Now face-to-face, the serpent sings “If Eve ain’t in your garden, you know that you can call me when you want.” Soon after this, Adam is seduced and the two kiss. An internal struggle becomes apparent as he runs away from a different version of himself, presumably his sexual identity. As Adam, Lil Nas X begins to run away but is soon tempted by the serpent, also played by him. “I caught it bad yesterday / You hit me with a call to your place,” he says as a serpent appears. Lil Nas X plays the role of Adam, sitting at the stump of a tree playing guitar and singing about his lover. “Montero” contains three distinct acts, with the first taking place in what appears to be the Garden of Eden. By calling this fantasy world “Montero,” he blatantly breaks down barriers, showing his true colors. Lil Nas X, also known as Montero Lamar Hall, prefaces the video with "In life, we hide parts of ourselves we don’t want the world to see / We lock them away, we tell them ‘no’, we banish them / But here, we don’t / Welcome to Montero." Here he is giving access to a part of him he has not yet revealed. A story of queer repression, Lil Nas X plays with biblical references in “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” while reclaimingownership of his identity as a gay man. After his smash hit “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X has returned with yet another bop that has broken the internet.
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