While he had the song of the year in 2019, Lil Nas X admits working on a follow-up to “Old Town Road” was harder than he expected.
The rapper, 23, covers GQ Style SS21‘s June issue and opens up about the worry of being a one-hit wonder after “Holiday” flopped in comparison to the mega hit that was “Old Town Road”. “Holiday” served as the lead single to Nas’s upcoming album Montero. “I told my manager, ‘I don’t want to do it.
Let’s cancel it. Let’s get rid of it. There’s no point. Nobody’s really f**king with this song.’ I was crying. I was upset with myself,” he explained. “I felt like I’d failed myself, almost.
I was crying like a crazy person. You know one of those times where you cry so hard your f**kin’ head hurts? It was like that.” RE
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