off, you know?
I was getting comfortable up there.
I love you so much.
- I love you, too. - I can't believe
you didn't forget a single...
Like, I'm... I'm shocked.
Oh, I forgot a lot.
You just didn't know.
This is only the beginning.
There's more to be written.
Yeah.
Everybody!
All right. What's going on?
He's gonna start? I can feel it.
Thank you. I love y'all.
Love you.
The... the show last night was interesting.
We had some protestors outside.
Lil Nas X will never do anything for you.
All he's going to do is make you feel your sin.
He's gonna make you feel indulged in your sin.
- Oh, I'm gonna feel my sin. - Yeah. Yeah. You will.
Yeah, and one day, you're gonna face the living God.
But it was very cool seeing all of the, like, fans
in the audience, or in the line rather,
kind of unite against them.
Like, it was a lot of kids, like, flipping them off
and all wearing glitter and neon.
Suck a dick! Suck a dick! Suck a dick!
Suck a dick! Suck a dick!
No thank you, I really...
♪ Oh to see without my eyes ♪
♪ The first time That you kissed me ♪
♪ Boundless by the time I cried... ♪
Oh no, he's hot.
I think it's really great when people have...
like, a sense of, like, belonging to something
or, like, feel like
they're part of something bigger.
And I feel like that's what those people feel
like they're doing, so it's, like,
part of me is, like, "Oh, wish they weren't, like, hateful
towards this," but it's, like, another part is like,
"Oh, that's kind of dope, like, these people
have their own, like, group where they feel
like they're doing something to change the world."
That's really...
that's really nice for them, you know?
I guess I, like, actually paid attention
to one of the videos. I was like,
"Oh, that's kind of fucked up,"
like, what... what they were saying.
I don't know.
It's like, um, "Do you see what he did?
He comes out with a kid-friendly song,
and then he goes and becomes super sexual,
and then tries to convert." I don't know.
And it was like, I was like,
"That's not exactly what happened."
Lil Nas X is not going to fulfill anything.
You're going to go in there, you're going to drink,
you're going to smoke.
What about Chase? Who's Chase?
Who's Chase?
Chase is my nephew.
When I started to, like, make music
and I was, like, at my sister's house
all the time, he was, like, my first fan.
Okay, y'all, my nephew dared me to do something.
So, okay, go ahead.
Weave.
Listening, knowing the words to my songs and, you know,
like, stuff like that is a real boost
as a beginning artist.
I was really afraid...
of, I guess, him even looking at me differently too...
uh, when I did come out and stuff like that.
You see a lot of minds get, like, tainted
by the world around them.
I just hope his mind doesn't, you know?
All right, TikTok, I'm finna teach my nephews
to not be homophobic.
Hey, hey, hey, y'all.
- What? - Don't...
don't be homophobic.
- Okay. - Okay.
Even before any of this satanic shit
and the devil,
so many little kids became, like, Lil Nas X fans and shit.
And it was already being painted as that.
It was, like, "Oh, it was all, like, schemed
by these corporate giants to... to poison our kids."
And, you know, I've always been,
like, a super goofy person, so I was able to, like,
navigate my way through it, like, joking a lot.
But, you know, I feel like mentally...
like, you know, you definitely feel,
like, bad about, like, what you just did.
Hello?
Hi.
Hello, Tanya. How are you?
I'm doing great. How are you?
I feel like at the top of this year,
like, I tried to be, like, I guess, like, full-time,
like, serious and...
Yay, go Lil Nas X!
I don't know, just completely,
like, dedicated to being, like,
this serious artist that everyone's gonna
take seriously, blah, blah, blah.
We have Lil Nas X here.
- How's it feel? - How does what feel?
I'm actually nervous before every single performance.
No, this is my son, Bronco.
- Okay. Okay. Okay. - What's up, Bronco?
And then I realized, you know, I have the most fun as an artist
when I'm being a fun artist or just like this happy,
playful being, that's when I'm the happiest
and I think that's a really vital part of me.
I actually think it was kind of dope
that people were, like, outside of my concert protesting,
like, that's some really cool, like, rock star shit.
Good for me. I killed them with kindness,
but I was a little evil in doing it
because it was pineapple pizza.
I think I've always, as most people do,
like, used jokes to, you know, make life easier
when it's not, you know?
Oh...
Do you wanna have sex?
Could you imagine if I forgot to mute it?
I'll see you later. You have an amazing time.
I appreciate your time.
Thank you. I'll see you soon.
Did you see the baddie?
Saffa?
She's the baddest.
Who's that?
- Saffa. - Saffa.
She's the baddest. Oh, my God, Saffa.
If you had one superpower,
what would it be?
I told you, shapeshifting,
because then I could be a bird or I could be an ant.
I could be a fly on the wall.
I feel like, I don't know, sometimes like a slave
to my, like, human body or some shit.
I'm just like, I wish I could just fly sometimes.
I think shapeshifting is dangerous though
because imagine, if you turn into a bug
and somebody immediately kills you.
- Are you ready? - Uh-huh.
Okay, go.
Oh, my God.
This is kind of scary, actually.
I wasn't expecting it to be scary.
Oh, my God. It's kind of terrifying.
Go on. Go on. He's not gonna bite you.
Or maybe he will.
Oh, my God. It even has my grill.
Oh, my God. What the fuck!
Look at your hair. Touch your hair.
Oh, my God.
Are we gonna do this?
I'm not gonna do that with you.
Kiss him.
In New York, my stepmom
and my brothers came to the show.
My brothers, I feel like our relationship was, like,
super tight where I can do almost anything around them now.
We already know the vibe.
We turn up everywhere we go. Turn down for what?
Long live Montero Tour.
He said it ain't even on the same wave as y'all.
I had to switch it up.
What's up, my boy?
Had to switch it up real quick.
At the end of the day, we only had each other.
Like, our parents, they were doin' what they doin'.
We got separated, you feel what I'm sayin'?
All of us got separated, you feel me?
Everybody found their way back to each other.
When we lost our grandma, like...
Appreciate you.
Shit really was different, you feel what I'm sayin'?
Because that, like, that was her heart.
And that was his heart because, you know,
no cap, I'ma let you know,
that little motherfucker was spoiled.
Finally got what I was saying, to the real tight shit.
It was the reason why he was taken care
of the way he was taken care of.
He had a destiny. My grandma knew something
about that baby when he was young.
She knew he was the chosen one.
I thought we were going to the top?
You have to go down.
You have to... There's, like, a special door
you have to take to get there.
Oh, you gotta go down to go up. That's life.
We used to have, like, a love-hate relationship.
As we grow, we start likin' each other more.
And then, boom, he got rich. Oh!
He come up outta nowhere.
There you go.
Who just got cleaned?
Montero, look.
- Mommy! - Oh, my God!
Y'all didn't know I was coming.
Why you here? Why you here?
You're not supposed to be here. You're not supposed to be here.
I can go where I wanna go. I got money.
You got the shirt on, too?
My stepmom, I don't know, it still feels, like,
really weird, like, being flamboyant
or closer to, like, myself
that I show most people, around her.
He four months.
Wanna introduce yourself?
Hi, I'm Mia Stafford. Lil Nas X Montero's mother.
Mm-hmm.
- What else you wanna say? - I hope I...
What you expectin' for the show tonight?
I hope not to cry.
Don't cry. You won't cry.
- You gon' be happy. - It's gonna be happy tears.
I have one thing for you to do. One thing.
You gotta promise to sign these four for me.
I actually printed these pictures I have...
Oh, no autographs. I'm kidding.
When you... when you... when you finish.
We got a marker?
Lemme get one, I got you.
Let's see.
Now, I'm warning you now
the signature ain't changed.
They don't care.
They just... they just love Lil Nas X.
The thing that has come with,
like, my success...
is the idea of...
fear for them, and the feeling of fear of losing me,
and not tripping on their words.
I've seen my family become much more accepting...
of what I am and people like me.
And I think that is super dope and beautiful.
But...
I don't know.
I feel like there's a lot of things that...
people may wanna say but don't.
They don't wanna lose me as, like,
an asset of a person, you know?
- Oh, my God. Hey. - Hi.
- How are you, friend? - Hi, precious.
- You look amazing. - So do you.
- I love the hair. - I love your outfit.
- Oh, my God. - Did you not know I was here?
Oh, my... I did. But this is crazy.
You better put on a show for me.
Fuckin'... Now, I'm nervous.
I'm not performing anymore.
Do you remember coming to my show?
Yes. That's literally... Your show literally inspired
some things happening here tonight.
Whoo!
♪ You know I never Did you wrong ♪
♪ You know I'm right here By the phone, dawg ♪
This song is, like, I guess,
mainly responds to a lot of family.
When someone who gets, like,
famous and rich and whatnot, everyone wants to hit them up.
And basically, if you don't call them
and talk to them and respond to all their needs,
then to them, it's, like,
you're fake, you're a terrible person,
you're going Hollywood, you're selfish.
Montero! Montero! Montero!
♪ Breaker, breaker, 911 Somebody come get this bitch ♪
♪ Thinkin' you a star On the rise ♪
♪ You got time to reply Don't lie, you can hit my shit ♪
♪ You can lend me five Lil' nigga, on the side ♪
♪ Lil' nigga, couple thou' Need to fix my whip ♪
♪ How you switch sides On a nigga ♪
♪ Who was down With you, nigga? ♪
♪ You a fraud, just a fib My nig', my nig' ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ You know I never Did you wrong ♪
♪ Even though I'm right here By the phone, dawg ♪
♪ You know you never Used to call ♪
♪ Keep it that way now ♪
♪ I'll treat you like You're dead right now ♪
♪ I'm on your head right now ♪
♪ You wanna fuck with me So bad right now ♪
♪ Well, now You can't right now ♪
♪ 2018 I was in my sister's house ♪
♪ The whole summer ♪
♪ Songs wasn't doing numbers Whole life was going under ♪
♪ Left school, then my dad and I Had a face to face in Atlanta ♪
♪ He said, "It's one In a million chance, son" ♪
♪ I told him, "Daddy, I am that one", uh ♪
♪ I ain't never need 'em, huh ♪
♪ I ain't never need No nigga, uh ♪
♪ I ain't never need No feature ♪
♪ If I didn't blow I woulda died tryna be here ♪
♪ If it didn't go Suicide, wouldn't be here ♪
♪ Now they all come around Like they been here ♪
♪ When you get this rich And famous ♪
♪ Everybody come up To you singin' ♪
♪ Hallelujah, how'd you do it? ♪
♪ You been on my mind You been runnin' through it ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Hallelujah, how'd you do it? ♪
♪ You been on my mind You been running through it ♪
♪ Yeah... ♪
I feel like that's an important part in life,
like, letting go of people that you feel like
are taking the advantage of you.
♪ You know You never used to call ♪
♪ Keep it that way now ♪
♪ I'll treat you like You're dead right now ♪
♪ I'm on your head right now ♪
♪ You wanna fuck With me so bad ♪
Do you want them in here?
No.
Nah.
It's crazy, like, this is actually my first,
like, fuckin' show in Atlanta.
Like, this is the place I started music
and it's my first time having a show here.
Long live Montero.
- Period. - Period.
Hey, Siri.
Can you set an alarm for 34 minutes?
I think my dad was the first person that I,
like, came out to, it was just, like, kinda awkward,
and, you know, he was kind of, like,
"It could be, like, the devil tempting you
and whatnot."
Which I understood, like, to a degree.
I mean, you gotta think about it.
Your son gets rich and famous, and suddenly, like, he's gay.
It just sounds like everything the YouTube things
warned you about, you know?
Okay.
Let me see.
I think my dad's side of the family
is a bit more conservative.
But one great thing about them is they are very,
like, family oriented.
They're all about togetherness.
But even there, I guess, I would feel like
uh, somewhat of, like, a stepchild sometimes.
That's fashion.
♪ Whispering ♪
♪ In his ears... ♪
My grandma loved the Braves so much.
She used to love these goddamn Braves.
♪ Potion for love ♪
♪ Telling him ♪
♪ I'm sincere ♪
♪ And that there's nothing Too good ♪
♪ For us ♪
♪ And I just got to be me ♪
Wow! Wow!
♪ Free, free ♪
♪ And I just got to be me Yeah... ♪
He is probably extra nervous tonight
because Dad is here, aunties, you know?
His whole family is here, so, you know,
maybe he'll try to be more subdued on the stage,
so, you know, I guess he... You know, he's kinda nervous
that he can't do his thing, you know?
Being... being Montero, you know what I'm saying?
But I told him last night,
"Hey, man, be you.
Do you, we all support you, we all love you,
we know your story, we know where you came from,
and we're excited to see where you goin'."
We call him Doobie, so he's still just Doobie to us.
You know, he's not... I don't see him as a major star,
I see him just as my son. That's my baby boy.
So, thanks to me all of y'all here.
Thanks to me everybody's here because I didn't use a condom.
This song has a chokehold on me.
It's a great song.
This song. This song.
She was not playing with them bitches.
She was so serious.
Do you think, um...
singers back then were, like, um,
uh, saying shit like that?
Like, "I'm not playing with these hoes."
You think she said something like that
when she left the studio?
Do it, say it again, sing it out for me,
- "No!" - No!
There it is, one more time, together.
♪ No, no, no, no, no, No, no, no, no, no, no, no ♪
Are you gonna go under?
Ba! Ba!
♪ Make your old man Proud of you ♪
♪ Forget about the tears ♪
I hear you and your dad have a really great relationship?
♪ On the level... ♪
Is he proud of you?
Is he like, "Son, I'm proud of you"?
♪ Stand up like a man ♪
♪ If I say so Know they gon' ride ♪
♪ I know G's, and you know They ain't nice ♪
♪ If I pop up I'ma want it, but I get by ♪
♪ Tell the devil I can't have him inside ♪
♪ Tell the reaper He don't want it ♪
♪ He don't want it, oh ♪
♪ I know everything's Gonna be all right ♪
♪ Tell the reaper He don't want it ♪
♪ He don't want it, oh ♪
♪ I know everything's Gonna be all right ♪
The award goes to Lil Nas X.
- Lil Nas X. - Lil Nas X.
The number one song on the Billboard Hot 100,
"Call Me By Your Name" by Lil Nas X.
I feel like every day, though, I'm able to, like,
slip from it a little bit more and be just,
like, a little bit just more free in general.
That's more conservative, right?
Mm-hmm.
I like reserving a bit, huh? It's not too much, right?
Just the right amount of leg.
Grab what you want, Chase.
You want something from there?
You don't think so?
- Are you serious? - Yeah.
Do I look stupid?
No, it looks great.
What do you think? Do I look stupid?
I think you look dope.
Hello, family.
I love it.
How are you?
Like, what's up, Dad?
You sure I don't look stupid?
Like a little stupid?
I like that, like, that skirt is low-key,
like, a big transitional moment in my life
that was so small but such a big thing.
It's easy to, like, go to a music video set
and do some, like, super, like, fruity shit.
But to, I guess, like, walk out in front of, like,
both sides of your family in, like, this little skirt...
and the fuckin' shirt that has, like, every version
of the LGBT flag on the back of it
is, like... It's, like, crazy.
It's, like, really freeing almost.
Not almost, it actually is.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
I love my mom and dad to death.
But I feel, like, disconnected from them, you know?
Even when I first came out, I still, like, never talked
about, like, boys and stuff in front of family
or... or just, like, any other experience at all.
It was just, like, the elephant in the room, you know?
And I feel like even now though, I guess,
it's still kinda hard to be open, like,
when I'm dating somebody or somethin'.
And my dad actually talked to me about it,
he was like, "You know you can let me know,
like, what's happening on that side"
and stuff like that, so, like, that was really great,
but it's still, like...
It's a fight to get that out there,
but we're getting closer.
I mean, like, you gotta think going from
"the devil is tempting you,"
to... to fucking coming to a gay club
with me is crazy.
♪ Whispering ♪
♪ In his ear ♪
♪ My magic potion for love... ♪
And so now, I just, um,
I guess I'll just try to be, like,
just more free in general because, I mean,
everything I fucking do, I guess, at this point,
I'm always just tryin' to, I guess,
challenge the way my family or just, like,
the world in general, like, looks at things.
Being back home in Atlanta,
taking a picture with my mom and dad,
looking into the audience,
and seeing, like, my nephew right there,
it's just crazy because he's, like, my first fan ever.
To me, it's like a full circle moment
that I'm probably gonna look back on
like, "Oh, my God, I remember that."
It feels like I'm having a great time.
It feels like I'm having the best time.
It feels like, um...
It feels like I'm living life.
♪ And that there's nothing Too good for us ♪
♪ But I want to be free, free ♪
♪ Free ♪
♪ And I just got to be me Yeah ♪
♪ Me, me ♪
One, two, three, four.
♪ Need a boy who can cuddle With me all night ♪
♪ Keep me warm, love me long Be my sunlight ♪
♪ Tell me lies, we can argue We can fight ♪
♪ Yeah, we did it before But we'll do it tonight ♪
♪ An afro, Black boy With the gold teeth ♪
♪ With dark skin, looking at me Like he know me ♪
♪ I wonder if he got The G or the B ♪
♪ Let me find out and see Coming over to me ♪
♪ These days I'm way too lonely ♪
♪ I'm missing out, I know ♪
♪ These days I'm way too alone ♪
♪ And I'm known For giving love away, but ♪
♪ I want ♪
♪ Someone who love me ♪
♪ I need ♪
♪ Someone who needs me ♪
♪ 'Cause it don't feel right When it's late at night ♪
♪ And it's just me In my dreams ♪
♪ So I want ♪
♪ Someone to love ♪
♪ That's what I fucking want ♪
♪ I want ♪
♪ Someone who love me ♪
♪ I need ♪
♪ Someone who needs me ♪
♪ 'Cause it don't feel right When it's late at night ♪
♪ And it's just me In my dreams ♪
♪ So I want ♪
♪ Someone to love That's what I fucking want ♪
No, he was really reading you.
- He really was. - That's not reading at all.
I mean, like, I'm not gonna say some names,
but some of these bitches are just like Debbie Downer
- personalities. - Oh, my God.
And some bitches are like fun.
- Oh, my God. - There's, like,
cool people and there's, like, people that are just like,
"I wanna go home."
'Cause, bitch, I do.
- "I wanna go home." - Wait. Can I see really quick?
"My boyfriend..."
"My boyfriend's at home."
Check the jiggle.
Sean has helped bring me out
of my comfort zone so much concerning my sexuality.
'Cause, I mean, I was so against doing anything
like, feminine, bringing that side out at all...
or even, like, I don't know, having gay men
on stage with me and shit like that.
'Cause I wanted to, at first, like, stay, like,
the acceptable gay person, you know?
Like, this is the one
that doesn't shove it down our throats.
It's the one that, like, keeps it to himself.
I felt like, even nowadays,
I'm not, like, ever able to be 100 percent around,
like, family members.
I feel like I'm most myself with maybe the dancers,
if... And I know that's, like, crazy.
Rocco, to the front.
I love that they're all usually, like, just so vibrant,
full of life and, like, happiness,
and just really confident in themselves
and able to just, like, move so fluid.
And I'm just, like, in awe, you know?
Yeah. We some superstars, for real. Especially Nas
- 'cause he be eating it. - Yeah.
Let's do a group scream. Ready? One, two, three.
The fact that he's a gay artist
and he's Black, I really resonated with that.
And, like, just generally his artistic vision, like...
This whole experience
of being on tour has just been a dream come true.
Being on stage and performing this show
feels like magic every night, you know?
The connection and the bond
that you form with people
helps transform relationships, helps transform you as a person,
and turn you into a higher power,
a higher being of yourself.
I'm inspired by them.
I love them. I see them as friends.
I'm really happy to have other people like me
by my side.
They help me... they help me understand myself more.
- Wait. Why did I stop? - You know?
I feel like that's one of the best parts about
where I am in life and what I get to do
and who I get to work with.
I'm able to finally, I guess, like,
be with other Black gay young men, you know?
And we share, like, common,
you know, like, little commonalities
and... and whatnot. I think that's really dope.
I guess, I didn't see the value in that
until, like, I was actually in that space.
That is how you win. Okay? Like that.
I feel like maybe there's, like, a weight lifted...
for a lot of...
Black gay men
and the way we're supposed to behave, you know?
Tell me, do you feel, um...
Do you feel in yourself shy?
I mean, you know, you walk around like this,
but do you ever feel that you wanna hide away...
- Oh, no. God. - Yourself, you know?
I don't wanna hide nothing.
God knows I don't.
I ain't never hid nothing, holy macadandy!
I ain't never hid nothing.
I won't ever. I let it all hang out.
I don't hide none. I think that everything
is supposed to be showed.
Your limbs, everything is supposed to work,
in the right function, in the right pause
and the potions that you have a notion
to give out to the world
the love, the gentleness, the tenderness, the kindness.
You ain't supposed to hide nothing.
You got it. God gave it. Show it to the world.
Ain't nothing wrong. You ain't hurting nobody.
You helping the world.
I don't know if he ever explicitly stated
that he was gay or whatnot, but like his idea, you know,
he'd be like, you know, "Let it all hang out
and like..."
He's like... I think his story is sad,
'cause I feel like that's the story
for so many queer people, where it's like...
they're doing these amazing things,
making these huge strides...
and they kinda get, like, painted over by history
as if they never happened, you know?
I mean, of course, Black people, in general,
but Black queer people, even more so.
In life, we hide the parts of ourselves
we don't want the world to see.
We lock them away. We tell them no.
We banish them. But, here, we don't.
We thrive.
Welcome to Montero.
Wake up. Wake up. Wake up, Montero.
Montero...
Wake up.
♪ I caught it bad yesterday ♪
♪ You hit me with a call To your place ♪
♪ Ain't been out In a while anyway ♪
♪ Was hoping I could catch you Throwing smiles in my face ♪
♪ Romantic talking? You don't even have to try ♪
♪ You're cute enough To fuck with me tonight ♪
♪ Looking at the table All I see is weed and white ♪
♪ Baby, you living the life ♪
♪ But nigga You ain't livin' right ♪
♪ Cocaine and drinking With your friends ♪
♪ You live in the dark, boy I cannot pretend ♪
♪ I'm not fazed Only here to sin ♪
♪ If Eve ain't in your garden You know that you can ♪
♪ Call me when you want Call me when you need ♪
♪ Call me in the morning I'll be on the way ♪
♪ Call me when you want Call me when you need ♪
♪ Call me out by your name I'll be on the way like ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ I wanna sell What you're buying ♪
♪ I wanna feel On your ass in Hawaii ♪
♪ I want that jet lag From fucking and flying ♪
♪ Shoot a child in your mouth While I'm riding ♪
"Montero."
Along with being sexually, mentally,
and emotionally liberating,
this song marked a growth period for me.
I went from being the friendly,
likable neighborhood cowboy in people's minds
to this controversial, quote, "satanic," unquote...
gay guy.
I was, like, able to break out of that mold
that people had built for me.
That was like a breakthrough
on so many different areas at once.
♪ Oh, call me by your name ♪
♪ Tell me you love me In private ♪
♪ Call me by your name ♪
♪ I do not care if you lying ♪
With "Call Me By Your Name"
and that release, I guess I was just so anxious.
'Cause I feel like that was my first time...
being able to, like, make music that's so literally
about my life.
Yeah, I feel like it's a very liberating song.
For me and other people.
Starting when I turned, like, 16 or something,
I, like, kinda abandoned, like, religion altogether at first,
and I was just like, "Oh, my God. I don't want...
I don't believe this and none of this is real."
But when I started to do music, I can't explain it,
but I felt, like, a presence, like, bigger than me.
And I was like...
"I know for a fact this is gonna work."
The world that we coming in, now,
my brother really opened the doors for a lot of people.
Yeah, he opened the door for me. Like, what I mean by that,
like, I'm not... I'm not gay, you know? You feel me?
I'm... I'm bisexual.
He helped me be real myself.
My brother made me more open to it. You feel what I'm saying?
You fuck with me, you fuck with me.
If you don't, you don't.
Bye. Get out my person. I don't need you.
At the end of the day, people are gonna fuck with
who they fuck with, if you know what I'm saying.
So stop trying to chase a friend.
A friend going out would be...
There's somebody out there like you. Trust me.
Every moment is an opportunity for you to, like, decide
who you are and who you wanna be
and what the core of your authenticity is.
And I really have to, like, support people younger than us
who are brave enough to be themselves.
And I see that in his dancing and his choreography
and what he wears and how he represents himself.
It's totally inspiring.
And I love to see, uh, that energy in young people.
We're back in L.A.
I feel like this is almost like hometowns again.
It's like second hometowns.
It feels more like home, because I actually live here.
And Atlanta feels like past.
It's like I'm going to the past.
What do you mean by that?
Like, you know, it doesn't feel like home.
It feels like a place where, you know,
there's family and stuff out there.
But, I guess, you know, I always considered myself home.
So, I guess, where I dwell...
it's the most home can be, you know?
I feel like this year was the best for me
growing into an adult, if that makes sense.
- Yeah. - You know what I mean?
Like, I feel like this tour has helped that so much.
And like, in Atlanta, like, I can't explain it,
but, you know, I had some conversations that I feel
changed the entire course of my life, you know,
that I needed to have.
Needed to have.
It's lot of healing and stuff and whatnot to do, but...
How y'all folks doing?
Fans.
- Is this thing gum? - Sure.
- Do you have some? - Oh, no.
Oh, I thought I said, "You want some gum?"
Yeah. I'm like, "Yeah, am I smelling?"
I need some gum.
I got you some of these.
- Yeah. - Okay.
You thought you were gonna get a cheap laugh out of me?
- Right. - Huh?
I got something. I got something though.
Just, like, heavy conversations,
in general, I wanna have with my family,
like stuff I wanna talk about, like, my brothers and sisters,
like, what the fuck are we doing?
How the hell can we get everyone in a fuckin' house
in the next five years without it being just me
paying for it or something, you know?
It's, like, stuff like that.
I wanna start having, like, actual, building conversations,
you know?
Where do we go from here?
You're thinking too much. You're Montero. You're Montero.
Let's get this guy out of here.
I definitely progressed as far as confidence goes
throughout these shows.
You were right.
I didn't wanna say it in front of everyone.
Oh, no problem. I know.
For a person that only has used
social media to talk for so long,
like, saying actual words, it's really hard to do.
But I feel like, throughout this tour...
I've become better at getting those points across.
On a... on a small scale like, this is, you know, like...
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Just us doing a performance.
But on a biggest scale, like...
like, it just can't be, like, half-assed.
- You know what I mean? - Oh, yeah.
Absolutely. Yeah.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. At this part, after your verse,
we... I say we come back into this thing, and like,
'cause everybody get right here, right?
I think you should come over here too.
And then, 'cause I'll do my little God damn.
And then I think we can, like, do that at the same time.
You know, like...
One, two, three, four. One.
♪ Bring the cash out ♪
♪ I need one million ones For the ones with they ass out ♪
♪ Blow her back out ♪
♪ All the bitches 'bout to bar In the back finna act out ♪
♪ Oh, bring the cash out ♪
♪ For the freaks on the pole And the hoes with they ass out ♪
♪ Get the draw, hit the floor ♪
♪ Shake that ass Make it clap now ♪
♪ Southside niggas on ten They lurkin' ♪
♪ Lookin' at my friends Like virgins ♪
♪ Wasted ♪
SAUCY SANTANA: ♪ Santana ♪
♪ You've got To fuck me properly ♪
♪ Before you hit, Run my money, monopoly ♪
♪ Smack, smack, smack ♪
♪ Keep chewin' On this coochie, nigga ♪
♪ Get on your knees ♪
♪ Put this pussy On your coochie, nigga ♪
♪ Have you ever made love To a gold digger? ♪
♪ Fendi first, then Gucci For this coochie ♪
♪ Not no Hilfiger ♪
♪ Uh, pussy boomin' Like an 808 ♪
♪ Send him home, full stomach He already ate ♪
♪ I'm on his mind, on his chest Like a nameplate ♪
♪ I'm on the gram with your man Make you deactivate ♪
♪ Uh, pussy great They call me Tony ♪
♪ Bitch you tweakin' I ain't fuckin' ♪
♪ With the little man I'm lookin' for... ♪
♪ Dick in the pants Can you keep up the pace? ♪
♪ The boys in the yard They want a milkshake ♪
- If I get that part... - Do it, you got it.
Everything will be great.
Good knees. Good knees.
You already got it.
Why you scared? You gotta let loose on stage.
- Yeah, yeah. - It's hard to let loose.
No, you scared of Saucy.
- You scared of Saucy. - Yeah, I was scared.
I mean, how often do, you know, I'm on stage
and getting twerked on by another man.
It's not as often... It doesn't happen a lot.
So, yeah, it was a little nerve-racking.
Y'all ready to shake some ass?
They wanna shake some ass.
♪ Down souf hoes Up at late night workin' ♪
♪ Ten toes down And they won't stop twerkin' ♪
♪ Southside niggas on ten They lurkin' ♪
♪ Lookin' at my friends Like virgins ♪
♪ Wasted, faded, T'd up ♪
♪ Baby, yeah, you wasted ♪
♪ Faded ♪
♪ T'd up ♪
♪ Baby, yeah you ♪
♪ Bounce it biggity Bounce it biggity ♪
♪ Bounce it biggity, bounce it ♪
♪ Too much money, I'm 22, already iconic ♪
I love you, Santana.
I love you, Lil Nas.
Everybody... Well, sit down.
We're gonna take a picture first. Everybody.
My fans mean the world to me.
I'm really thankful for anybody
that would just publicly just fuck with Lil Nas X.
He snuck out again.
I knew it. Right when I pull up,
I'm like, "Oh, my gosh.
This guy is gonna wanna test it."
Because he loves buildings.
He sees, like, this, busy... He likes to blend in.
He's like, "Oh, I could blend in here."
It's what he does.
- Oh, speak of the devil. - Cool hand washing.
That was some really dope hand washing.
Yeah!
Pretty good. You made it. You made it.
So, I'm in my room.
I'm like, "Oh, my God, man, I'm so bored.
What am I gonna do? I hate this."
And I'm like, "I need to go out and do something."
So I get outside and I started walking.
And I'm like, "Am I incognito?"
Basically, like this but with this
and, like, a mask. It was just, like, "Oh."
And then I, like, start walking.
This guy said, "Man, keep your head up, man.
Don't let these people have you lookin' down,"
but I was really just trying to hide my identity.
And then I walked and I walked.
I end up at this bus station.
Hold on. Where is it at?
Ended up in, like, this bus station,
train station thing. I go. I get me a bus card...
'cause I'm lit now. I'm lit now. And then I hopped on the bus.
No, I'm a star!
Please, I'm a star!
And I realized my phone is one percent.
I'm like, "Oh, no, I'm fucked. I need to get a charger
or I'm not gonna be able to contact anybody,
and I don't wanna be, like, technically, like, missing."
And I'm, like, walking looking for an Apple store.
I looked up to the right and there's, like, my name
on, like, the outside of this building.
I was like, "No fucking way."
You know... 'Cause, you know, I would never be here on time
on purpose like this.
I'm always a little angsty after a nap,
so I might be a little pissy, but it's not you guys.
Butterfly, come down here at once.
Get down here right now or you guys are grounded.
Oh, he's so gonna get it.
I don't think the threats are working.
Just... So should I try, like, twerking or something?
You like that, huh?
You like that?
Is that what you want?
Now, you'll come?
Oh, they're coming. They're coming.
They're coming down. Yes.
They smell something sweet.
Very funny, buddy,
but that's actually a compliment.
Okay, guys. Come down. You're ruining my movie.
I've had enough.
Come down at once.
This feels like my neighborhood as... um, in high school.
This area.
- In Atlanta? - The weather.
Uh, the houses. This feels like...
this feels like I'm back in high school.
Even these trees.
It's very Lithia Springs, Georgia.
You know, a lot of things had to go
in hand for me to become a pop star
with the biggest song in the world in a few months
after not making music my entire life, you know?
Are you ready for last show of the United States?
No.
I'm not.
Do you feel like you were in a whirlwind?
It was all right.
Like, are you feeling pensive?
It was the best time of my life though.
So I'll say that.
I really love that.
You guys ready?
Yes.
Dear God. God's angels of the universe.
Uh, thank you so much for having all of my team here tonight.
Thank you for this tour.
I can't believe this is the last day
of the American leg.
And I just hope everybody goes out there and performs
like it's their last day on Earth.
I hope nothing goes wrong.
I hope the crew is set. No offense. I love you guys.
Um, I hope this is the best show we have yet. And please...
We're, like, we live in this time where it's like,
it's the easiest to blow up in the music industry
but it's the hardest to, like, maintain it.
You're lucky if somebody remembers
your name next year.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay. We're gonna do...
but the best one of all time.
Y'all, ready? One, two, three.
And I feel like that's the one thing in life
that keeps me going more than any other thing,
knowing that everything can change so quickly like this.
Oh, my God.
And how crazy that can be.
If I take a shot, can I go out there?
Nope. Just drink it.
It's electrolytes, it's like getting an IV.
No, no. It's good.
This is gross.
I didn't say it tasted good.
What does it taste like?
It's electrolytes.
- That's it. - Oh, my God!
Okay. That's it. You don't need to do that.
Aaron, connect him to the house.
Where? Is he going out, or doing it from here?
No, no, no, no. He's gonna talk to the house,
then we're gonna take care of something,
then we'll be right back out.
The house is on, house is on.
Hello? Can you guys hear me?
Wait.
Hey, look, I'm sorry.
I wanna come out, but I just vomited,
so give me, like, five minutes to get back together.
I'm not... It's not a joke.
We love you, Lil Nas! We love you!
I love you, too. Give me a second.
Can you get a bucket?
Hey, let me get everybody to clear out this hallway.
Let's clear everybody out.
Clear everybody out. Everybody out.
There you go. There it is.
There we go.
All good. Let's do it.
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the stage
the undeniable, the irresistible,
the pussy-popping. Oh, God damn, he's cunt,
the record-breaking, the Grammy-winning,
the fuck BET and baddest bitch alive,
put your hands together
for the Industry Baby.
♪ Baby back, ayy Couple racks, ayy ♪
♪ Couple Grammys on him Couple plaques, ayy ♪
♪ That's a fact, ayy Throw it back, ayy ♪
♪ Throw it back, bitch ♪
♪ And this one Is for the champions ♪
♪ I ain't lost Since I began, yeah ♪
♪ Funny how you said It was the end, yeah ♪
♪ Then I went Did it again, yeah ♪
♪ I told you long ago On the road ♪
♪ I got what they waiting for ♪
♪ I don't run From nothing, dog ♪
♪ Get your soldiers Tell 'em I ain't layin' low ♪
♪ You was never really Rooting for me anyway ♪
♪ When I'm back up at the top ♪
♪ I wanna hear you say ♪
♪ He don't run From nothin', dog ♪
♪ Get your soldiers ♪
♪ Tell 'em That the break is over ♪
♪ Uh, need to, uh Need to get this album done ♪
♪ Need a couple number ones Need a plaque on every song ♪
♪ Need me like one With Nicki now ♪
♪ Tell a rap nigga "I don't see ya" ♪
♪ I'm a pop nigga like Bieber ♪
♪ I don't fuck bitches I'm queer ♪
♪ But these niggas bitches Like Madea ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Ayy, oh, let's do it ♪
♪ I ain't fall off I just ain't Release my new shit ♪
♪ I blew up Now everybody tryna sue me ♪
♪ You call me Nas But the hood call me Doobie ♪
♪ I told you long ago On the road ♪
♪ I got what they waitin' for ♪
♪ I don't run From nothin', dog ♪
♪ Get your soldiers Tell 'em I ain't layin' low ♪
♪ Bitch, I ain't running From nowhere ♪
♪ You was never really rootin' For me anyway ♪
♪ When I'm back up at the top I wanna hear you say ♪
♪ He don't run From nothin', dog ♪
♪ Get your soldiers ♪
♪ Tell 'em that the break Is over ♪
I mean, you know, worries like hit my mind,
but it's like I always come back to the thought
that I'm just getting started.
Los Angeles, I'd like to introduce myself.
♪ I'm the industry baby... ♪
I didn't really know,
I guess, too much about Montero
until the last couple years, and that was due to Lil Nas X.
This world, this universe around me
is where I wanted to be.
♪ I wanna hear you say... ♪
I'm able to move more free. I'm able to create more.
I'm able to be, you know...
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I'm the industry baby Yeah ♪
Oh, my God. Really? No way. Congratulations.
We call him Little Nas.
Really? That's sweet.
My third time here.
ATL hoe! ATL hoe!
- Happy birthday to you! - Happy birthday, T-Dog.
Put your hands together for my motherfucking team.
You even look good with your head shaved.
Say "Hey, Auntie Sean."
It's giving superstar.
I am lucky and thankful enough
to create something that I feel like is really able
to give people an idea of my story,
where I come from and where I see myself going.
I guess I'm, like, desperate to, like, to find
that next phase of me that, like, feels new
and feels new to everybody else, you know?
I feel like I've been the same me for like two years.
Through, like, the Montero era, you know?
And I wanna be a new me now.
But I'm sure gonna miss this me,
but that's how life is,
you always miss whatever version.
I'm sure it's gonna be way better
but I gotta, like, find it.
And that's why I gotta get lost.
I feel like there's something brewing
that's gonna be so amazing for me.
And I trust that feeling.
I can't explain it.
It's, like, this anxious...
excitement.
Like, it's... Right now, it's, like, glowing all over me.
I can't explain that. I cannot explain that.
Like, right now, me just talking about that,
like my body is on a different plane.
I think what I want my next album to be is...
escapism but, like, happy escapism,
you know? Maybe that's it.
Maybe it's like getting away but, like, in a happy way.
Maybe it's not, like, escapism as in, like,
I don't wanna be alive, but I wanna be more alive.
Yeah.
Hey. Hey! Stop it! Nas!
We love you, Lil Nas X. We love you.
- We love you, Nas X. - We fucking love you, come back!
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
♪ This door, in my home ♪
♪ Ain't ever going To let me grow ♪
♪ She won't close now ♪
♪ Honestly She's slowing me down ♪
♪ And it seems This river it go ♪
♪ Ain't never going To let me flow ♪
♪ These aimless rides ♪
♪ On a boat I brought my tries to uphold ♪
♪ So can we keep it going Keep it going ♪
♪ 'Cause I miss the moments ♪
♪ When the mornings Dawned on me ♪
Long live, baby!
♪ And I could see ♪
♪ So where do we go now ♪
♪ I've seen everything That we had to see ♪
♪ And figured it out my love ♪
♪ So where are we going? ♪
♪ So where do we go now? ♪
♪ We did everything So endlessly ♪
♪ And only to feel undone ♪
♪ So where are we going? ♪
♪ Suddenly Gravity is just like me ♪
♪ Pull me down Every chance it gets ♪
♪ Holding me bound To the way I is, oh ♪
♪ And therapy there's no need It ain't no good for me ♪
♪ Why would I want to talk About the shit I did ♪
♪ A penny for your thoughts Is really all it is ♪
♪ So can we keep it going? Keep it going? ♪
♪ 'Cause I miss the moments ♪
♪ When the mornings Dawned on me ♪
♪ And I could see ♪
♪ So where do we go now? ♪
♪ I've seen everything We had to see ♪
♪ And figured it out my love ♪
♪ So where are we going? ♪
♪ So where do we go now? ♪
♪ We did everything So endlessly ♪
♪ And only to feel undone ♪
♪ So where are we going So decide ♪
♪ I just wanna be somebody New inside ♪
♪ I just wanna be somebody Outside there ♪
♪ I just wanna be somebody ♪
♪ I just wanna feel Consoled inside ♪
♪ I just wanna be somebody New inside ♪
♪ I just wanna be somebody Else out there ♪
♪ I just wanna be somebody ♪
♪ So where do we go now? ♪
♪ We've seen everything We've had to see ♪
♪ And only to feel undone ♪
♪ Where are we going? ♪
It's so cold. It's so cold.