Light Again

In the chaotic video for Lil Nas X‘s new single, “Light Again,” a normal teenage garage party gets really, really out of hand. The video evokes the aesthetics and rave culture of the early 2000s, starting off with a flip phone invitation to a house party that quickly expands to a warehouse, then spills out into the streets, ultimately becoming a riot-level, citywide event.

The song itself invokes both Nas’ newest musical direction and some nostalgic vibes of classic hip-house — something that’s sure to irk Lil Nas critic Azealia Banks, although he’s already demonstrated that he has the perfect comebacks for the spiteful siren.

Nas previously shared a teaser of “Light Again” with a message to fans suggesting that his Dreamboy era will likely focus more on making him and his listeners happy than his prior focus on trolling the mainstream establishment.

Earlier this week, he shared the trailer for Dreamboy, which also promised to remind folks where he came from and get back to making music that uplifts his identity rather than trying to nail down the ever-elusive follow-up hit to No. 1s like “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” and “Industry Baby.”

You can watch the video for Lil Nas X’s new single “Light Again” above.

A new era of Lil Nas X is upon us. In October, he declared he’d be dropping new music in November, and now he’s getting more specific.

Yesterday (November 10), he teased “Dreamboy” (the title of an album, perhaps?) saying that “phase 1” begins on November 11. This came after he announced a new song called “Light Again” would be released this week.

Nas shared a demo version of “Light Again” back in March and said at the time, “I don’t know how long I’m going to be able to have this sh*t up, or I don’t know what my CEO thinks right now, or whatever. […] Bro, these last couple years have been crazy, ’cause I’ve made so much music and I just want to release music. I just want to release music, but expectations are just like… insane. Like, I can’t even have fun. I just want to f*ckin’ have fun with this sh*t. I don’t even give a f*ck about all the other sh*t. Of course I want to, like, be No. 1 all the time, I want every song to go up, and I want you to go crazy. But it’s like, at the same time, I want to f*ckin’ have fun. I want to go and live life, I just want to make music. I don’t want to have to do crazy sh*t all the time. I want to make music, I want to f*ckin’ have fun, I want to live.”