However the song’s corresponding music video released a week ago sparked uproar, throwing the video and its artist into the limelight. When Lil Nas X’s song “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” was released in early March, there was not much talk around the song. This is not to disregard the contributions Lil Nas X has made as a person of color, however as a white journalist I do not believe it to be my place to broach that topic.

Thatcher Fox Richard, Contributing WriterĪuthor Disclosure : as a queer journalist I will mainly be discussing this video as a form of queer media.