“Montero” already received RiRi’s stamp of approval before it was officially released on March 26. On July 29, 2020, Lil Nas X shared a snippet of his video call with the beauty mogul in support of her Fenty Skin line, which he modeled. in the official campaign alongside Rihanna and A $ AP Rocky.
‘I recently heard a fragment of your new song,’ she told the hitmaker of ‘Old Town Road’ last summer. “Banging … I’m not just saying that, honestly to God, I’m not just saying that. It’s dope … I’m so glad you got so strong in the beginning. Tricky, like, where are you going now? But man, you’re breaking it. I’m happy for you. “
Lil Nas X recently hit back at haters who claimed he was “milking the song” joking that he was the “n — a to remix a song for 10 months”, referring to the numerous remixes of “Old Town Road”, including Cyrus, BTS ‘RM, Young Thug, Mason Ramsey and Diplo . At the 2020 Grammy Awards, the 22-year-old performer recruited everyone named (sans Thug, plus the other six members of BTS) for a star-studded performance of his first hit parade. Looks like it’s time to ride out the success of the new song with A-list remixes until he can’t take it anymore.