The queer anthem provoked much needed dialogue around the globe, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, remained atop of the Spotify Global chart for over a month straight, and propelled to #1 on the Top 40 and Rhythm Airplay charts. The 16x Platinum hit is the most certified song in RIAA history and is recognized with numerous awards including two Grammys.Īfter releasing his eclectic EP 7 in June 2019, which features the 6x Platinum “Panini” and 2x Platinum “Rodeo,” Lil Nas X returned in November 2020 with his Platinum single “HOLIDAY”, and followed with the culture-shifting 5x Platinum hit “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” in March 2021. The song’s remix with Billy Ray Cyrus became the longest running #1 single in Billboard Hot 100 history after 19 weeks atop the chart.

Dubbed “an internationally recognized phenomenon” by Billboard, he rose to fame in 2019 when he released “Old Town Road” and simultaneously upended the music industry – shattering genre norms, disrupting the charts and going viral worldwide. More broadly, League of Legends has never looked in ruder health, and collaborations like this certainly don't hurt.Lil Nas X is a 23-year-old award-winning rapper, singer, songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. Obviously the job title is a bit of a joke, and everything's being played for laughs, but Lil Nas X is a hype-creating machine. Riot is brilliant at marketing its products, and this is yet another example. This is not purchaseable: Players have to earn 2000 'Worlds 2022 tokens' over the tournament via various means in order to bag it.įinally, Lil Nas X will take the stage at the Chase Center in San Francisco at the Worlds Opening Ceremony leading into the World Final on Saturday, November 5. After this, the new LoL champion K’Sante the Pride of Nazumah gets the prestige skin designed by the rapper on November 3. The song debuts on September 23, just before Worlds kicks off on September 29.

Also I’m going to make the best Worlds anthem of all time and put on the biggest, coolest, sexiest Worlds in the history of all Worlds! STAR WALKIN’ is the only song anyone is allowed to listen to from now on. I will be the greatest President of League of Legends, of all time. 'I’ve left my mark on pop culture in so many ways, and now it’s time to take on the world of gaming. 'I felt like it was time for me to try something new,' writes Lil Nas X. The artist is currently answering questions online, and has clarified that 'there will be 2 music videos 1 from league and 1 from me.' There was also this rather amusing answer to someone who asked why certain lyrics were changed from a snippet preview of the song: 'the original hook sounded ass tbh, that and a bit of the verse were the only changes.'

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