Lil Nas X has been testing the waters on new music all year long, and one other beforehand teased single has lastly arrived.
“Belief Me” landed on the Grammy-winning artist’s SoundCloud web page on Wednesday (April 24) after followers reacted positively to the snippet earlier in 2024. “this track means loads to me,” the artist tweeted when asserting the observe on X.
Lil Nas X indulges within the bouncy 808s and slithering hi-hats, and will get candid about his sexuality rising up. “Again in center faculty, I used to be fiending for d–okay/ seventh grade, sending my homies some pics/ Daddy by no means knew what I did as a child/ He would’ve crucified me however/ Belief me, I get it,” he raps.
The “Previous City Highway” artist addressed the visceral response to his sexual encounter admissions to the early “Belief Me” snippet in March. LNX made positive to let or not it’s identified that he’s not doing any of this for shock worth.
“I hate explaining myself each time i do something, however this isn’t for shock. that is me telling my story, y’all being uncomfortable by it doesn’t make it a gimmick,” he wrote on X on the time. “That is for me and my followers f–okay everyone else.”
“Belief Me” finds bouncy manufacturing from a pair of frequent collaborators — Ojivolta and Omer Fedi — who contributed to Lil Nas X’s Montero mission.
The 25-year-old has been sprinkling new music over on his SoundCloud, earlier releases together with “Proper There,” “Mild Once more” and “Lean on My Physique.”
Whereas Lil Nas X continues to be gearing up for his Nasarati 2 mixtape, he’s logged just one official streaming service launch — when “J Christ” hit DSPs in January, which peaked at No. 69 on the Billboard Scorching 100.
Take heed to “Belief Me” under.
