Last Friday, Lil NasJ-CHRIST.” The accompanying music video and rollout of the track were heavy on religious imagery – the cover art shows Lil Nas On Monday, Lil Nas .
“I didn’t necessarily want to apologize, but I wanted to explain where I’m at and where I’ve been since last week,” he said. “First of all, when I made this piece, I knew there would be people upset or whatever, simply because religion is a very sensitive subject for a lot of people. But I didn’t want to make fun either. This wasn’t a “fuck you” people, “fuck you Christians”. It was not this. It was literally me saying, “Oh, I’m back like Jesus,” that was it. »
“I’m not the first person to dress up as Jesus, I’m not the first rapper, I’m not the first artist and I won’t be the last,” he continued. “And I know that given my history, with the ‘Call Me By Your Name’ video, anything I do related to religion could be seen as mockery, and that wasn’t the case in this case -this.”
He then directly addressed (and apologized for) a promotional video released last week in which he drank communion wine and wafers. “I will say that with the communion video, with me eating crackers and juice, I thought that video was going to be the video to lighten the mood,” he said. “I thought it was something we all wanted to do as kids, but I didn’t understand the reality of what it was. It’s me eating communion, which is the symbolism of the blood and bones of Jesus or something like that, I don’t remember it completely. I didn’t want to talk about cannibalism or any other phenomenon… I apologize for that, I’ll say I’m sorry for that.
“Even though I don’t agree with all the rules of Christianity or whatever, I know that not everyone follows Christianity to the letter 100%, otherwise the world would be a lot crazier,” he said. he continued. “But I apologize. It’s not about trying to get everyone on my side or anything, it’s more about clearing my head about my own decisions. I know I really messed up this time, and I can act undisturbed all I want, but it definitely took a mental toll on me.
Here is the full video:
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